Toshimasa Furuta

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Discovered asteroids : 29
(2478) Tokai May 4th 1981
(2908) Shimoyama November 18, 1981
(3165) Mikawa 2 August 31, 1984
(3178) Yoshitsune 2 November 21, 1984
(3533) Toyota 2 October 30, 1986
(3733) Yoshitomo 2 January 15, 1985
(3814) Hoshi-no-mura May 4th 1981
(4265) Kani 1 October 8, 1989
(4351) Nobuhisa 1 October 28, 1989
(4353) Onizaki 1 November 25, 1989
(4541) Mizuno 2 January 1, 1989
(4614) Masamura 1 August 21, 1990
(4717) Kaneko 1 November 20, 1989
(4799) Hirasawa 1 October 8, 1989
(4835) 1989 BQ 3 January 29, 1989
(4903) Ichikawa 1 October 20, 1989
(4904) Makio 1 November 21, 1989
(4951) Iwamoto 1 January 21, 1990
(5236) Yoko 1 October 10, 1990
(5333) Kanaya 4 October 18, 1990
(5334) Mishima 4 February 8, 1991
(5743) Kato 4 October 19, 1990
(6251) Setsuko 4 February 25, 1992
(6419) Susono 4 7th December 1993
(6792) Akiyamatakashi 4 November 30, 1991
(6961) Ashitaka 4 May 26, 1989
(7472) Kumakiri 4 February 13, 1992
(8273) Apatheia 4 November 29, 1989
(9033) Kawane 4 4th January 1990
1 together with Yoshikane Mizuno
2 together with Kenzō Suzuki
3 together with Masayuki Iwamoto
4 together with Makio Akiyama

Toshimasa Furuta ( Japanese 古田 俊 正 , Furuta Toshimasa ) is a Japanese astronomer .

Furuta, together with Makio Akiyama , Masayuki Iwamoto , Kenzō Suzuki and Yoshikane Mizuno , has discovered 82 asteroids so far .

Individual evidence

  1. Minor Planet Discoverers (as of Jan. 2010)