Masayuki Iwamoto

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List of discovered asteroids : 6
(4835) 1989 BQ January 29, 1989
(5399) Awa January 29, 1989
(5581) Mitsuko February 10, 1989
(6383) Tokushima December 12, 1988
(9943) Bizan October 29, 1989
(27714) 1989 BR January 29, 1989

Masayuki Iwamoto ( Japanese 岩 本 雅 之 , Iwamoto Masayuki ; * 1954 ) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who lives in the city of Awa in Tokushima Prefecture .

He is a distinguished asteroid discoverer who, together with Toshimasa Furuta, discovered 6 asteroids at the Tokushima-Kainan Observatory ( IAU code 872) in Kaiyō to date (as of Jan. 2010).

The asteroid (4951) Iwamoto was named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
personal data
SURNAME Iwamoto, Masayuki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 岩 本 雅 之 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese amateur astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 1954