Tsuneo Niijima
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Tsuneo Niijima (新島 恒男, Niijima Tsuneo, born 1955) is a Japanese farmer and amateur astronomer.[2]
He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 32 numbered minor planets between 1986 and 1996.[1] He also co-discovered 112P/Urata-Niijima, a periodic comet of the Jupiter family in 1986.[3]
The main-belt asteroid 5507 Niijima, discovered by Takeshi Urata and Kenzo Suzuki, was named in his honor.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22510).[4]
List of discovered minor planets[edit]
| 3565 Ojima | 22 December 1986 | list [A] |
| 3585 Goshirakawa | 28 January 1987 | list [A] |
| 3686 Antoku | 3 March 1987 | list [A] |
| 4375 Kiyomori | 28 February 1987 | list [A] |
| 4376 Shigemori | 20 March 1987 | list [A] |
| 4377 Koremori | 4 April 1987 | list [A] |
| 4402 Tsunemori | 25 February 1987 | list [A] |
| 4574 Yoshinaka | 20 December 1986 | list [A] |
| 4767 Sutoku | 4 April 1987 | list [A] |
| 4896 Tomoegozen | 20 December 1986 | list [A] |
| 5578 Takakura | 28 January 1987 | list [A] |
| 5830 Simohiro | 9 March 1991 | list [A] |
| 5912 Oyatoshiyuki | 20 December 1989 | list [A] |
| 6158 Shosanbetsu | 12 November 1991 | list [A] |
| 7139 Tsubokawa | 14 February 1994 | list [A] |
| 7202 Kigoshi | 19 February 1995 | list [A] |
| (7748) 1987 TA | 12 October 1987 | list [A] |
| 7752 Otauchunokai | 31 October 1988 | list [B] |
| 8344 Babette | 25 January 1987 | list [A] |
| (8565) 1995 WB6 | 24 November 1995 | list [A] |
| 10162 Issunboushi | 2 January 1995 | list [A] |
| 10727 Akitsushima | 25 February 1987 | list [A] |
| (13148) 1995 EF | 1 March 1995 | list [A] |
| (17406) 1987 DO | 25 February 1987 | list [A] |
| 17472 Dinah | 17 March 1991 | list [A] |
| (20999) 1987 BF | 28 January 1987 | list [A] |
| (23476) 1990 VE4 | 15 November 1990 | list [A] |
| 26168 Kanaikiyotaka | 24 November 1995 | list |
| 26170 Kazuhiko | 24 January 1996 | list |
| (39637) 1995 EG | 1 March 1995 | list [A] |
| (39664) 1995 WW4 | 20 November 1995 | list [A] |
| (58147) 1986 WK | 29 November 1986 | list [A] |
| Co-discovery made with: A T. Urata B K. Kanai | ||
|---|---|---|
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5507) Niijima". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5507) Niijima. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 470. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5261. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 112P/Urata-Niijima". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
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