Yuji Hyakutake
Encyclopedia
was a Japan
ese amateur astronomer
who discovered Comet Hyakutake
on January 30, 1996 while using 25×150 binoculars
.
His only other discovery was comet C/1995 Y1. The media
has stated that Hyakutake became interested in astronomy
after seeing Comet Ikeya-Seki
(C/1965 S1).
He died in 2002, at age 51, of an aneurysm
.
Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake
is named after him.
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 amateur astronomer
Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy, also called backyard astronomy and stargazing, is a hobby whose participants enjoy watching the night sky , and the plethora of objects found in it, mainly with portable telescopes and binoculars...
who discovered Comet Hyakutake
Comet Hyakutake
Comet Hyakutake is a comet, discovered on January 31, 1996, which passed very close to Earth in March of that year. It was dubbed The Great Comet of 1996; its passage near the Earth was one of the closest cometary approaches of the previous 200 years. Hyakutake appeared very bright in the night...
on January 30, 1996 while using 25×150 binoculars
Binoculars
Binoculars, field glasses or binocular telescopes are a pair of identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes when viewing distant objects...
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His only other discovery was comet C/1995 Y1. The media
Mass media
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has stated that Hyakutake became interested in astronomy
Astronomy
Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
after seeing Comet Ikeya-Seki
Comet Ikeya-Seki
Comet Ikeya–Seki, formally designated C/1965 S1, 1965 VIII, and 1965f, was a long-period comet discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki...
(C/1965 S1).
He died in 2002, at age 51, of an aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
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Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake
7291 Hyakutake
7291 Hyakutake is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 13, 1991 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato. It is named after Yuji Hyakutake.- External links :*...
is named after him.