Masakatsu Aoki
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(16769) 1996 UN1 | October 29, 1996 |
(58627) 1997 VG5 | November 8, 1997 |
Masakatsu Aoki is a Japanese amateur astronomer whose main interest lies in supernovae. He operates from the Aoki Astronomical Observatory, IAU code 908. In the course of his search, he has discovered a couple of asteroids in addition to 12 supernovae: SN 1996an, 1996aq, 1996ca, 1996cb, 1997X, 1997dd, 1997dq, 1997eg, 1997ei, 1999eu, 2000di, and 2000db.