Asteroids named after people called Yoshio
👶 Yoshio as a baby name
Named in honor of Yoshio Fujita, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, known for his pioneering work on the spectra of late-type stars, in particular of cool, carbon stars, with his determination of the carbon isotope ratio. He served as president of the Astronomical Society of Japan during 1961–1963 and as president of IAU Commission 29 during 1970–1973. He has been a member of the Japan Academy since 1965 and of the Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege since 1969. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Tsuji and Y. Yamashita.Discovered 27 December 1989 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O., Yatsugatake
Named in honor of Yoshio Kushida (b. 1957), Japanese seismologist. Discoverer of numerous minor planets and comets since 1989, he is also an active confirmer of new objects in collaboration with S. Nakano. He established Yatsugatake South Base Observatory to the benefit of many amateur astronomers.Discovered 17 February 1993 by S. Otomo, Kiyosato
Yoshio Hisayuki (b. 1942) founded the Ube astronomy club in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan in 1968. He was the president of the club during 1968--1974 and again from 2006 to the present. Since 2006, he has served also as the director of the Ube Municipal Planetarium.Discovered 23 January 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshio Oba (b. 1934) is a retired professor of earth sciences at Yamagata University and an amateur astronomer who observes occultations. He is chairman of the Yamagata Astronomical Society.Discovered 8 August 1999 by T. Okuni, Nanyo
Working at GOTO Inc., Yoshio Moriyama (b. 1942) constructed many planetaria in Japan. He was engaged in a campaign for the study of near-Earth asteroids and to utilize their resources. He was also an executive of the Japan Spaceguard Association.Discovered 7 July 2000 by BATTeRS, Bisei SG Center
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