Masanori Hirasawa
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Known fordiscoverer of minor planets
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsFujimori High School in Hachiōji, Tokyo,[1] Fuchie Senior High School[2] in Adachi, Tokyo

Masanori Hirasawa (平沢 正規, Hirasawa Masanori) is a Japanese astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between 1991 and 1998, he discovered 52 minor planets in collaboration with fellow observer Shohei Suzuki at Mount Nyukasa Station.[3] Both astronomers are graduates of Waseda University, after which they named the asteroid 9350 Waseda in 1991.[4] Hirasawa is also a teacher.[2]

List of discovered minor planets

6416 Nyukasayama14 November 1993list [A]
6499 Michiko27 October 1992list [A]
6918 Manaslu20 March 1993list [A]
7028 Tachikawa5 December 1993list [A]
7067 Kiyose4 December 1993list [A]
7353 Kazuya6 January 1995list [A]
7891 Fuchie11 November 1994list [A]
7892 Musamurahigashi27 November 1994list [A]
8100 Nobeyama4 December 1993list [A]
8200 Souten7 January 1994list [A]
8530 Korbokkur25 October 1992list [A]
8551 Daitarabochi11 November 1994list [A]
8702 Nakanishi14 November 1993list [A]
9197 Endo24 November 1992list [A]
9350 Waseda13 October 1991list [A]
9386 Hitomi5 December 1993list [A]
10171 Takaotengu7 March 1995list [A]
10617 Takumi25 October 1997list [A]
10837 Yuyakekoyake6 March 1994list [A]
13162 Ryokkochigaku22 October 1995list [A]
14036 Yasuhirotoyama5 March 1995list [A]
(14037) 1995 EZ75 March 1995list [A]
14425 Fujimimachi13 October 1991list [A]
(14495) 1995 AK16 January 1995list [A]
(14999) 1997 VX89 November 1997list [A]
(15336) 1993 UC322 October 1993list [A]
(15352) 1994 VB711 November 1994list [A]
(15797) 1993 UD322 October 1993list [A]
(15798) 1993 VZ414 November 1993list [A]
(15833) 1995 CL13 February 1995list [A]
(15919) 1997 UA2225 October 1997list [A]
(16704) 1995 ED87 March 1995list [A]
(18457) 1995 EX75 March 1995list [A]
(19246) 1994 EL714 March 1994list [A]
(19254) 1994 VD711 November 1994list [A]
(20114) 1995 UQ4426 October 1995list [A]
22385 Fujimoriboshi14 March 1994list [A]
(23591) 1995 UP4426 October 1995list [A]
(26982) 1997 UY2125 October 1997list [A]
(27826) 1993 WQ22 November 1993list [A]
27827 Ukai9 December 1993list [A]
(28223) 1998 YR2727 December 1998list [A]
(29342) 1995 CF13 February 1995list [A]
(30962) 1994 VH711 November 1994list [A]
(30968) 1995 AM16 January 1995list [A]
(32914) 1995 AG16 January 1995list [A]
35371 Yokonozaki25 October 1997list [A]
(37675) 1995 AJ16 January 1995list [A]
(39612) 1993 XE15 December 1993list [A]
(39659) 1995 UO4426 October 1995list [A]
(42599) 1997 UT2225 October 1997list [A]
(58284) 1993 VW314 November 1993list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A S. Suzuki

References

  1. ↑ Planet Named After High School Where Discoverer Taught (2004). Financial Times Ltd. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  2. 1 2 "7891 Fuchie (1994 VJ7)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "9350 Waseda (1991 TH2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 January 2019.

See also


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