Akimasa Nakamura
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Akimasa Nakamura (中村 彰正 Nakamura Akimasa?, fl. 1990s) (b. 1961) is a Japanese astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. He has worked extensively at the Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory near Kuma, Ehime Prefecture, where he remains a staff member. His observations of asteroid brightness are considered world-class.
The asteroid 10633 Akimasa (1998 DP1)[1], orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, is named after him and was named in 1999 to coincide with him becoming a father.
Nakamura named Main Belt asteroid 44711 Carp (1999 TD4) for "his favorite baseball team," the Hiroshima Carp.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 10633 Akimasa at NASA JPL Small-Body Database accessed 4 August 2007
- ^ August 2003 Asteroid/Comet/Meteor News accessed 4 August 2007
[edit] External links
- Kuma Kogen Astronomical Observatory - English version
- selected comet images by Nakamura
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