Toshimasa Furuta

Toshimasa Furuta (古田 俊正 Furuta Toshimasa?) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.[1]

Asteroids discovered

Asteroid Provisional designation Discovery date Notes
2478 Tokai 1981 JC 4 May 1981
2908 Shimoyama 1981 WA 18 November 1981
3814 Hoshi-no-mura 1981 JA 4 May 1981
4265 Kani 1989 TX 8 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4351 Nobuhisa 1989 UR1 28 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4353 Onizaki 1989 WK1 25 November 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4541 Mizuno 1989 AF 1 January 1989 with Kenzo Suzuki
4614 Masamura 1990 QN 21 August 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4717 Kaneko 1989 WX 20 November 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4799 Hirasawa 1989 TC1 8 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4835 - 1989 BQ 29 January 1989 with Masayuki Iwamoto
4903 Ichikawa 1989 UD 20 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4904 Makio 1989 WZ 21 November 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
4951 Iwamoto 1990 BM 21 January 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5236 Yoko 1990 TG3 10 October 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5287 Heishu 1989 WE 20 November 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5288 Nankichi 1989 XD 3 December 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5295 Masayo 1991 CE 5 February 1991 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5333 Kanaya 1990 UH 18 October 1990 with Makio Akiyama
5334 Mishima 1991 CF 8 February 1991 with Makio Akiyama
5399 Awa 1989 BT 29 January 1989 with Masayuki Iwamoto
5581 Mitsuko 1989 CY1 10 February 1989 with Masayuki Iwamoto
5743 Kato 1990 UW 19 October 1990 with Makio Akiyama
5775 Inuyama 1989 SP 29 September 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5777 Hanaki 1989 XF 3 December 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5908 Aichi 1989 UF 20 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
5909 Nagoya 1989 UT 23 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
6228 Yonezawa 1982 BA 17 January 1982
6251 Setsuko 1992 DB 25 February 1992 with Makio Akiyama
6383 Tokushima 1988 XU1 12 December 1988 with Masayuki Iwamoto
6392 Takashimizuno 1990 HR 29 April 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
6419 Susono 1993 XX 7 December 1993 with Makio Akiyama
6554 Takatsuguyoshida 1989 UO1 28 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
6661 Ikemura 1993 BO 17 January 1993 with Yoshikane Mizuno
6792 Akiyamatakashi 1991 WC 30 November 1991 with Makio Akiyama
6902 Hideoasada 1989 US3 26 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
6961 Ashitaka 1989 KA 26 May 1989 with Makio Akiyama
7237 Vickyhamilton 1988 VH 3 November 1988 with Kenzo Suzuki
7238 Kobori 1989 OA 27 July 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
7240 Hasebe 1989 YG 19 December 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
7408 Yoshihide 1989 SB 23 September 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
7472 Kumakiri 1992 CU 13 February 1992 with Makio Akiyama
7518 - 1989 FG 29 March 1989 with Kenzo Suzuki
7648 Tomboles 1989 TB1 8 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
7992 Yozan 1981 WC 28 November 1981
8188 Okegaya 1992 YE3 18 December 1992 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8251 Isogai 1980 VA 8 November 1980
8272 - 1989 SG 24 September 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8273 Apatheia 1989 WB2 29 November 1989 with Makio Akiyama
8278 - 1991 JJ 4 May 1991 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8351 - 1989 EH1 10 March 1989 with Kenzo Suzuki
8487 - 1989 SQ 29 September 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8490 - 1989 TU10 4 October 1989 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8851 - 1990 XB 8 December 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8864 - 1991 VU 4 November 1991 with Yoshikane Mizuno
8873 - 1992 UM2 21 October 1992 with Yoshikane Mizuno
9033 Kawane 1990 AD 4 January 1990 with Makio Akiyama
9039 - 1990 WB4 16 November 1990 with Yoshikane Mizuno
9943 - 1989 UG3 29 October 1989 with Masayuki Iwamoto

References

  1. ^ Dunlop, Storm; Gerbaldi, Michèle (1988). Stargazers: the contribution of amateurs to astronomy : proceedings of Colloquium 98 of the IAU, June 20-24, 1987. Springer-Verlag. p. 89. ISBN 9783540502302.