Asteroids named after people called Yoshihiro
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Named in honor of Yoshihiro Kunimoto (b. 1958), Japanese composer and synthesizer musician. He has written and played theme and background music for more than 60 planetarium shows at the Hiroshima Children's Museum. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato and K. Kato.Discovered 24 November 1990 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshihiro Goto (b. 1955) is a local civil servant and a Japanese amateur astronomer. As a member of the secretariat of the Kuroishi Subaru Association, he is active in organizing star parties for amateur astronomers and lay persons.Discovered 16 April 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshihiro Mizokami (b. 1952) has been the president of the steering committee of the Inagawa Observatory since 2002. He is an avid astro-photographer of Messier and NGC nebulae and star clusters.Discovered 28 October 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshihiro Higa (1965-2015) was an amateur astronomer and science communicator. He created the first astronomical science cafe in Sendai, Japan. He was also an amateur meteor researcher.Discovered 25 December 1992 by T. Seki, Geisei
Yoshihiro Nakamura (b. 1947) retired from his planetarium manufacturing company in 2007 and is now well known as an amateur astronomer in Chiba Prefecture. He actively supports the organizing of local star parties for amateur astronomers, and is a member of the Oriental Astronomical Association.Discovered 30 January 1990 by Matsuyama, M., Watanabe, K., Kushiro
Yoshihiro Tomita (b. 1948) is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He was the first astronomy interpreter appointed by Nagasaki Prefecture. He formed the local astronomy club Tomita Astronomical Association in 1979 and he has been a popularizer of astronomy for about 45 years.Discovered 4 April 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshihiro Niim is an engineer who made substantial contributions to the Hayabusa mission, which is designed to return a surface sample from (25143) Itokawa, and to the launch of the Japanese large rocket H-II A7 at Tanegashima Space Center.Discovered 9 December 1998 by N. Sato, Chichibu
Yoshihiro Terui (b. 1994) won the 2008 Space Day Award essay competition for students in junior high school with his essay “Is there extraterrestrial life?”. He attends the Daiichi Junior high School, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo.Discovered 23 August 2000 by BATTeRS, Bisei SG Center
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