Okuro Oikawa

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discovered asteroids : 8
(1088) Mitaka November 17, 1927
(1089) Tama November 17, 1927
(1090) Sumida February 20, 1928
(1098) Hakone September 5, 1928
(1139) Atami December 1, 1929 with K. Kubokawa
(1185) Nikko November 17, 1927
(1266) Clays January 23, 1927
(1584) Fuji February 7, 1927

Okurō Oikawa (及 川奥 郎, * 1896 ; † 1970 ) was a Japanese astronomer .

Oikawa worked at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory , where - in the late 1920s - he discovered eight asteroids , among other things . He was the first Japanese to discover an asteroid. The asteroid (2667) Oikawa is dedicated to him.

personal data
SURNAME Oikawa, Okuro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oikawa, Okurō
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
DATE OF DEATH 1970