Name Masahiro Koishikawa | Role Astronomer | |
Discovered 6349 Acapulco, 6859 Datemasamune, 7816 Hanoi | ||
Masahiro Koishikawa (小石川 正弘, Koishikawa Masahiro, born 1952) is a Japanese astronomer. He has studied both major and minor planets, and has discovered multiple asteroids.
Koishikawa has been a staff member of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory since 1972. His research is based out of the Sendai's Ayashi station. The main-belt asteroid 6097 Koishikawa, discovered by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami in 1991, was named in his honor.
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