Takuo Kojima

Asteroids Discovered : 45
Number and name	Discovery date
(3774) Megumi	December 20, 1987
(3786) Yamada	January 10, 1988
(3829) Gunma	March 10, 1988
(3995) Sakaino	5th December 1988
(3998) Tezuka	January 1, 1989
(3999) Aristarchus	5th January 1989
(4041) Miyamotoyohko	19th February 1988
(4156) Okadanoboru	January 16, 1988
(4288) Tokyotech	October 8, 1989
(4493) Naitomitsu	October 14, 1988
(4576) Yanotoyohiko	February 10, 1988
(4632) Udagawa	17th December 1987
(4866) Badillo	November 10, 1988
(4949) Akasofu	November 29, 1988
(5348) Kennoguchi	January 16, 1988
(5432) Imakiire	3rd November 1988
(5433) Kairen	November 10, 1988
(5813) 1988 VL	3rd November 1988
(6185) 1987 YD	December 20, 1987
(6298) Sawaoka	December 1, 1988
(6551) 1988 XP	5th December 1988
(6555) 1989 UU 1	October 29, 1989
(6706) 1988 VD 3	November 11, 1988
(7402) 1987 YH	December 25, 1987
(7517) Alisondoane	January 3, 1989
(7563) 1988 BC	January 16, 1988
(7697) 1989 AE	January 3, 1989
(8219) 1996 JL 1	May 10, 1996
(9321) Alexkonopliv	5th January 1989
(9939) 1988 UK	3rd November 1988
(10064) Hirosetamotsu	October 31, 1988
(10744) Tsuruta	5th December 1988
(10853) Aimoto	February 6, 1995
(11861) Teruhima	November 10, 1988
(12037) 1997 CT 19	February 11, 1997
(13023) 1988 XT 1	December 10, 1988
(15832) 1995 CB 1	February 7, 1995
(23570) 1995 AA	January 1, 1995
(23572) 1995 AS 2	January 10, 1995
(43088) 1999 WO 9	November 30, 1999
(45263) 2000 AD 5	November 3, 2000
(48421) 1988 VF	3rd November 1988
(71236) 2000 AC 5	January 3, 2000
(168551) 1999 WH 4	November 28, 1999
(192864) 1999 WP 9	November 30, 1999
1 together with Robert McNaught

Takuo Kojima ( Japanese 小島 卓 雄 , Kojima Takuo ; born November 1955 in Chiyoda , Gunma Prefecture , Japan) is a Japanese astronomer .

He is considered a distinguished discoverer of asteroids , who discovered a total of 45 asteroids between 1987 and 2000.

Kojima received her Bachelor and Master of Engineering Degree in Inorganic Materials from Tokyo Institute of Technology .

He is married to Megumi Edakubo and has three children.

The asteroid (3644) Kojitaku was named after him.

Risk of confusion

The periodic comet 70P / Kojima was not discovered by him, but by Nobuhisa Kojima in Ishiki .

literature

• Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th edition, Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-540-00238-3 (English) [ preview on Google Book Search ]

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers