Asteroids named after people called Yoshiyuki
馃懚 Yoshiyuki as a baby name
Named in memory of Yoshiyuki Kuwano (1931-1998), librarian and later director of Hita Municipal Tanso Memorial Library, Oita Prefecture. As an amateur astronomer, he discovered five novae (IV Cep, V3888 Sgr, V3889 Sgr, V2104 Oph, V4021 Sgr) and the peculiar variable PU Vul. An organizer and leader of local amateur astronomers, he actively popularized astronomy to the public through his frequent lectures and star parties. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Funada, T. Sato and A. Fujii.Discovered 28 March 1992 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yoshiyuki Okada (b. 1947), a member of Shirakawa Observatory in Japan and Chiro Observatory in Australia, is a talented amateur who played an important role in developing large portable telescopes, including the 0.84-m Chiro Telescope. These telescopes went on nationwide tours to show the beauty of the starry sky.Discovered 3 November 1996 by Ueda, S., Kaneda, H., Kushiro
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