Masanori Matsuyama

List of discovered asteroids : 19

(4459) Nusamaibashi	January 30, 1990	[1]
(4584) Akan	March 16, 1990	[1]
(5064) Tanchozuru	March 16, 1990	[1]
(5215) Tsurui	January 9, 1991	[1]
(5291) Yuuko	December 20, 1990	[1]
(5293) Bentengahama	January 23, 1991	[1]
(5686) Chiyonoura	December 20, 1990	[1]
(5848) Harutoriko	January 30, 1990	[1]
(6098) Mutojunkyu	October 31, 1991	[1]
(6210) Hyunseop	January 14, 1991	[1]
(8493) Yachibozu	January 30, 1990	[1]
(8824) Genta	January 18, 1988	[1]
(11873) 1989 WS 2	November 30, 1989	[1]
(15718) 1990 BB 2	January 30, 1990	[1]
(19983) 1990 DW	February 18, 1990	[1]
(21036) 1990 BA 2	January 30, 1990	[1]
(23448) 1988 BG	January 18, 1988	[1]
(29144) 1988 FB	March 16, 1988	[1]
(37586) 1991 BP 2	January 23, 1991	[1]
[1] with Kazuo Watanabe

Masanori Matsuyama ( Japanese 松山 正 則 , Matsuyama Masanori ; * 1950 ) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer .

From 1988 to 1991, together with Kazuo Watanabe, he discovered a total of 19 asteroids at the observatory in Kushiro ( IAU code 399) .

The asteroid (4844) Matsuyama was named after him.

He is married to Yūko Matsuyama (* 1950), after whom he named the asteroid (5291) Yuuko .

source

• 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