Minoru Kizawa

Asteroids discovered: 16[1]
4094 Aoshima August 26, 1987 [1]
4507 Petercollins     March 19, 1990 [2]
(4948) 1988 VF1 November 3, 1988 [1][3]
5292 Mackwell January 12, 1991 [2]
(5508) 1988 EB March 9, 1988 [1][3]
5513 Yukio November 27, 1988 [1][3]
5741 Akanemaruta December 2, 1989 [1][3]
5821 Yukiomaeda November 4, 1989 [1][3]
(6178) 1986 DA February 16, 1986 —
(6393) 1990 HM1 April 29, 1990 [2]
(6785) 1990 VA7 November 12, 1990 [2]
(7338) 1990 VJ3 November 12, 1990 [2]
(7574) 1989 WO1 November 20, 1989 [1][3]
(9765) 1991 XZ December 14, 1991 [2]
(17464) 1990 VX1 November 11, 1990 [2]
(19171) 1991 FS March 17, 1991 [2]

1 with W. Kakei, 2 with H. Shiozawa, 3 with T. Urata

Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔 Kizawa Minoru) is a Japanese astronomer. From 1986 to 1991, he has discovered or co-discovered with Takeshi Urata and Hitoshi Shiozawa a total of 16 of asteroids at the Nihondaira Observatory in Shimizu, Japan.[1] He is credited as sole discoverer of (6178) 1986 DA, a 3-kilometer near-Earth object belonging to the group of Amor asteroids.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 December 2015. Retrieved February 2016.
  2. ↑ "6178 (1986 DA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved February 2016.


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