Kiichirō Furukawa
Kiichirō Furukawa ( Japanese 古 川 麒 一郎 , Furukawa Kiichirō ; * July 22, 1929 ; † June 29, 2016 ), also: Kiichiro Hurukawa and Kiitiro Hurukawa , was a Japanese astronomer and asteroid discoverer who worked from the Kiso Observatory .
Together with Hiroki Kōsai, he discovered a total of 92 asteroids between 1976 and 1986.
The asteroid (3425) Hurukawa 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
- ↑ 星 の 広 場 HAL-News ( Memento from July 1, 2016 in the web archive archive.today )
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furukawa, Kiichirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 古 川 麒 一郎 (Japanese); Hurukawa, Kiichirō; Hurukawa, Kiitiro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1929 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 2016 |