Takeshi Urata

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description

Minor planets discovered: 642<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
see Template:Section link

Template:Nihongo<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> was a Japanese astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory.

In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet (2090 Mizuho) in over fifty years, which he named after his daughter, Mizuho.<ref name="springer-Mizuho" /> His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. In the ten years that followed, amateurs from Japan discovered 160 minor planets.<ref>Template:Cite conference</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Urata shared his observation data with peer astronomers in Japan on a periodical called "Tenkai" (the Heavens),<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> as well as contributed to academic journals such as Advances in Space Research<ref>"A new 1 m telescope for space debris survey observations". Advances in Space Research. Vol. 34, Iss. 5, 2004, pp 917–920</ref> and participated in poster presentations at astronomical conferences.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Urata co-discovered the periodic comet 112P/Urata-Niijima in 1986. One of the most active amateur astronomers in Japan, he was also an editor of the Japanese Ephemerides of Minor Planets. The 1927-discovered asteroid 3722 Urata is named after him.<ref name="dmp">Template:Cite book</ref>

List of discovered minor planets

Template:See also

References

Template:Reflist

Retrieved from "https://wiki.sarg.dev/index.php?title=Takeshi_Urata&oldid=446971"