Asteroids named after people called Toshio
馃懚 Toshio as a baby name
Named in honor of Toshio Fukushima (b. 1954), a Japanese astronomer working mainly on general relativity, positional astronomy and celestial mechanics. He is current president of the IAU Commission 31 and served as chair of the local organizing committee for the IAU General Assembly in Kyoto in 1997. He created the current version of Japanese Ephemeris, published by the Japanese Hydrographic Department, and contributed to the introduction of general relativity into the current IAU system of time systems, reference frames and astronomical constants. He has been the director of the public relations center of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan since 1998.Discovered 26 October 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Toshio Sato (b. 1936) is an amateur astronomer and well known as an expert on the modern history of Japanese astronomy.Discovered 15 November 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Toshio Haneda (1910-1992) was a comet hunter from Minamisoma city (formerly Haramachi city), Fukushima prefecture, He discovered comet D/1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos) on 1978 Sept. 1. He was then the world's oldest living comet discoverer. The name was suggested by H. Sato.Discovered 7 March 1992 by T. Seki, Geisei
Toshio Hino (b. 1950) is a Japanese astronomer. As chairman of Ota Uchuno Kai, he has played an active part in managing this astronomical club, collaborating with regional astronomical communities and promoting astronomical outreach activities.Discovered 2 February 2000 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Toshio Akiyama (b. 1929) popularized the wind symphony in Japan and became Japan's foremost conductor of wind orchestras. He founded the Sony Concert Band in 1957 and conducted it for over four decades. In retirement, he has conducted his hometown Omiya Wind Symphony, whose June 2025 concert with the Honolulu Wind Ensemble is the occasion for this naming.Discovered 24 October 2005 by D. J. Tholen, Mauna Kea
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