Hiroki Kosai (香西 洋樹, Kōsai Hiroki, born 8 February 1933) is a Japanese astronomer with the Kiso Observatory. He is best known for helping to popularize astronomy in Japan and for his observations of comets and asteroids, most notably with his co-discovery the comet 1976 XVI. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of nearly 100 asteroids.
Awards and honors
Asteroid 3370 Kohsai, discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in 1930, is named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 14 April 1987 (M.P.C. 11750).
List of discovered minor planets
Hiroki Kosai discovered several asteroids, all in collaboration with A Kiichirō Furukawa and B Goro Sasaki:
See also
- List of minor planet discoverers § H. Kosai
References
External links
- Activities of Asteroid Studies by Amateur Astronomers in Japan
- 2008 Great Meeting at Nikon Headquarters
