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 Ayashi | 2 December 1988 | list |
4292 Aoba | 4 November 1989 | list |
4407 Taihaku | 13 October 1988 | list |
4539 Miyagino | 8 November 1988 | list |
4871 Riverside | 24 November 1989 | list |
5128 Wakabayashi | 30 March 1989 | list |
5751 Zao | 5 January 1992 | list |
6089 Izumi | 5 January 1989 | list |
6190 Rennes | 8 October 1989 | list |
6349 Acapulco | 8 February 1995 | list |
6859 Datemasamune | 13 February 1991 | list |
7485 Changchun | 4 December 1994 | list |
7816 Hanoi | 18 December 1987 | list |
8084 Dallas | 6 February 1989 | list |
10500 Nishi-koen | 3 April 1987 | list |
11514 Tsunenaga | 13 February 1991 | list |
12252 Gwangju | 8 November 1988 | list |
14032 Mego | 4 December 1994 | list |
30963 Mount Banzan | 29 November 1994 | list |