Tetsuya Fujii
Tetsuya Fujii (藤井哲也, Fujii Tetsuya; born 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2]
| 4645 Tentaikojo | 16 September 1990 | |
| 4676 Uedaseiji | 16 September 1990 | |
| 4714 Toyohiro | 29 September 1989 | |
| 4718 Araki | 13 November 1990 | |
| 4743 Kikuchi | 16 February 1988 | |
| 4750 Mukai | 15 December 1990 | |
| 4971 Hoshinohiroba | 30 January 1989 | |
| 4975 Dohmoto | 16 September 1990 | |
| 5180 Ohno | 6 April 1989 | |
| 5192 Yabuki | 4 February 1991 | |
| 5357 Sekiguchi | 2 March 1992 | |
| 5474 Gingasen | 3 December 1988 | |
| 6246 Komurotoru | 13 November 1990 | |
| 6381 Toyama | 21 February 1988 | |
| 7418 Akasegawa | 11 March 1991 | |
| 9602 Oya | 31 October 1991 | |
| 9871 Jeon | 28 February 1992 | |
| 16439 Yamehoshinokawa | 30 January 1989 | |
| 16449 Kigoyama | 29 September 1989 | |
| 21015 Shigenari | 16 October 1988 | |
| (29159) 1989 GB | 2 April 1989 | |
| (37565) 1988 VL3 | 3 November 1988 | |
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From 1988 to 1992, he had discovered a total of 22 numbered asteroids together with his colleague, Kazuro Watanabe, at the Kitami Observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan, where several amateur astronomers have been conducting an active program of astrometric observations of minor planets and comets.[1][3] He is director of the astronomical club in Kitami, where he also works for the NHK broadcasting office.[2]
The minor planet 4343 Tetsuya, discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda in 1988, was named in his honour.[2]
See also
- 5357 Sekiguchi, an outer main-belt asteroid
- 5474 Gingasen, a Baptistina asteroid
References
- "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(4343) Tetsuya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4343) Tetsuya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 373. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4295. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(3785) Kitami". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3785) Kitami. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 320. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3780. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
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