Yoshio Kushida

List of discovered asteroids : 56

(4458) Oizumi	January 21, 1990	[1]
(4577) Chikako	November 30, 1988	[2]
(4640) Hara	April 1, 1989	[1]
(4875) Ingalls	19th February 1991	[3]
(5352) Fujita	December 27, 1989	[1]
(5403) Takachiho	February 20, 1990	[2]
(5405) Neverland	April 11, 1991	[1]
(5473) Yamanashi	5th November 1988	[1]
(5489) Oberkochen	17th January 1993	[1]
(5687) Yamamotoshinobu	January 13, 1991	[1]
(6308) Ebisuzaki	17th January 1990	[1]
(6395) Hilliard	October 21, 1990	[1]
(6405) Komiyama	April 30, 1992	[1]
(6464) Kaburaki	February 1, 1994	[1]
(6612) Hachioji	March 10, 1994	[1]
(6643) Morikubo	November 7, 1990	[1]
(6667) Sannaimura	March 14, 1994	[1]
(6731) Hiei	January 24, 1992	[1]
(6865) Dunkerley	October 2, 1991	[1]
(6868) Seiyauyeda	April 22, 1992	[1]
(6915) 1992 HH	April 30, 1992	[1]
(7068) Minowa	November 26, 1994	[1]
(7421) Kusaka	April 30, 1992	[1]
(7575) Kimuraseiji	December 22, 1989	[1]
(7765) 1991 AD	January 8, 1991	[1]
(7775) Taiko	4th December 1992	[1]
(7821) 1991 AC	January 8, 1991	[1]
(7830) Akihikotago	February 24, 1993	[1]
(8532) 1992 YW 3	December 29, 1992	[1]
(8691) Etsuko	October 21, 1992	[1]
(8830) 1988 VZ	November 7, 1988	[2]
(8876) 1992 WU 3	November 23, 1992	[1]
(9190) Masako	November 4th 1991	[1]
(9335) 1991 AA 1	January 10, 1991	[1]
(9746) Kazukoichikawa	November 7, 1988	[2]
(9844) Otani	November 23, 1989	[1]
(10144) 1994 AB 2	January 9, 1994	[1]
(10566) Zabadak	January 14, 1994	[1]
(11513) 1991 CE 1	February 12, 1991	[1]
(11528) Mie	3rd December 1991	[1]
(12337) 1992 WV 3	November 24, 1992	[1]
(12342) Kudohmichiko	January 30, 1993	[1]
(12691) 1988 VF 2	November 7, 1988	[2]
(12735) 1991 VV 1	November 4th 1991	[1]
(14902) Miyairi	17th January 1993	[1]
(15269) 1990 XF	December 8, 1990	[1]
(15350) Naganuma	November 3, 1994	[1]
(15764) 1992 UL 8	October 31, 1992	[1]
(16599) Shorland	January 20, 1993	[1]
(17558) 1994 AA 1	4th January 1994	[1]
(17563) Tsuneyoshi	5th February 1994	[1]
(20042) 1993 CK 1	February 15, 1993	[1]
(26829) Sakaihoikuen	November 30, 1989	[2]
(27791) Masaru	February 24, 1993	[1]
(48594) 1994 VA 2	November 3, 1994	[1]
(162011) 1994 AB 1	4th January 1994	[1]
[1] with Osamu Muramatsu [2] with Masaru Inoue [3] with Reiki Kushida

Yoshio Kushida ( Japanese 串 田 嘉 男 , Kushida Yoshio ; born September 19, 1957 ) is a Japanese seismologist and amateur astronomer .

He is a high-profile asteroid discoverer who has discovered 56 asteroids to date (January 2010), 49 of them together with Osamu Muramatsu . He is also the discoverer of comet 144P / Kushida and co-discoverer of comet 147P / Kushida-Muramatsu .

He is married to the Japanese astronomer Reiko Kushida .

The asteroid (5605) Kushida was named after him.

literature

• Schmadel, Lutz D .: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . 5th ed. Springer, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3540002383 (English) Preview on Google Book Search

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minor Planet Discoverers

Web links

• The discovery of comet 144P
• The discovery of comet 147P