4106 Nada [1] | March 6, 1989 |
4797 Ako [1] | September 30, 1989 |
5401 Minamioda [1] | March 6, 1989 |
5685 Sanenobufukui [1] | December 8, 1990 |
5737 Itoh [1] | September 30, 1989 |
5872 Sugano [1] | September 30, 1989 |
6155 Yokosugano [1] | November 11, 1990 |
6557 Yokonomura [1] | November 11, 1990 |
6559 Nomura [2] | May 3, 1991 |
7178 Ikuookamoto [1] | November 11, 1990 |
9580 Tarumi [1] | October 4, 1989 |
10318 Sumaura [1] | October 15, 1990 |
14873 Shoyo [2] | October 28, 1990 |
Kōyō Kawanishi (川西 浩陽, Kawanishi Kōyō, born January 18, 1959) is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and discoverer of 13 minor planets. [1] [2]
He lives in the city of Akō in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where his private Minami-Oda Observatory ( 374) is located. [3] At the observatory, he observes comets and minor planets using his home-made 0.20-m reflector telescope together with his wife Kumi and daughter Saki. Familiar with electronics and mechanics, he has also developed his own CCD instrumentation. [2]
The asteroid 5591 Koyo, discovered by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata, was named in his honour. [2]
4106 Nada [1] | March 6, 1989 |
4797 Ako [1] | September 30, 1989 |
5401 Minamioda [1] | March 6, 1989 |
5685 Sanenobufukui [1] | December 8, 1990 |
5737 Itoh [1] | September 30, 1989 |
5872 Sugano [1] | September 30, 1989 |
6155 Yokosugano [1] | November 11, 1990 |
6557 Yokonomura [1] | November 11, 1990 |
6559 Nomura [2] | May 3, 1991 |
7178 Ikuookamoto [1] | November 11, 1990 |
9580 Tarumi [1] | October 4, 1989 |
10318 Sumaura [1] | October 15, 1990 |
14873 Shoyo [2] | October 28, 1990 |
Kōyō Kawanishi (川西 浩陽, Kawanishi Kōyō, born January 18, 1959) is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and discoverer of 13 minor planets. [1] [2]
He lives in the city of Akō in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where his private Minami-Oda Observatory ( 374) is located. [3] At the observatory, he observes comets and minor planets using his home-made 0.20-m reflector telescope together with his wife Kumi and daughter Saki. Familiar with electronics and mechanics, he has also developed his own CCD instrumentation. [2]
The asteroid 5591 Koyo, discovered by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata, was named in his honour. [2]