Biography:Hiroshi Abe (astronomer)

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Short description: Japanese astronomer
Minor planets discovered: 28 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史, Abe Hiroshi, born 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory.[2] He is noted for numerous discoveries, including his 2007 discovery of the Nova Vulpeculae,[3] and 28 numbered minor planets during 1993–1999.[1]

The main-belt asteroid 5379 Abehiroshi, discovered by Osamu Muramatsu in 1991 is named in his honor.[4] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 (M.P.C. 35482).[5]

List of discovered minor planets

7097 Yatsuka 8 October 1993 list[A]
7837 Mutsumi 11 October 1993 list[A]
(8099) 1993 TE 8 October 1993 list[A]
8113 Matsue 21 April 1996 list[B]
8114 Lafcadio 24 April 1996 list
8120 Kobe 2 November 1997 list
8725 Keiko 5 October 1996 list
9985 Akiko 12 May 1996 list[B]
11322 Aquamarine 23 August 1995 list
11682 Shiwaku 3 March 1998 list
13176 Kobedaitenken 21 April 1996 list[B]
13643 Takushi 21 April 1996 list
14535 Kazuyukihanda 1 September 1997 list
16760 Masanori 11 October 1996 list
21262 Kanba 24 April 1996 list[B]
28340 Yukihiro 13 March 1999 list
29431 Shijimi 12 April 1997 list
35286 Takaoakihiro 14 October 1996 list
(43996) 1997 QH 22 August 1997 list
48778 Shokoyukako 1 September 1997 list
48779 Mariko 1 September 1997 list
49699 Hidetakasato 3 November 1999 list
58622 Setoguchi 2 November 1997 list[A]
(65783) 1995 UK 17 October 1995 list
(90925) 1997 RK5 8 September 1997 list
120735 Ogawakiyoshi 7 October 1997 list
134402 Ieshimatoshiaki 1 September 1997 list
136824 Nonamikeiko 8 September 1997 list
Co-discovery made with:
A S. Miyasaka
B R. H. McNaught

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 28 October 2018. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. 
  2. Takei, Dai; Tsujimoto, Masahiro; Drake, Jeremy; Ness, Jan-Uwe; Kitamoto, Shunji (July 13–20, 2008). "Suzaku Observations of the V458 Vulpeculae". Montréal, Canada. p. 3131. Bibcode2008cosp...37.3131T. 
  3. Martin Mobberley (2008). Cataclysmic Cosmic Events and How to Observe Them. Springer. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-387-79945-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-WQCJOkVfsUC&dq=%22Hiroshi+Abe%22+astronomer&pg=PT61. 
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5379) Abehiroshi". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5379) Abehiroshi. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 460. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5172. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 
  5. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html.