| 3432 Kobuchizawa[1][2] | March 7, 1986 |
| 4033 Yatsugatake[2] | March 16, 1986 |
| 4219 Nakamura[2] | February 19, 1988 |
| 4458 Oizumi[3] | January 21, 1990 |
| 4634 Shibuya[2] | January 16, 1988 |
| 4640 Hara[3] | April 1, 1989 |
| 5239 Reiki[4] | November 14, 1990 |
| 5337 Aoki[5] | June 6, 1991 |
| 5352 Fujita[3] | December 27, 1989 |
| 5377 Komori[5] | March 17, 1991 |
| 5379 Abehiroshi[5] | April 16, 1991 |
| 5405 Neverland[3] | April 11, 1991 |
| 5473 Yamanashi[3] | November 5, 1988 |
| 5489 Oberkochen[3] | January 17, 1993 |
| 5687 Yamamotoshinobu[3] | January 13, 1991 |
| 5829 Ishidagoro[5] | February 11, 1991 |
| (6138) 1991 JH1[5] | May 14, 1991 |
| 6308 Ebisuzaki[3] | January 17, 1990 |
| 6395 Hilliard[3] | October 21, 1990 |
| 6405 Komiyama[3] | April 30, 1992 |
| 6464 Kaburaki[3] | February 1, 1994 |
| 6520 Sugawa[5] | April 16, 1991 |
| 6612 Hachioji[3] | March 10, 1994 |
| 6643 Morikubo[3] | November 7, 1990 |
| 6667 Sannaimura[3] | March 14, 1994 |
| 6731 Hiei[3] | January 24, 1992 |
| 6830 Johnbackus[5] | May 5, 1991 |
| 6860 Sims[5] | February 11, 1991 |
| 6865 Dunkerley[3] | October 2, 1991 |
| 6868 Seiyauyeda[3] | April 22, 1992 |
| 6910 Ikeguchi[5] | March 17, 1991 |
| (6915) 1992 HH[3] | April 30, 1992 |
| 7068 Minowa[3] | November 26, 1994 |
| 7421 Kusaka[3] | April 30, 1992 |
| (7514) 1986 ED[1][2] | March 7, 1986 |
| 7575 Kimuraseiji[3] | December 22, 1989 |
| (7765) 1991 AD[3] | January 8, 1991 |
| 7775 Taiko[3] | December 4, 1992 |
| (7821) 1991 AC[3] | January 8, 1991 |
| 7830 Akihikotago[3] | February 24, 1993 |
| 8276 Shigei[5] | March 17, 1991 |
| (8532) 1992 YW3[3] | December 29, 1992 |
| 8668 Satomimura[5] | April 16, 1991 |
| 8691 Etsuko[3] | October 21, 1992 |
| 8855 Miwa[5] | May 3, 1991 |
| (8876) 1992 WU3[3] | November 23, 1992 |
| 9041 Takane[5] | February 9, 1991 |
| 9044 Kaoru[5] | May 18, 1991 |
| 9190 Masako[3] | November 4, 1991 |
| (9335) 1991 AA1[3] | January 10, 1991 |
| 9844 Otani[3] | November 23, 1989 |
| 10144 Bernardbigot[3] | January 9, 1994 |
| 10566 Zabadak[3] | January 14, 1994 |
| (11513) 1991 CE1[3] | February 12, 1991 |
| 11528 Mie[3] | December 3, 1991 |
| (12337) 1992 WV3[3] | November 24, 1992 |
| 12342 Kudohmichiko[3] | January 30, 1993 |
| (12735) 1991 VV1[3] | November 4, 1991 |
| 14902 Miyairi[3] | January 17, 1993 |
| (15269) 1990 XF[3] | December 8, 1990 |
| 15350 Naganuma[3] | November 3, 1994 |
| (15764) 1992 UL8[3] | October 31, 1992 |
| 16599 Shorland[3] | January 20, 1993 |
| (17558) 1994 AA1[3] | January 4, 1994 |
| 17563 Tsuneyoshi[3] | February 5, 1994 |
| (20042) 1993 CK1[3] | February 15, 1993 |
| 27748 Vivianhoette[4] | January 9, 1991 |
| 27791 Masaru[3] | February 24, 1993 |
| 35062 Sakuranosyou[2] | March 12, 1988 |
| (48594) 1994 VA2[3] | November 3, 1994 |
| (73689) 1991 FK[5] | March 17, 1991 |
| 73782 Yanagida[6] | October 14, 1994 |
| 162011 Konnohmaru[3] | January 4, 1994 |
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Osamu Muramatsu (村松 修, Muramatsu Osamu, born 1949) is a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets.[2] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 73 minor planets.[1] He also co-discovered 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu, a periodic comet.
Muramatsu works at the planetarium in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The inner main-belt asteroid 5606 Muramatsu, discovered by astronomer and college Satoru Otomo, was named in his honor on 28 July 1999 (M.P.C. 35483).[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(5606) Muramatsu". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5606) Muramatsu. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 476. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5321. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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