Isao Sato

Discovered asteroids : 5

(19310) Osawa	November 4, 1996	[1]
(26887) Tokyogiants	October 14, 1994	[2]
(73827) Nakanohoshinokai	January 12, 1996	[3]
(100267) JAXA	October 14, 1994	[2] , [3]
(100483) NAOJ	October 30, 1994	[1] , [4]
[1] with Hideo Fukushima [2] with Hiroshi Araki [3] with Masanao Abe [4] with Naotaka Yamamoto

Isao Satō ( Japanese 佐藤 勲 , Satō Isao ; * 1963 ) is a Japanese astronomer and asteroid discoverer .

His main area of ​​work is eclipses . In 1991 he made the first photographic observation of the overlay of Alhena by the asteroid (381) Myrrha . His work led to the discovery of a total of five asteroids between 1994 and 1996.

The asteroid (6338) Isaosato 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 )
• I. Sato, M. Sôma, T. Hirose: The Occultation of Gamma Geminorum by the Asteroid 381 Myrrha . In: The Astronomical Journal , Vol. 105 (1993), Issue 4, pp. 1553-1561, ISSN  0004-6256

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers