Koichiro Tomita
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese astronomer
.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
s;2252 CERGA
, 3056 INAG
, 3765 Texereau
, 4051 Hatanaka
.
He is the author of at least one astronomy book (in Japanese) about comets (which was translated and published in Russian in 1982).
Asteroid 2391 Tomita
is named after him.
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...
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He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
s;2252 CERGA
2252 CERGA
2252 CERGA is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 1, 1978 by K. Tomita at Caussols.- External links :*...
, 3056 INAG
3056 INAG
3056 INAG is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 1, 1978 by Kōichirō Tomita at Caussols.- External links :*...
, 3765 Texereau
3765 Texereau
3765 Texereau is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 16, 1982 by K. Tomita at Caussols.- External links :*...
, 4051 Hatanaka
4051 Hatanaka
4051 Hatanaka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 1, 1978 by Kōichirō Tomita at Caussols.- External links :*...
.
He is the author of at least one astronomy book (in Japanese) about comets (which was translated and published in Russian in 1982).
Asteroid 2391 Tomita
2391 Tomita
2391 Tomita is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 9, 1957 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg.- External links :*...
is named after him.