Fumiaki Uto
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Fumiaki Uto (宇都 文昭, Uto Fumiaki) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 21 numbered minor planets between 1992 and 1999.[1] Among his discoveries are the named asteroids 7253 Nara,[2] 7895 Kaseda,[3] 8041 Masumoto,[4] and 9648 Gotouhideo.[5]
List of discovered minor planets
[edit]| 7253 Nara | 13 February 1993 | list |
| 7895 Kaseda | 22 February 1995 | list |
| 8041 Masumoto | 15 November 1993 | list |
| 9648 Gotouhideo | 30 October 1995 | list |
| (12844) 1997 JE10 | 9 May 1997 | list |
| (14931) 1994 WR3 | 27 November 1994 | list |
| (18489) 1996 BV2 | 26 January 1996 | list |
| (19309) 1996 UK1 | 20 October 1996 | list |
| (21810) 1999 TK19 | 9 October 1999 | list |
| (22904) 1999 TL19 | 9 October 1999 | list |
| (22976) 1999 VY23 | 13 November 1999 | list |
| (24756) 1992 VF | 2 November 1992 | list |
| (25296) 1998 WD20 | 26 November 1998 | list |
| (27182) 1999 CL3 | 8 February 1999 | list |
| (35254) 1996 BW2 | 26 January 1996 | list |
| (44487) 1998 WC20 | 26 November 1998 | list |
| (49442) 1998 YD7 | 20 December 1998 | list |
| (49497) 1999 CM3 | 8 February 1999 | list |
| (49707) 1999 VZ23 | 13 November 1999 | list |
| (56097) 1999 BC12 | 21 January 1999 | list |
| (59834) 1999 RE37 | 9 September 1999 | list |
| (100327) 1995 QX | 22 August 1995 | list |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7253 Nara (1993 CL)" (2018-10-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 7895 Kaseda (1995 DK1)" (2018-09-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 8041 Masumoto (1993 VR2)" (2018-10-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9648 Gotouhideo (1995 UB9)" (2018-08-08 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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