Akimasa Nakamura
Akimasa Nakamura ( Japanese 中 村 彰 正 , Nakamura Akimasa ; * 1961 ) is a Japanese astronomer .
Akimasa Nakamura works mainly at the Kuma-Kōgen Observatory near Kumakōgen in Ehime Prefecture , to whose staff he still belongs. In his work, he places particular emphasis on observing the brightness of asteroids. From 1994 until today (January 2010) he discovered a total of 109 asteroids .
He named the asteroids (9081) Hideakianno after the Japanese film director Hideaki Anno and (44711) Carp after the Hiroshima Carp baseball team , of which he is a fan.
The asteroid (10633) Akimasa was named after him in 1999 to celebrate the birth of his first child.
source
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) Preview on Google Book Search
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nakamura, Akimasa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 村 彰 正 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |