Asteroids named after people called Yasuo
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Named in honor of Yasuo Fukui (b. 1951), professor at Nagoya University and a radio astronomer specializing in molecular clouds and the birth of stars. He established and directs the operation of the “Nanten” millimeter-wavelength radio telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. He is a winner of the Vainu Bappu Gold Medal and other prizes. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and A. Fujii.Discovered 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yasuo Sano (b. 1959), a staff member of the Nayoro Municipal Kihara Observatory, is the discoverer of supernova 1997ef and works as a popularizer of astronomy.Discovered 15 October 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yasuo Yoneda (b. 1942), the first director of “Tenkyukan”, the Dynic Astronomical Observatory, is an amateur astronomer who observes sunspots. He contributes to the spread of astronomy and to the support of amateur astronomers. He also likes mountain climbing.Discovered 14 May 1996 by McNaught, R. H., Ikari, Y., Moriyama
Yasuo Shiba (b. 1961) is the data manager of the Japan Meteor Society. He specializes in fireballs, and all national fireball data witnessed in Japan are gathered in his office.Discovered 8 April 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yasuo Touji (b. 1949) is an amateur astronomer in Ishigakijima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. He is now the Chief director of a local astronomy club, “Yaeyama Hoshinokai”, and contributes to the popularization of astronomy.Discovered 10 March 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yasuo Sato (b. 1950) is a Japanese amateur astronomer living in Nishinasuno, Tochigi Prefecture. He discovered four comets: C/1969 T1 (Tago-Sato-Kosaka); C/1970 U1 (Suzuki-Sato-Seki); C/1975 T1 (Mori-Sato-Fujikawa); C/1975 X1 (Sato); and made an independent discovery of C/1968 H1. Sato is a member of the Hoshi-no-Hiroba astronomy club.Discovered 25 September 2006 by Moletai, Moletai
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