Hiroshi Araki

Asteroids discovered: 3^[1]

26887 Tokyogiants	October 14, 1994	^[1]
100267 JAXA	October 14, 1994	^[1]^[2]
discovered with ^1 Isao Satō, ^2 M. Abe

Hiroshi Araki (荒木 博志 Araki Hiroshi) is a Japanese astronomer. He works at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI observatory in Ōshū, and was the Science Team sub-Leader of the MUSES-C mission. He has discovered three asteroids.^[1] With colleagues at the observatory, he has created a detailed topographic map of the Moon.^[2]

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. Retrieved February 2016.
2. "New light on Moon’s far side". Institute of Physics. 12 February 2009. Retrieved February 2016.

External links

• "Detailed map shows dry Moon" - Canada
• "Crustal thickness of the Moon: Implications for farside basin structures" - GRL
• "Moonlight project - Observations of Lunar rotation and Ephemeris by optical methods on the Moon"
• Spacewarn Bulletin - NASA
• "Moon's Puzzling, Thick-Skinned Far Side" - Sky and Telescope
• "New high-res maps suggest little water in moon" - Universe Today
• "CCD Centroiding Experiment for the Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission (JASMINE) and In Situ Lunar Orientation Measurement (ILOM)"
• "Development ofa LD pumped Nd:YAG Oscillator for Space-borne LaserAItimeter"