Masahiro Koishikawa

List of discovered asteroids : 19

(3994) Ayashi	2nd December 1988
(4292) Aoba	November 4th 1989
(4407) Taihaku	October 13, 1988
(4539) Miyagino	November 8, 1988
(4871) Riverside	November 24, 1989
(5128) Wakabayashi	March 30, 1989
(5751) Zao	5th January 1992
(6089) Izumi	5th January 1989
(6190) Rennes	October 8, 1989
(6349) Acapulco	February 8, 1995
(6859) Datemasamune	February 13, 1991
(7485) Changchun	4th December 1994
(7816) Hanoi	18th December 1987
(8084) Dallas	February 6, 1989
(10500) Nishi-koen	April 3, 1987
(11514) Tsunenaga	February 13, 1991
(12252) Gwangju	November 8, 1988
(14032) Mego	4th December 1994
(30963) Mount Banzan	November 29, 1994

Masahiro Koishikawa ( Japanese 小 石川 正弘 , Koishikawa Masahiro ; * 1952 ) is a Japanese astronomer and asteroid explorer .

He has been a member of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory ( IAU code 893) staff since 1972 , where he discovered a total of 19 asteroids at Ayashi Station between 1987 and 1995. He is also interested in observing the planets.

The asteroid (6097) Koishikawa 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