Biography:Yuji Hyakutake
Yuji Hyakutake | |
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| Born | Shimabara, Nagasaki, Japan |
| Died | April 10, 2002 (aged 51) Kokubu, Kagoshima, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
Yuji Hyakutake (百武 裕司 Hyakutake Yūji, July 7, 1950, Shimabara, Nagasaki – April 10, 2002, Kokubu, Kagoshima) was a Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered Comet C/1996 B2, also known as Comet Hyakutake on January 31, 1996, while using 25×150 binoculars.
Hyakutake graduated from the Kyushu Sangyo University as a photography major and started working at a newspaper in Fukuoka.[1] He first became interested in astronomy after seeing Comet Ikeya–Seki in 1965.[2] He began searching for comets in 1989. In 1993, he moved to Hayato for because “the skies were much clearer there” and so he could better continue his search for comets.[1] His first discovery was Comet C/1995 Y1, on December 26, 1995.[3]
Hyakutake discovered C/1996 B2 while looking for C/1995 Y1, a comet he had discovered a few weeks before.[4][5]
He died in Kokubu, Kagoshima, in 2002 at age 51 of an aneurysm which had led to internal bleeding.[2]
Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake is named after him.[6][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Comet discoverer Hyakutake dies" (in en-US). The Japan Times Online. 2002-04-12. ISSN 0447-5763. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2002/04/12/national/comet-discoverer-hyakutake-dies/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (in en) International Comet Quarterly. 23-24. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Appalachian State University.. 2001. pp. 236. https://books.google.com/books?id=DgbyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Yuji+Hyakutake%22.
- ↑ Burnham, Robert. Comet Hale-Bopp: Find and Enjoy the Great Comet, pages 51-52, Cambridge University Press, Jan 28, 1997, ISBN:0521586364
- ↑ Ferris, Timothy (2012-12-18) (in en). Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonder. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781476711751. https://books.google.com/books?id=TX2_kf6KC0MC&dq=%22Yuji+Hyakutake%22&pg=PA152.
- ↑ Levy, David (2012-12-11) (in en). Comets: Creators And Destroyers. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781471109584. https://books.google.com/books?id=7YrAmV6A5Y8C&dq=%22Yuji+Hyakutake%22&pg=PT91.
- ↑ "7291 Hyakutake (1991 XC1) | JPL Small-Body Database Browser". https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=7291.
- ↑ "(7291) Hyakutake / 1991 XC1". https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=7291.
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