Tsuneo Niijima

List of discovered asteroids : 32

(3565) Ojima	December 22, 1986	[1]
(3585) Goshirakawa	January 28, 1987	[1]
(3686) Antoku	March 3, 1987	[1]
(4375) Kiyomori	February 28, 1987	[1]
(4376) Shigemori	March 20, 1987	[1]
(4377) Koremori	April 4th 1987	[1]
(4402) Tsunemori	February 25, 1987	[1]
(4574) Yoshinaka	December 20, 1986	[1]
(4767) Sutoku	April 4th 1987	[1]
(4896) Tomoegozen	December 20, 1986	[1]
(5578) Takakura	January 28, 1987	[1]
(5830) Simohiro	March 9, 1991	[1]
(5912) Oyatoshiyuki	December 20, 1989	[1]
(6158) Shosanbetsu	November 12, 1991	[1]
(7139) Tsubokawa	February 14, 1994	[1]
(7202) Kigoshi	February 19, 1995	[1]
(7748) 1987 TA	October 12, 1987	[1]
(7752) Otauchunokai	October 31, 1988	[2]
(8344) Babette	January 25, 1987	[1]
(8565) 1995 WB 6	November 24, 1995	[1]
(10162) Issunboushi	January 2, 1995	[1]
(10727) Akitsushima	February 25, 1987	[1]
(13148) 1995 EF	March 1, 1995	[1]
(17406) 1987 DO	February 25, 1987	[1]
(17472) Dinah	March 17, 1991	[1]
(20999) 1987 BF	January 28, 1987	[1]
(23476) 1990 VE 4	November 15, 1990	[1]
(26168) Kanaikiyotaka	November 24, 1995
(26170) Kazuhiko	January 24, 1996
(39637) 1995 EG	March 1, 1995	[1]
(39664) 1995 WW 4	November 20, 1995	[1]
(58147) 1986 WK	November 29, 1986	[1]
[1] with Takeshi Urata [2] with Kiyotaka Kanai

Tsuneo Niijima ( Japanese 新 島 恒 男 , Niijima Tsuneo ; * 1955 ) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and asteroid explorer.

Between 1986 and 1995 he discovered a total of 32 asteroids , most of them together with Takeshi Urata . Together with this he discovered the periodic comet 112P / Urata-Niijima on October 30, 1986

The asteroid (5507) Niijima was named after him.

source

• 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

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers