Kōyō Kawanishi
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| 4106 NadaTemplate:Ref label | March 6, 1989 |
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Template:Nihongo is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and discoverer of 13 minor planets.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /><ref name="springer-Koyo" />
He lives in the city of Akō in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where his private Minami-Oda Observatory (Template:Small) is located.<ref name="springer-Ako" /> At the observatory, he observes comets and minor planets using his home-made 0.20-m reflector telescope together with his wife Kumi and daughter Saki. Familiar with electronics and mechanics, he has also developed his own CCD instrumentation.<ref name="springer-Koyo" />
The asteroid 5591 Koyo, discovered by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata, was named in his honour.<ref name="springer-Koyo" />