Hideo Fukushima

Discovered asteroids : 2

(19310) Osawa	November 4, 1996	[1]
(100483) NAOJ	October 30, 1994	[1] , [2]
[1] with Isao Satō [2] with Naotaka Yamamoto

Hideo Fukushima ( Fukushima Hideo ; * 1953 ) is a Japanese astronomer and asteroid discoverer .

For his work he uses the Mitaka station ( IAU code 388) of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka, west of Tokyo . Together with colleagues, he discovered a total of two asteroids there between 1994 and 1996.

The asteroid (6345) Hideo was named after him.

literature

• 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

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers