Tomimaru Okuni
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Tomimaru Okuni (大国 富丸, Ōkuni Tomimaru, born 1931) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at the Nanyo Observatory (358), Yamagata prefecture, Japan.[2]
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center with a total of 130 discoveries between 1995 and 2000.[1]
The main-belt asteroid 7769 Okuni, discovered by Satoru Otomo at the Kiyosato Observatory in 1991, is named in his honour.[2] Naming citation was published on 9 January 2001 (M.P.C. 41935).[3]
List of discovered minor planets
| 7039 Yamagata | 14 April 1996 | list |
| 8220 Nanyou | 13 May 1996 | list |
| 8418 Mogamigawa | 10 November 1996 | list |
| 8723 Azumayama | 23 September 1996 | list |
| 8730 Iidesan | 10 November 1996 | list |
| 8747 Asahi | 24 March 1998 | list |
| 8922 Kumanodake | 10 November 1996 | list |
| 8937 Gassan | 13 January 1997 | list |
| 9110 Choukai | 13 January 1997 | list |
| 9128 Takatumuzi | 30 April 1998 | list |
| (9990) 1997 SO17 | 30 September 1997 | list |
| 10405 Yoshiaki | 19 November 1997 | list |
| 10583 Kanetugu | 21 November 1995 | list |
| 10864 Yamagatashi | 31 August 1995 | list |
| 10886 Mitsuroohba | 10 November 1996 | list |
| 11119 Taro | 9 August 1996 | list |
| 11623 Kagekatu | 8 October 1996 | list |
| (11752) 1999 OU3 | 23 July 1999 | list |
| 12003 Hideosugai | 20 March 1996 | list |
| 12400 Katumaru | 28 July 1995 | list |
| 12439 Okasaki | 15 February 1996 | list |
| 12445 Sirataka | 24 April 1996 | list |
| 12478 Suzukiseiji | 7 March 1997 | list |
| 12788 Shigeno | 22 September 1995 | list |
| 12793 Hosinokokai | 30 October 1995 | list |
| 13146 Yuriko | 20 February 1995 | list |
| (13199) 1997 EW25 | 3 March 1997 | list |
| 13220 Kashiwagura | 1 July 1997 | list |
| 13222 Ichikawakazuo | 27 July 1997 | list |
| 13224 Takamatsuda | 10 August 1997 | list |
| 13235 Isiguroyuki | 30 April 1998 | list |
| 13365 Tenzinyama | 26 October 1998 | list |
| 13624 Abeosamu | 17 October 1995 | list |
| 13678 Shimada | 6 July 1997 | list |
| 13679 Shinanogawa | 29 July 1997 | list |
| 13686 Kongozan | 30 August 1997 | list |
| 13787 Nagaishi | 26 October 1998 | list |
| 14046 Keikai | 17 November 1995 | list |
| 14515 Koichisato | 21 April 1996 | list |
| 14551 Itagaki | 22 October 1997 | list |
| 14962 Masanoriabe | 9 October 1996 | list |
| 14963 Toshikazu | 11 October 1996 | list |
| 15028 Soushiyou | 26 October 1998 | list |
| (15387) 1997 SQ17 | 30 September 1997 | list |
| 15840 Hiroshiendou | 31 May 1995 | list |
| 15906 Yoshikaneda | 30 September 1997 | list |
| 16261 Iidemachi | 4 May 2000 | list |
| 16725 Toudono | 15 February 1996 | list |
| 16736 Tongariyama | 13 May 1996 | list |
| (16764) 1996 TV14 | 9 October 1996 | list |
| 17629 Koichisuzuki | 21 April 1996 | list |
| 17645 Inarimori | 9 October 1996 | list |
| (17685) 1997 AJ19 | 13 January 1997 | list |
| (17948) 1999 JQ15 | 12 May 1999 | list |
| 18461 Seiichikanno | 17 August 1995 | list |
| 18818 Yasuhiko | 21 June 1999 | list |
| 18840 Yoshioba | 8 August 1999 | list |
| 19392 Oyamada | 22 February 1998 | list |
| 19707 Tokunai | 8 October 1999 | list |
| 20107 Nanyotenmondai | 28 August 1995 | list |
| 20115 Niheihajime | 12 November 1995 | list |
| 20204 Yuudurunosato | 1 March 1997 | list |
| 21275 Tosiyasu | 23 September 1996 | list |
| 21368 Shiodayama | 6 June 1997 | list |
| 21460 Ryozo | 30 April 1998 | list |
| 22490 Zigamiyama | 11 April 1997 | list |
| 23727 Akihasan | 30 April 1998 | list |
| 24910 Haruoando | 14 February 1997 | list |
| 24940 Sankichiyama | 1 May 1997 | list |
| 24965 Akayu | 19 November 1997 | list |
| 26319 Miyauchi | 26 October 1998 | list |
| 26919 Shoichimiyata | 3 September 1996 | list |
| 27879 Shibata | 15 February 1996 | list |
| 27955 Yasumasa | 24 August 1997 | list |
| 29355 Siratakayama | 28 August 1995 | list |
| 29362 Azumakofuzi | 15 February 1996 | list |
| 29373 Hamanowa | 14 April 1996 | list |
| 29394 Hirokohamanowa | 12 July 1996 | list |
| 29404 Hikarusato | 9 October 1996 | list |
| 29450 Tomohiroohno | 28 August 1997 | list |
| 29905 Kunitaka | 21 April 1999 | list |
| 31105 Oguniyamagata | 27 July 1997 | list |
| 31152 Daishinsai | 29 October 1997 | list |
| 32969 Motohikosato | 6 August 1996 | list |
| 33056 Ogunimachi | 29 October 1997 | list |
| 33553 Nagai | 11 May 1999 | list |
| 35265 Takeosaitou | 12 July 1996 | list |
| 35274 Kenziarino | 7 September 1996 | list |
| 37720 Kawanishi | 23 September 1996 | list |
| 39655 Muneharuasada | 17 October 1995 | list |
| 39679 Nukuhiyama | 19 July 1996 | list |
| 39686 Takeshihara | 9 August 1996 | list |
| 39726 Hideyukitezuka | 10 November 1996 | list |
| 40774 Iwaigame | 11 October 1999 | list |
| 43889 Osawatakaomi | 17 August 1995 | list |
| 43908 Hiraku | 21 November 1995 | list |
| 43931 Yoshimi | 9 August 1996 | list |
| 43998 Nanyoshino | 28 August 1997 | list |
| 44011 Juubichi | 29 October 1997 | list |
| 44013 Iidetenmomdai | 1 November 1997 | list |
| 46689 Hakuryuko | 13 January 1997 | list |
| 46727 Hidekimatsuyama | 30 September 1997 | list |
| 46796 Mamigasakigawa | 19 May 1998 | list |
| 48607 Yamagatatemodai | 20 February 1995 | list |
| 48624 Sadayuki | 4 August 1995 | list |
| (48756) 1997 GO28 | 11 April 1997 | list |
| 48807 Takahata | 22 October 1997 | list |
| 54288 Daikikawasaki | 4 May 2000 | list |
| 58569 Eboshiyamakouen | 28 August 1997 | list |
| 58600 Iwamuroonsen | 5 October 1997 | list |
| (58618) 1997 UU21 | 29 October 1997 | list |
| 65784 Naderayama | 20 October 1995 | list |
| (65869) 1997 SP17 | 30 September 1997 | list |
| 69496 Zaoryuzan | 13 January 1997 | list |
| 73819 Isaootuki | 16 November 1995 | list |
| 73857 Hitaneichi | 16 November 1996 | list |
| (85388) 1996 PU9 | 11 August 1996 | list |
| 85400 Shiratakachu | 8 October 1996 | list |
| 85401 Yamatenclub | 9 October 1996 | list |
| (90838) 1995 WD7 | 21 November 1995 | list |
| 90953 Hideosaitou | 7 November 1997 | list |
| 96348 Toshiyukimariko | 7 October 1997 | list |
| (100433) 1996 KU1 | 24 May 1996 | list |
| (100463) 1996 TU14 | 9 October 1996 | list |
| (129541) 1996 PQ9 | 9 August 1996 | list |
| (129544) 1996 RE24 | 7 September 1996 | list |
| (129550) 1996 TN14 | 9 October 1996 | list |
| (129596) 1997 VR1 | 2 November 1997 | list |
| (175710) 1996 SK7 | 23 September 1996 | list |
| (356982) 1996 RG24 | 7 September 1996 | list |
References
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7769) Okuni. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 614. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 June 2016.