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Name
  
Shun-ei Izumikawa


Role
  
Astronomer

Discovered
  
27748 Vivianhoette, 5239 Reiki

Shun-ei Izumikawa (泉川 俊英, Izumikawa Shun'ei) is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 5239 Reiki and 27748 Vivianhoette, two main-belt asteroids he first observed together with astronomer Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory near Hokuto, Yamanashi, in 1990 and 1991.

The asteroids were named for Japanese amateur astronomer Reiki Kushida and American Vivian Hoette from the U.S. Yerkes Observatory, respectively.

References

Shun-ei Izumikawa Wikipedia


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