| 4835 Asaeus | January 29, 1989 | IAU[1] |
| 5399 Awa | January 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
| 5581 Mitsuko | February 10, 1989 | MPC[1] |
| 6383 Tokushima | December 12, 1988 | MPC[1] |
| 9943 Bizan | October 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
| 27714 Dochu | January 29, 1989 | MPC[1] |
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Masayuki Iwamoto (岩本 雅之, Iwamoto Masayuki, born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer from Awa in the Tokushima Prefecture.[2] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the co-discovery of 6 asteroids made together with Japanese astronomer Toshimasa Furuta at the Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory (872) in 1988 and 1989.[1] He also received the Edgar Wilson Award in 2013 for the discovery of comet C/2013 E2, in 2019 for the discovery of the comets C/2018 V1 and C/2018 Y1 and in 2021 for the discovery of C/2020 A2.[3]
The inner main-belt asteroid 4951 Iwamoto, discovered by astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta, was named in his honor on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26763).[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4951) Iwamoto". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4951) Iwamoto. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 426. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4831. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "The Edgar Wilson Award Recipients". www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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