Name Hiroshi Mori | Role Astronomer | |
Discovered (6704) 1988 CJ, 3823 Yorii, 6299 Reizoutoyoko |
Hiroshi Mori (森 弘, Mori Hiroshi, born 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 45 numbered minor planets in collaboration with amateur astronomer Masaru Arai at Yorii Observatory during 1988–1991.
The main-belt asteroid 19190 Morihiroshi, discovered by Japanese astronomers Tsutomu Hioki and Shuji Hayakawa in 1992, was named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 6 January 2003 (M.P.C. 47301).
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