Asteroids named after people called Yoshiaki

(7262) Sofue

Yoshiaki Sofue (b. 1943) works mainly in galactic radio astronomy, playing a leading role in millimeter-wave research of galaxies in Japan. He has determined high-accuracy central rotation curves and detailed mass distributions and has shown the general existence of massive cores.Discovered 27 January 1995 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(8571) Taniguchi

Yoshiaki Taniguchi (b. 1954) works mainly in extragalactic physics at Tohoku University. He promoted the first mid-infrared deep survey for dust-enshrouded young galaxies at high redshift using the Infrared Space Observatory and an optical deep survey for very-high-redshift galaxies using the Subaru Telescope.Discovered 20 October 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(34077) Yoshiakifuse

Yoshiaki Fuse (b. 1939) is the father of astronomer and Subaru staff member Tetsuru Fuse. Yoshiaki Fuse has greatly influenced and motivated his son Tetsuru's career.Discovered 30 July 2000 by M. W. Buie, Cerro Tololo