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Kazurō Watanabe (渡辺 和郎, Watanabe Kazurō, born May 1, 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2] He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan as well as of the Oriental Astronomical Association.
Through publications and the direction of junior associates, this asteroid hunter has been responsible for the discovery of nearly 700 asteroids.[1] He is the author or the co-author of the Japanese publications Asteroid Hunter (小惑星ハンター), Celestial Body Photography Manual (天体写真マニュアル), The Celestial Sky of Our Dreams (僕らの夢の星空), as well as others. He also is a frequent contributor to the Japanese periodical Monthly Astronomical Guide (月刊天文ガイド).
The minor planet 4155 Watanabe has been named in his honor.[2]
Discoveries
Names of some asteroids
- Mamiya (間宮, 12127) – Named after the famous Edo-period detective, Mamiya Rinzō.
- Tentaikojo (天体工場, 12713) – Named after the museum of that name in Sapporo.
List of discovered asteroids
Kazuro Watanabe is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 671 minor planets made between 1987 and 2000.[1]
Some of his discoveries include (in alphabetical order) the minor planets 4263 Abashiri (Florian asteroid), 4585 Ainonai, 46610 Bésixdouze, 5331 Erimomisaki, 3915 Fukushima, 5474 Gingasen (Vestian binary), 9971 Ishihara, 11949 Kagayayutaka, 5481 Kiuchi, 6498 Ko (slow rotator), 6500 Kodaira (a Mars-crosser), 6980 Kyusakamoto (Koronian asteroid), 4607 Seilandfarm (rare-type binary), 5357 Sekiguchi and 5692 Shirao.
| 3867 Shiretoko | 16 April 1988 | list |
| 3915 Fukushima | 15 August 1988 | list |
| 4042 Okhotsk | 15 January 1989 | list |
| 4126 Mashu | 19 January 1988 | list |
| 4263 Abashiri | 7 September 1989 | list |
| 4459 Nusamaibashi | 30 January 1990 | list |
| 4460 Bihoro | 28 February 1990 | list |
| 4491 Otaru | 7 September 1988 | list |
| 4497 Taguchi | 4 January 1989 | list |
| 4508 Takatsuki | 27 March 1990 | list |
| 4547 Massachusetts | 16 May 1990 | list |
| 4557 Mika | 14 December 1987 | list |
| 4584 Akan | 16 March 1990 | list |
| 4585 Ainonai | 16 May 1990 | list |
| 4607 Seilandfarm | 25 November 1987 | list |
| 4613 Mamoru | 22 July 1990 | list |
| 4641 Ayako | 30 August 1990 | list |
| 4644 Oumu | 16 September 1990 | list |
| 4645 Tentaikojo | 16 September 1990 | list |
| 4676 Uedaseiji | 16 September 1990 | list |
| 4677 Hiroshi | 26 September 1990 | list |
| 4712 Iwaizumi | 25 August 1989 | list |
| 4714 Toyohiro | 29 September 1989 | list E |
| 4718 Araki | 13 November 1990 | list E |
| 4743 Kikuchi | 16 February 1988 | list E |
| 4746 Doi | 9 October 1989 | list D |
| 4750 Mukai | 15 December 1990 | list E |
| 4771 Hayashi | 7 September 1989 | list A |
| 4773 Hayakawa | 17 November 1989 | list B |
| 4795 Kihara | 7 February 1989 | list D |
| 4839 Daisetsuzan | 25 August 1989 | list B |
| 4845 Tsubetsu | 5 March 1991 | list B |
| 4905 Hiromi | 15 May 1991 | list D |
| 4971 Hoshinohiroba | 30 January 1989 | list E |
| 4973 Showa | 18 March 1990 | list B |
| 4975 Dohmoto | 16 September 1990 | list E |
| 4976 Choukyongchol | 9 August 1991 | list |
| 5059 Saroma | 11 January 1988 | list B |
| 5064 Tanchozuru | 16 March 1990 | list C |
| 5069 Tokeidai | 16 August 1991 | list |
| 5117 Mokotoyama | 8 April 1988 | list B |
| 5121 Numazawa | 15 January 1989 | list A |
| 5174 Okugi | 16 April 1988 | list A |
| 5180 Ohno | 6 April 1989 | list E |
| 5187 Domon | 15 October 1990 | list B |
| 5192 Yabuki | 4 February 1991 | list E |
| 5213 Takahashi | 18 March 1990 | list B |
| 5214 Oozora | 13 November 1990 | list D |
| 5215 Tsurui | 9 January 1991 | list C |
| 5291 Yuuko | 20 December 1990 | list C |
| 5293 Bentengahama | 23 January 1991 | list C |
| 5294 Onnetoh | 3 February 1991 | list B |
| 5331 Erimomisaki | 27 January 1990 | list B |
| 5356 Neagari | 21 March 1991 | list B |
| 5357 Sekiguchi | 2 March 1992 | list E |
| 5372 Bikki | 29 November 1987 | list B |
| 5374 Hokutosei | 4 January 1989 | list A |
| 5404 Uemura | 15 March 1991 | list B |
| 5474 Gingasen | 3 December 1988 | list E |
| 5481 Kiuchi | 15 February 1990 | list B |
| 5557 Chimikeppuko | 7 February 1989 | list B |
| 5580 Sharidake | 10 September 1988 | list B |
| 5603 Rausudake | 5 February 1992 | list B |
| 5631 Sekihokutouge | 20 March 1993 | list B |
| (5648) 1990 VU1 | 11 November 1990 | list B |
| 5679 Akkado | 2 November 1989 | list B |
| 5686 Chiyonoura | 20 December 1990 | list C |
| 5692 Shirao | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 5734 Noguchi | 15 January 1989 | list B |
| 5750 Kandatai | 11 April 1991 | list D |
| 5753 Yoshidatadahiko | 4 March 1992 | list B |
| 5847 Wakiya | 18 December 1989 | list B |
| 5848 Harutoriko | 30 January 1990 | list C |
| 5850 Masaharu | 8 December 1990 | list B |
| 5868 Ohta | 13 October 1988 | list B |
| 5875 Kuga | 5 December 1989 | list B |
| 5970 Ohdohrikouen | 13 May 1991 | list |
| 5975 Otakemayumi | 21 September 1992 | list B |
| 5978 Kaminokuni | 16 November 1992 | list B |
| 6020 Miyamoto | 30 September 1991 | list B |
| 6022 Jyuro | 26 October 1992 | list B |
| 6023 Tsuyashima | 26 October 1992 | list B |
| 6049 Toda | 2 November 1991 | list D |
| 6052 Junichi | 9 February 1992 | list B |
| 6091 Mitsuru | 28 February 1990 | list B |
| 6093 Makoto | 30 August 1990 | list B |
| 6097 Koishikawa | 29 October 1991 | list B |
| 6098 Mutojunkyu | 31 October 1991 | list C |
| 6104 Takao | 16 April 1993 | list B |
| 6140 Kubokawa | 6 January 1992 | list B |
| 6144 Kondojiro | 14 March 1994 | list B |
| 6193 Manabe | 18 August 1990 | list B |
| 6195 Nukariya | 13 November 1990 | list B |
| 6200 Hachinohe | 16 April 1993 | list B |
| 6201 Ichiroshimizu | 16 April 1993 | list B |
| 6208 Wakata | 3 December 1988 | list B |
| 6210 Hyunseop | 14 January 1991 | list C |
| 6246 Komurotoru | 13 November 1990 | list E |
| 6247 Amanogawa | 21 November 1990 | list B |
| 6274 Taizaburo | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 6323 Karoji | 14 February 1991 | list B |
| 6330 Koen | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 6337 Shiota | 26 October 1992 | list B |
| 6338 Isaosato | 26 October 1992 | list B |
| 6340 Kathmandu | 15 October 1993 | list B |
| 6345 Hideo | 5 January 1994 | list B |
| 6381 Toyama | 21 February 1988 | list E |
| 6389 Ogawa | 21 January 1990 | list B |
| 6390 Hirabayashi | 26 January 1990 | list B |
| 6408 Saijo | 28 October 1992 | list B |
| 6412 Kaifu | 15 October 1993 | list B |
| 6413 Iye | 15 October 1993 | list B |
| 6424 Ando | 14 March 1994 | list B |
| 6459 Hidesan | 28 October 1992 | list B |
| 6463 Isoda | 13 January 1994 | list B |
| 6496 Kazuko | 19 October 1992 | list B |
| 6498 Ko | 26 October 1992 | list B |
| 6500 Kodaira | 15 March 1993 | list B |
| 6526 Matogawa | 1 October 1992 | list B |
| 6558 Norizuki | 14 April 1991 | list B |
| 6562 Takoyaki | 9 November 1991 | list A |
| 6565 Reiji | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 6567 Shigemasa | 16 November 1992 | list B |
| 6570 Tomohiro | 6 May 1994 | list B |
| 6599 Tsuko | 8 August 1988 | list B |
| 6607 Matsushima | 29 October 1991 | list B |
| 6637 Inoue | 3 December 1988 | list B |
| 6644 Jugaku | 5 January 1991 | list D |
| 6650 Morimoto | 7 September 1991 | list B |
| 6656 Yokota | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 6658 Akiraabe | 18 November 1992 | list B |
| 6669 Obi | 5 May 1994 | list B |
| 6707 Shigeru | 13 November 1988 | list A |
| 6722 Bunichi | 23 January 1991 | list B |
| 6737 Okabayashi | 15 March 1993 | list B |
| 6738 Tanabe | 20 March 1993 | list B |
| 6741 Liyuan | 31 March 1994 | list B |
| 6742 Biandepei | 8 April 1994 | list B |
| 6743 Liu | 8 April 1994 | list B |
| 6744 Komoda | 6 May 1994 | list B |
| 6745 Nishiyama | 7 May 1994 | list B |
| 6778 Tosamakoto | 4 October 1989 | list D |
| 6832 Kawabata | 23 March 1992 | list B |
| 6867 Kuwano | 28 March 1992 | list B |
| 6869 Funada | 2 May 1992 | list B |
| 6873 Tasaka | 21 April 1993 | list B |
| 6878 Isamu | 2 October 1994 | list B |
| 6905 Miyazaki | 15 October 1990 | list B |
| 6908 Kunimoto | 24 November 1990 | list B |
| 6913 Yukawa | 31 October 1991 | list B |