Shin Hirayama

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Shin Hirayama (平山信, Hirayama Shin, 1868–1945) was the first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid. In 1900 he discovered 498 Tokio and 727 Nipponia.

The crater Hirayama on the Moon is jointly named after him and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.

References

月の命名は？ at www12.plala.or.jp (in Japanese)

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Name	Hirayama, Shin
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Short description	Japanese astronomer
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth
Date of death	1945
Place of death

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