| 4644 Oumu [1] | September 16, 1990 |
| 4677 Hiroshi [1] | September 26, 1990 |
| 4746 Doi [1] | October 9, 1989 |
| 4795 Kihara [1] | February 7, 1989 |
| 4905 Hiromi [1] | May 15, 1991 |
| 5214 Oozora [1] | November 13, 1990 |
| 5750 Kandatai [1] | April 11, 1991 |
| 6049 Toda [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 6644 Jugaku [1] | January 5, 1991 |
| 6778 Tosamakoto [1] | October 4, 1989 |
| 7826 Kinugasa [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 10319 Toshiharu [1] | October 11, 1990 |
| 12734 Haruna [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 13540 Kazukitakahashi [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 15716 Narahara [1] | November 29, 1989 |
| 15729 Yumikoitahana [1] | October 16, 1990 |
| 20019 Yukiotanaka [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 23495 Nagaotoshiko [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| (24726) 1991 VY [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| (48433) 1989 US1 [1] | October 29, 1989 |
| (73705) 1991 UR2 [1] | October 31, 1991 |
| (129454) 1991 UQ2[1] | October 31, 1991 |
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Atsushi Takahashi (高橋 篤志, Takahashi Atsushi, born 1965) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[2]
He lives in Kitami on the island of Hokkaidō in northern Japan, where he observes asteroids and comets at the Kitami Observatory (code 400). Takahashi is a member of the local astronomy club "Hokkaidō Suisei Shōwakusei Kaigi" (北海道彗星・小惑星会議, English: Conference for comets and asteroids Hokkaidō).[2]
With his colleague Kazuro Watanabe, he is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of 22 minor planets between 1989 and 1991,[1] including his lowest numbered discovery, the asteroid 4644 Oumu.[3] Takahashi and Watanabe also discovered the inner main-belt asteroid 5214 Oozora in 1990, while working at Hokkaido Kitami Observatory.[4] 5214 Oozora is named for Super Ōzora, the first express train in Hokkaidō.[5]
At Watanabe's suggestion, the main-belt asteroid 4842 Atsushi, discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro in 1989, was named in Takahashi's honor.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22503).[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4842) Atsushi". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4842) Atsushi. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 418. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4739. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4644) Oumu". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4644) Oumu. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 400. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4564. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "5214 Oozora (1990 VN3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5214) Oozora". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5214) Oozora. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 448. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5050. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 July 2016.