Asteroids named after people called Yoshikazu
馃懚 Yoshikazu as a baby name
Yoshikazu Watanabe (b. 1953; Iso was his mother's maiden name) was a leading meteor observer in Japan. He is a council member of the Oriental Astronomical Association and a successful surveyor of historical records of comets and meteors in the modern Japanese era. The name was suggested by the discoverer and I. Hasegawa.Discovered 31 January 1995 by T. Seki, Geisei
Yoshikazu Matsuoka (b. 1976) is a Japanese amateur astronomer. He is known as one of the popularizers of astronomy at public observatories and planetarium facilities. Matsuoka currently serves as a director of the Oriental Astronomical Association, which was founded in 1920.Discovered 1 November 1997 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
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