Takuo Kojima

Takuo Kojima (小島 卓雄 Kojima Takuo?) is an amateur Japanese astronomer.[1]

He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids[2] and discoverer of the periodic comet 70P/Kojima.

3644 Kojitaku is named after him.[3]

He also writes a regular column for the astronomy magazine Gekkan Temmon titled the "Comet Observers Guide.[3]

References

  1. ^ Kidger, Mark Richard (2005). Astronomical enigmas: life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem, and other Milky Way mysteries. JHU Press. pp. 200. ISBN 9780801880261. http://books.google.com/books?id=DKYJaBd-znAC&pg=PA200&dq=Takuo+Kojima#v=onepage&q=Takuo%20Kojima&f=false. 
  2. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers". IAU Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html. Retrieved 1 January 2011. 
  3. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names. Springer. pp. 306. ISBN 9783540002383. http://books.google.com/books?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA306&dq=Takuo+Kojima#v=onepage&q=Takuo%20Kojima&f=false.