Kazuo Kubokawa

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Kazuo Kubokawa (窪川一雄, Kubokawa Kazuo, 1903 – January 3, 1943) was a Japanese astronomer.

He co-discovered the asteroid 1139 Atami.

During the Japanese period in Taiwan, he was president of the Astronomical Association, Taiwan Branch beginning in 1938. He began to build "New High Mountain Observatory" (新高山天文台) in 1942, but died the following year.

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Observatories in early Taiwan

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Name	Kubokawa, Kazuo
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Short description	Japanese astronomer
Date of birth	1903
Place of birth
Date of death	1943
Place of death

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