Masaru Mukai

**List of discovered asteroids : 13**
(4703) Kagoshima	January 16, 1988	[1]
(5139) Rumoi	November 13, 1990	[1]
(5286) Haruomukai	November 4th 1989	[1]
(5468) Hamatonbetsu	January 16, 1988	[1]
(5640) Yoshino	October 21, 1989	[1]
(5960) Wakkanai	October 21, 1989	[1]
(8866) Tanegashima	January 26, 1992	[1]
(9368) Esashi	January 26, 1992	[1]
(10516) Sakurajima	November 1, 1989	[1]
(11064) Doges	November 30, 1991	[1]
(14446) Kinkowan	October 31, 1992	[1]
(15790) Keizan	October 8, 1993	[1]
(48498) 1993 BS ₆	January 30, 1993	[1]
[1] with Masanori Takeishi

Masaru Mukai ( Japanese 向井優 , Mukai Masaru ; * 1949 in Yoshino, Kagoshima ) is a Japanese amateur astronomer . Masaru had a younger brother named Haruo ( 向井春男 ; 1949–1986).

Between 1988 and 1993 he discovered a total of 13 asteroids together with Masanori Takeishi .

source

Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Springer-Verlag, Berlin 2003, 5th edition, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ 種子島の文芸人 . Retrieved March 3, 2011 (Japanese).
^ Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . P. 454, limited preview in Google Book search
^ Minor Planet Discoverers

personal data
SURNAME	Mukai, Masaru
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	向井優 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Yoshino, Kagoshima, Japan

[1] 種子島の文芸人 . Retrieved March 3, 2011 (Japanese).

[2] Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . P. 454, limited preview in Google Book search

[3] Minor Planet Discoverers