Hiroshi Kaneda

Hiroshi Kaneda (金田 宏 Kaneda Hiroshi?, born 1953[1]) is a Japanese astronomer. He is the eighth most prolific individual discoverer of asteroids.[2] Between 1987 and 2000, Kaneda (in collaboration with Seiji Ueda) discovered 705 asteroids.[2] Asteroid 4677 Hiroshi, discovered in 1990, is named after him.[1] Along with being an astronomer, Kaneda has worked as a computer programmer who "has written much astrological software".[1]

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