Toshirō Nomura

Discovered asteroids : 13
Number and name	Discovery date	Co-discoverer
(4106) Nada	March 6, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(4797) Ako	September 30, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(5401) Minamioda	March 6, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(5685) Sanenobufukui	December 8, 1990	K. Kawanishi
(5737) Itoh	September 30, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(5872) Sugano	September 30, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(5881) Akashi	September 27, 1992	M. Sugano
(6155) Yokosugano	November 11, 1990	K. Kawanishi
(6557) Yokonomura	November 11, 1990	K. Kawanishi
(7178) Ikuookamoto	November 11, 1990	K. Kawanishi
(8892) Kakogawa	September 11, 1994	M. Sugano
(9580) Tarumi	October 8, 1989	K. Kawanishi
(10318) Sumaura	October 15, 1990	K. Kawanishi

Toshirō Nomura ( Japanese 野村 敏 郎 , Nomura Toshirō ; * 1954 ) is a Japanese astronomer .

Nomura is the discoverer or co-discoverer of currently 13 asteroids. He made most of his discoveries together with Kōyō Kawanishi . He teaches geosciences at Nada High School in Kobe . Since 1992, he has several times the location of together with colleagues Tunguska event attended to by meteorites to look for. As head of the Kobe District of the Oriental Astronomical Association , he takes every opportunity to make astronomy more popular in Japan.

The asteroid (6559) Nomura was named after him.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers