Asteroids named after people called Yuko

(9109) Yukomotizuki

Yuko Motizuki (b. 1965) is an associate professor at Saitama University. Her speciality is the theoretical study of nucleosynthesis, supernovae and neutron stars. She is also leading a team to examine the effects of solar cycles and supernovae on Antarctic ice cores.Discovered 9 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi, Oizumi

(21294) Yamaguchiyuko

Yuko Yamaguchi (1952–2019) was an artist who painted wooden tablets that were offered to a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple when praying for divine protection. She was also active as an amateur astronomer in Hida Furukawa, Japan.Discovered 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami

(29408) Katoyuko

Yuko Kato (b. 1971) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a staff member of the Nayoro Observatory in Hokkaido since 2012. Her beautiful photographs of starscapes are well known to citizens of Nayoro.Discovered 3 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K., Kitami