Atsuo Asami
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| 13691 Akie 13691 Akie 13691 Akie is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1997 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
September 30, 1997 |
| 13815 Furuya 13815 Furuya 13815 Furuya is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on December 22, 1998 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
December 22, 1998 |
| 17683 Kanagawa 17683 Kanagawa 17683 Kanagawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1997 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
January 10, 1997 |
| 39799 Hadano 39799 Hadano 39799 Hadano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 23, 1997 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
October 23, 1997 |
| 47086 Shinseiko 47086 Shinseiko 47086 Shinseiko is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1999 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
January 10, 1999 |
| 55875 Hirohatagaoka 55875 Hirohatagaoka 55875 Hirohatagaoka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 1, 1997 by Atsuo Asami at Hadano.- External links :*... |
November 1, 1997 |
is a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
. He operates a small private observatory, Hadano Astronomical Observatory, located about 60 km southwest of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. It is mainly used for astrometric observations of comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
s and minor planet
Minor planet
An asteroid group or minor-planet group is a population of minor planets that have a share broadly similar orbits. Members are generally unrelated to each other, unlike in an asteroid family, which often results from the break-up of a single asteroid...
s. Asami is also a member of the Japan Spaceguard Association (JSGA).