Akimasa Nakamura

Akimasa Nakamura (中村 彰正, Nakamura Akimasa, fl. 1990s) (born 1961) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific observer of asteroids and comets, as well as a discoverer of minor planets. He has worked extensively at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory near Kuma, Ehime Prefecture, where he remains a staff member. His observations of asteroid brightness are well known.

Minor planets discovered: 112[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Career

Nakamura is also member of the Yamaneko Group of Comet Observers.[2] He named main-belt asteroid 44711 Carp for his favorite baseball team, the Hiroshima Carp,[3] and named 9081 Hideakianno after Japanese animation and film director, Hideaki Anno.

Awards and honors

The asteroid 10633 Akimasa,[4] orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, is named after him and was named in 1999 to coincide with his becoming a father.

List of discovered minor planets

6255 KumaDecember 5, 1994
6800 SaragamineOctober 29, 1994
6804 MaruseppuNovember 16, 1995
7206 ShikiAugust 18, 1996
7438 MisakatougeMay 12, 1994
7484 Dogo OnsenNovember 30, 1994
7678 OnodaFebruary 15, 1996
7716 UbeFebruary 22, 1996
7788 TsukubaDecember 5, 1994
7905 JuzoitamiJuly 24, 1997
8306 ShokoFebruary 24, 1995
8432 TamakasugaDecember 27, 1997
8552 HyoichiApril 20, 1995
8720 TakamizawaNovember 16, 1995
9076 ShinsakuMay 8, 1994
9081 HideakiannoNovember 3, 1994
9235 ShimanamikaidoFebruary 9, 1997
9658 ImabariFebruary 28, 1996
10163 OnomichiJanuary 26, 1995
10375 MichiokugaApril 21, 1996
10601 HiwatashiOctober 16, 1996
10609 HiraiNovember 28, 1996
10850 DensoJanuary 26, 1995
11115 KariyaNovember 21, 1995
11612 ObuDecember 21, 1995
12408 FujiokaSeptember 20, 1995
12796 KamenriderNovember 16, 1995
13207 TamagawaApril 10, 1997
13221 NaoJuly 24, 1997
13239 KanaMay 21, 1998
14939 NorikuraFebruary 21, 1995
15370 KanchiJuly 15, 1996
15415 RikaFebruary 4, 1998
15841 YamaguchiJuly 27, 1995
15868 AkiyoshidaiJuly 16, 1996
15921 KintaikyoNovember 1, 1997
16759 FuruyamaOctober 10, 1996
16807 TerasakoOctober 12, 1997
20151 UtsunomiyaOctober 5, 1996
22402 GoshiApril 3, 1995
22489 YanakaApril 7, 1997
23644 YamanekoJanuary 13, 1997
24962 KenjitobaOctober 27, 1997
24981 ShigekimurakamiMay 22, 1998
26937 MakimiyamotoMarch 31, 1997
27003 KatoizumiFebruary 21, 1998
27396 ShujiMarch 13, 2000
29737 NorihiroJanuary 21, 1999
29986 ShunsukeDecember 3, 1999
31061 TamaoOctober 10, 1996
31671 MasatoshiMay 13, 1999
39635 KusataoDecember 27, 1994
44711 CarpOctober 3, 1999
46643 YanaseMay 23, 1995
46737 AnpanmanNovember 1, 1997
47077 YujiDecember 16, 1998
47293 MasamitsuNovember 16, 1999
48575 HawaiiJuly 4, 1994
48736 EhimeFebruary 27, 1997
49440 KenzotangeDecember 21, 1998
52421 DaihojiJune 1, 1994
52601 IwayajiSeptember 29, 1997
54237 HiroshimanabeMay 5, 2000
58466 SantokaJuly 23, 1996
58707 KyoshiFebruary 2, 1998
65775 ReikotosaSeptember 18, 1995
67853 IwamuraNovember 22, 2000
75308 ShoinDecember 7, 1999
79254 TsudaDecember 23, 1994
79333 YusakuOctober 5, 1996
80184 HekigotoNovember 10, 1999
80984 SantomurakamiMarch 6, 2000
85308 AtsushimoriNovember 30, 1994
91213 BotchanDecember 22, 1998
91395 SakanouenokumoJune 5, 1999
91907 ShihoNovember 13, 1999
92097 AidaiDecember 3, 1999
94356 NarutoAugust 28, 2001
96254 HoyoFebruary 27, 1995
97582 HijikawaMarch 6, 2000
100266 SadamisakiOctober 14, 1994
100309 MisuzukanekoApril 20, 1995
100675 ChuyanakaharaDecember 4, 1997
105675 KamiukenaSeptember 26, 2000
107805 SaibiMarch 21, 2001
108720 KamikuroiwaJuly 22, 2001
110742 TetuokudoOctober 18, 2001
110743 HirobumiOctober 18, 2001
125473 KeisakuNovember 20, 2001
129561 ChuhachiFebruary 9, 1997
140038 KurushimaSeptember 18, 2001
145732 KanmonFebruary 21, 1995
147971 NametokoNovember 24, 1994
150129 BesshiNovember 8, 1994
152657 YukifumiDecember 4, 1997
158241 YutonagatomoOctober 12, 2001
160903 ShiokazeOctober 14, 2001
162035 JirotakahashiDecember 17, 1995
162755 SpacesoraNovember 28, 2000
163153 TakuyaonishiFebruary 12, 2002
173936 YuriboNovember 17, 2001
200234 KumashiroNovember 4, 1999
202909 JakotenOctober 11, 1996
208499 ShokasonjukuNovember 17, 2001
213255 KimiyayuiMarch 15, 2001
(217726) 1999 WNNovember 16, 1999
(221977) 1995 WG1November 16, 1995
(222249) 2000 PP4August 3, 2000
(241592) 1998 KVMay 21, 1998
(333862) 1995 WF1November 16, 1995
(337055) 1997 BT6January 31, 1997
(399314) 1996 RG4September 10, 1996
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See also

References

  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. 23644 Yamaneko ssd.jpl.nasa.gov Retrieved 2011-01-13
  3. August 2003 Asteroid/Comet/Meteor News accessed 4 August 2007
  4. 10633 Akimasa at NASA JPL Small-Body Database accessed 4 August 2007


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