Makio Akiyama

List of discovered asteroids : 16

(5333) Kanaya	October 18, 1990	[1]
(5334) Mishima	February 8, 1991	[1]
(5743) Kato	October 19, 1990	[1]
(6251) Setsuko	February 25, 1992	[1]
(6419) Susono	7th December 1993	[1]
(6792) Akiyamatakashi	November 30, 1991	[1]
(6961) Ashitaka	May 26, 1989	[1]
(7472) Kumakiri	February 13, 1992	[1]
(8273) Apatheia	November 29, 1989	[1]
(9033) Kawane	4th January 1990	[1]
(28004) Terakawa	2nd December 1997
(29624) Sugiyama	October 2, 1998
(35441) Kyoko	January 31, 1998
(40994) Tekaridake	October 20, 1999
(53157) Akaishidake	February 5, 1999
(55873) Shiomidake	October 26, 1997
[1] with Toshimasa Furuta

Makio Akiyama ( Japanese 秋山 万 喜 夫 , Akiyama Makio ; * 1950 ) is a Japanese astronomer .

He is a distinguished asteroid discoverer who to date (January 2010) has discovered 16 asteroids, 10 of them together with Toshimasa Furuta .

He is married to Setsuko Akiyama (* 1953) after whom he named the asteroid (6251) Setsuko .

The asteroid (4904) Makio was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers