Masahiro Koishikawa

Japanese astronomer
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IntroJapanese astronomer
PlacesJapan
isAstronomer
Work fieldScience
Gender
Male
Birth1952, Sendai, Japan
Age73 years
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Biography

Minor planets discovered: 19 
see § List of discovered minor planets

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 (391) station. The main-belt asteroid 6097 Koishikawa, discovered by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami in 1991, was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

3994 Ayashi2 December 1988list
4292 Aoba4 November 1989list
4407 Taihaku13 October 1988list
4539 Miyagino8 November 1988list
4871 Riverside24 November 1989list
5128 Wakabayashi30 March 1989list
5751 Zao5 January 1992list
6089 Izumi5 January 1989list
6190 Rennes8 October 1989list
6349 Acapulco8 February 1995list
6859 Datemasamune13 February 1991list
7485 Changchun4 December 1994list
7816 Hanoi18 December 1987list
8084 Dallas6 February 1989list
10500 Nishi-koen3 April 1987list
11514 Tsunenaga13 February 1991list
12252 Gwangju8 November 1988list
14032 Mego4 December 1994list
30963 Mount Banzan29 November 1994list
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