Asteroids named after people called Tomoko
馃懚 Tomoko as a baby name
Tomoko Ono (b. 1968) is one of the most active staff members in the Public Relations Center at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Her passion for astronomy education is also acknowledged by the editorial staff of the Astronomical Society of Japan's newsletter, The Astronomical Herald.Discovered 29 October 1991 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Tomoko Fujiwara (b. 1975) is an assistant professor at the Kyushu University. Her main interest consists of the long-term variability of stars and historical records of astronomy. She has been a member of IAU Commission 27 since 2006. The name was suggested by M. Hirai and K. Hurukawa.Discovered 28 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Tomoko Arai (b. 1971) is a scientist at the Chiba Institute of Technology who studies the compositional properties of meteors to determine the wide range of properties for their asteroid and comet source bodies. She also develops new techniques for studying meteors from space platforms.Discovered 5 July 2000 by LONEOS, Anderson Mesa
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