Tetsuya_Fujii

Tetsuya Fujii

Tetsuya Fujii

Japanese astronomer

Tetsuya Fujii (藤井哲也, Fujii Tetsuya; born 1960) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2]

Minor planets discovered: 22 [1]
4645 Tentaikojo16 September 1990
4676 Uedaseiji16 September 1990
4714 Toyohiro29 September 1989
4718 Araki13 November 1990
4743 Kikuchi16 February 1988
4750 Mukai15 December 1990
4971 Hoshinohiroba30 January 1989
4975 Dohmoto16 September 1990
5180 Ohno6 April 1989
5192 Yabuki4 February 1991
5357 Sekiguchi2 March 1992
5474 Gingasen3 December 1988
6246 Komurotoru13 November 1990
6381 Toyama21 February 1988
7418 Akasegawa11 March 1991
9602 Oya31 October 1991
9871 Jeon28 February 1992
16439 Yamehoshinokawa30 January 1989
16449 Kigoyama29 September 1989
21015 Shigenari16 October 1988
(29159) 1989 GB2 April 1989
(37565) 1988 VL33 November 1988

From 1988 to 1992, he had discovered a total of 22 numbered asteroids together with his colleague, Kazuro Watanabe, at the Kitami Observatory in the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan, where several amateur astronomers have been conducting an active program of astrometric observations of minor planets and comets.[1][3] He is director of the astronomical club in Kitami, where he also works for the NHK broadcasting office.[2]

The minor planet 4343 Tetsuya, discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda in 1988, was named in his honour.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(4343) Tetsuya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4343) Tetsuya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 373. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4295. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
  3. [3]
    Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(3785) Kitami". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3785) Kitami. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 320. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3780. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7.
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