Yoshisada_Shimizu

Yoshisada Shimizu

Yoshisada Shimizu

Japanese astronomer

Yoshisada Shimizu (清水 義定, Shimizu Yoshisada, born 1943) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a prolific discoverer of hundreds of asteroids since 1993. An orthopaedist by profession, he is also known as an astrophotographer.[1][2]

Minor planets discovered: 311 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

The central main-belt asteroid 7300 Yoshisada, discovered by astronomer Takeshi Urata in 1992, was named in his honor.[2] The official naming citation was published on 18 August 1997 (M.P.C. 30478).[3]

List of discovered minor planets

See also: Category:Discoveries by Yoshisada Shimizu
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References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(7300) Yoshisada". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7300) Yoshisada. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 589. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_6411. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. [3]
    "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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