Makio Akiyama

Asteroids discovered: 16 [1]
5333 Kanaya18 October 1990list [A]
5334 Mishima8 February 1991list [A]
5743 Kato19 October 1990list [A]
6251 Setsuko25 February 1992list [A]
6419 Susono7 December 1993list [A]
6792 Akiyamatakashi30 November 1991list [A]
6961 Ashitaka26 May 1989list [A]
7472 Kumakiri13 February 1992list [A]
8273 Apatheia29 November 1989list [A]
9033 Kawane4 January 1990list [A]
28004 Terakawa2 December 1997list
29624 Sugiyama2 October 1998list
35441 Kyoko31 January 1998list
40994 Tekaridake20 October 1999list
53157 Akaishidake5 February 1999list
55873 Shiomidake26 October 1997list
A co-discovered with Toshimasa Furuta

Makio Akiyama (秋山 万喜夫, Akiyama Makio, born 1950) is a Japanese astronomer affiliated with the Susono Observatory (886). He is a discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 16 numbered minor planets during 1989–1999.[1]

In 1992 he discovered the asteroid 6251 Setsuko in collaboration with astronomer Toshimasa Furuta, and named it after his wife Setsuko Akiyama (b. 1953) in May 1996 (M.P.C. 27129).[2]

The main-belt asteroid 4904 Makio, discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory (403) in 1989, is named after him.[3] Naming citation was published on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26763).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6251) Setsuko. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 521. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4904) Makio. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 423. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2016.


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