Hiroshi Araki

Hiroshi Araki (荒木 博志, Araki Hiroshi) is a Japanese astronomer. He works at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI observatory in Ōshū, and was the Science Team sub-Leader of the MUSES-C mission. He has discovered three asteroids.[1] With colleagues at the observatory, he has created a detailed topographic map of the Moon.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 3 [1]
26887 Tokyogiants14 October 1994list · [A]
46632 RISE14 October 1994list · [A]
100267 JAXA14 October 1994list · [A][B]
co-discovered with: A I. Satō, B M. Abe

References

  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. "New light on Moon's far side". Institute of Physics. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2016.


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