Takuo Kojima

Minor planets discovered: 45 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Takuo Kojima (小島 卓雄, Kojima Takuo, born 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[2]

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 45 asteroids he made between 1987 and 2000.[1] Takuo Kojima also writes a regular column for the astronomy magazine Gekkan Temmon titled the "Comet Observers Guide.[3] The main-belt asteroid 3644 Kojitaku is named after him.[3]

List of discovered minor planets

3774 MegumiDecember 20, 1987
3786 YamadaJanuary 10, 1988
3829 GunmaMarch 10, 1988
3995 SakainoDecember 5, 1988
3998 TezukaJanuary 1, 1989
3999 AristarchusJanuary 5, 1989
4041 MiyamotoyohkoFebruary 19, 1988
4156 OkadanoboruJanuary 16, 1988
4288 TokyotechOctober 8, 1989
4493 NaitomitsuOctober 14, 1988
4576 YanotoyohikoFebruary 10, 1988
4632 UdagawaDecember 17, 1987
4866 BadilloNovember 10, 1988
4949 AkasofuNovember 29, 1988
5348 KennoguchiJanuary 16, 1988
5432 ImakiireNovember 3, 1988
5433 KairenNovember 10, 1988
5813 EizaburoNovember 3, 1988
6185 MitsumaDecember 20, 1987
6298 SawaokaDecember 1, 1988
(6551) 1988 XPDecember 5, 1988
(6555) 1989 UU1October 29, 1989
(6706) 1988 VD3November 11, 1988
(7402) 1987 YHDecember 25, 1987
7517 AlisondoaneJanuary 3, 1989
(7563) 1988 BCJanuary 16, 1988
(7697) 1989 AEJanuary 3, 1989
(8219) 1996 JL[1]May 10, 1996
9321 AlexkonoplivJanuary 5, 1989
(9939) 1988 VKNovember 3, 1988
10064 HirosetamotsuOctober 31, 1988
10744 TsurutaDecember 5, 1988
10853 AimotoFebruary 6, 1995
11861 TeruhimeNovember 10, 1988
(12037) 1997 CT19February 11, 1997
(13023) 1988 XT1December 10, 1988
(15832) 1995 CB1February 7, 1995
(23570) 1995 AAJanuary 1, 1995
(23572) 1995 AS2January 10, 1995
(43088) 1999 WO9November 30, 1999
(45263) 2000 AD5January 3, 2000
(48421) 1988 VFNovember 3, 1988
(71236) 2000 AC5January 3, 2000
(168551) 1999 WH4November 28, 1999
(192864) 1999 WP9November 30, 1999
  1. 1 with Robert H. McNaught

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Kidger, Mark Richard (2005). Astronomical enigmas: life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem, and other Milky Way mysteries. JHU Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8018-8026-1.
  3. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3644) Kojitaku. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 306. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 21 June 2016.


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