Hiroshi Araki

Hiroshi Araki (荒木 博志, Araki Hiroshi) is a Japanese astronomer. He works at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI observatory in Ōshū, and was the Science Team sub-Leader of the MUSES-C mission. He has discovered three asteroids.[1] With colleagues at the observatory, he has created a detailed topographic map of the Moon.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 3 [1]

26887 Tokyogiants	14 October 1994	list · ^[A]
46632 RISE	14 October 1994	list · ^[A]
100267 JAXA	14 October 1994	list · ^[A]^[B]
co-discovered with: ^A I. Satō, ^B M. Abe

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
2. "New light on Moon's far side". Institute of Physics. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

External links

• "Detailed map shows dry Moon" - Canada
• "Crustal thickness of the Moon: Implications for farside basin structures" - GRL
• "Moonlight project - Observations of Lunar rotation and Ephemeris by optical methods on the Moon"
• Spacewarn Bulletin - NASA
• "Moon's Puzzling, Thick-Skinned Far Side" - Sky and Telescope
• "New high-res maps suggest little water in moon" - Universe Today
• "CCD Centroiding Experiment for the Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission (JASMINE) and In Situ Lunar Orientation Measurement (ILOM)"
• "Development ofa LD pumped Nd:YAG Oscillator for Space-borne LaserAItimeter"