Kōichirō Tomita
| (2252) CERGA | November 1, 1978 |
| (3056) INAG | November 1, 1978 |
| (3765) Texereau | September 16, 1982 |
| (4051) Hatanaka | November 1, 1978 |
| (8788) Labeyrie | November 1, 1978 |
| (8986) Kineyayasuyo | November 1, 1978 |
| (11258) Aoyama | November 1, 1978 |
| (32738) 1978 VT 1 | November 1, 1978 |
| (69234) 1978 VO 2 | November 1, 1978 |
Kōichirō Tomita ( Japanese 冨 田 弘一郎 , Tomita Kōichirō ; * February 16, 1925 , † May 22, 2006 ) was a Japanese astronomer and asteroid explorer .
He discovered a total of 9 asteroids from the Observatoire de Calern ( IAU code 010) north of Grasse between 1978 and 1982.
Together with the amateur astronomers FW Gerber and Minoru Honda, he discovered the comet C / 1964 L1 (Tomita-Gerber-Honda) .
Tomita wrote a book on comets in Japanese, which was translated into Russian in 1982 and published in Russia.
The asteroid (2391) Tomita was named after him.
literature
- Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th revised edition. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tomita, Kōichirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 冨 田 弘一郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 2006 |