Asteroids named after people called Tsutomu
馃懚 Tsutomu as a baby name
Named in honor of Tsutomu Sakanoue (b. 1921), professor emeritus of Kyushu University whose specialties included agricultural meteorology, countermeasures against meteorological disasters, medical meteorology and rainmaking. An amateur astronomer with particular interests in atmospheric seeing, the green flash and shadow bands, he contributed to the popularization of astronomy as an advisor at several science museums. He also served as vice president and president of the Oriental Astronomical Association. Name proposed by the discoverer following a suggestion by S. Murayama, T. Sato and A. Fujii.Discovered 13 January 1983 by T. Seki, Geisei
Named in honor of Tsutomu Soejima (b. 1950), a Japanese amateur astronomer and secretary of the Saga Astronomical Society since 1989. He is a board member of the astronomical society's observatory, the Tara Observatory and the Saga City Observatory. His main interests are comet hunting and photography. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by Y. Yamada.Discovered 15 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Tsutomu Hayamizu (b. 1962), since 1997 associate director of the Sendai Space Hall and Observatory, Kagoshima prefecture, is engaged in observations of occultations by the moon and by minor planets.Discovered 30 August 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Tsutomu Ohmura (b. 1965) is a computer engineer and amateur astronomer. He is a key member of Ota Astronomical Club and very active in the popularization of astronomy.Discovered 16 January 1999 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
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