Asteroids named after people called Yukio
馃懚 Yukio as a baby name
Yukio Maeda (b. 1948), a space engineer at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, has been one of the key participants in Japanese scientific satellite projects since 1971. He is also a well-known amateur astronomer and solar eclipse enthusiast. The name was suggested by Y. Matogawa and R. Hasuo.Discovered 4 November 1989 by Oohira, Oohira
Yukio Morita (b. 1952), a dentist in Hiroshima, is an expert on planetary photography and one of the most active members of the Mars section of the Oriental Astronomical Association.Discovered 26 January 1996 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi
Yukio Sakurai (b. 1953) is a local government official and an amateur astronomer in Japan. Inspired by Kaoru Ikeya's activity, he began comet searches in 1969 and nova searches in 1987. He has discovered several novae, including V4362 Sgr in 1994.Discovered 9 October 1989 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yukio Nishiyama (b. 1950) is the president of a ship-building design company who spends his evenings as an amateur astronomer. The private observatory he built in 1989 houses a 0.31-m telescope and a 0.25-m astrocamera.Discovered 2 October 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami
Yukio Tanaka (b. 1967) is an infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.Discovered 2 November 1991 by Takahashi, A., Watanabe, K., Kitami
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