Masayuki_Iwamoto
Masayuki Iwamoto
Japanese astronomer
Masayuki Iwamoto (岩本 雅之, Iwamoto Masayuki, born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer from Awa in the Tokushima Prefecture.[2] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the co-discovery of 6 asteroids made together with Japanese astronomer Toshimasa Furuta at the Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory (872) in 1988 and 1989.[1]
(4835) 1989 BQ | January 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
5399 Awa | January 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
5581 Mitsuko | February 10, 1989 | MPC[1] |
6383 Tokushima | December 12, 1988 | MPC[1] |
9943 Bizan | October 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
27714 Dochu | January 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
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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).[2][3]