Kiyotaka Kanai
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| 7752 Otauchunokai | 31 October 1988 | Template:MPC |
| co-discovery with Tsuneo Niijima | ||
Template:Nihongo is a Japanese amateur astronomer, observer of variable stars, discoverer of comet C/1970 B1, and co-discoverer of the main-belt asteroid 7752 Otauchunokai, named after the Ota Uchuno Kai group, an amateur astronomers' club at Ōta city, of which he is a member of.<ref name="springer-Kanaikiyotaka" /><ref name="MPC-Otauchunokai" /><ref name="Otauchunokai" />
The inner main-belt asteroid 26168 Kanaikiyotaka was named after him on 21 September 2002 (Template:Small).<ref name="springer-Kanaikiyotaka" /><ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />