Tetsuo Kagawa
Tetsuo Kagawa ( Japanese 香 川 哲男 , Kagawa Tetsuo ; * 1969 ) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer .
He works at the Gekkō Observatory ( IAU code 888). In addition to his independent discoveries, he devotes himself to post-processing the data collected at the Nihondaira Observatory ( IAU code 385). This work has led to the discovery of a total of 114 asteroids to date, 17 of them in collaboration with his colleague Takeshi Urata .
The asteroid (6665) Kagawa was named after him.
literature
- 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kagawa, Tetsuo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 香 川 哲男 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |