Masakatsu Aoki

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Asteroids discovered: 2
(16769) 1996 UN1 October 29, 1996
(58627) 1997 VG5 November 8, 1997
Supernovae discovered: 12
SN 1996an 1996-07-28
SN 1996aq 1996-08-17
SN 1996ca 1996-12-15
SN 1996cb 1996-12-16
SN 1997X 1997-02-02
SN 1997dd 1997-08-20
SN 1997dq 1997-11-03
SN 1997eg 1997-11-03
SN 1997ei 1997-12-24
SN 1999eu 1997-12-24
SN 2000di
SN 2000db

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.

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