Masayuki Iwamoto
Japanese astronomer
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| Intro | Japanese astronomer | |
| Places | Japan | |
| is | Astronomer | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1954, Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan | |
| Age | 71 years |
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Masayuki Iwamoto (岩本 雅之, Iwamoto Masayuki, born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer from Awa in the Tokushima Prefecture. The Minor Planet Center credits him with the co-discovery of 6 asteroids made together with Japanese astronomer Toshimasa Furuta at the Tokushima Observatory (872) in 1988 and 1989.
The inner main-belt asteroid 4951 Iwamoto, discovered by astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta, was named in his honor on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26763).