Kaoru Ikeya
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This article is about the astronomer. For the film director, see Kaoru Ikeya (director).
Kaoru Ikeya (池谷薫) is a Japanese astronomer.
He discovered a number of comets, including the celebrated bright C/1965 S1 (Ikeya-Seki) and the periodic comet 153P/Ikeya-Zhang.
Asteroid 4037 Ikeya is named after him.