Masanori Hirasawa

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Discovered asteroids : 23
Number and name Discovery date
(6416) Nyukasayama November 14, 1993
(6499) Michiko October 27, 1992
(6918) Manaslu March 20, 1993
(7028) Tachikawa 4th December 1993
(7067) Kiyose 4th December 1993
(7353) Kazuya January 6, 1995
(7891) Fuchie November 11, 1994
(7892) Musamurahigashi November 27, 1994
(8100) Nobeyama 4th December 1993
(8200) Souten January 7, 1994
(8530) Korbokkur October 25, 1992
(8551) Daitarabochi November 11, 1994
(8702) Nakanishi November 14, 1993
(9197) Endo November 24, 1992
(9350) Waseda October 13, 1991
(9386) Hitomi 5th December 1993
(10171) Takaotengu March 7, 1995
(10617) Takumi October 25, 1997
(10837) Yuyakekoyake March 6, 1994
(13162) 1995 UK 44 October 22, 1995
(14036) 1995 EY 7 March 5, 1995
(14037) 1995 EZ 7 March 5, 1995
(37675) 1995 AJ 1 January 6, 1995

Masanori Hirasawa ( Japanese 平 沢 正規 , Hirasawa Masanori ) is a Japanese astronomer and asteroid explorer .

He is a graduate of Waseda University and teaches at Fuchie High School in Tokyo, after which he named the asteroid (7891) Fuchie . Together with his colleague Shōhei Suzuki , he discovered a total of 52 asteroids at Mount Nyukasa Station between 1991 and 1998. He is married to Michiko Hirasawa (* 1955), who runs the Mount Nyukasa Station and after whom he (6499) named Michiko .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 7891 Fuchie (1994 VJ7). In: JPL Small-Body Database Browser. November 17, 2009, accessed September 22, 2010 .
  2. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
  3. ↑ 6499 Michiko (1992 UV6). In: JPL Small-Body Database Browser. November 17, 2009, accessed September 22, 2010 .
personal data
SURNAME Hirasawa, Masanori
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 平 沢 正規 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century