Hiroshi Araki
26887 Tokyogiants | 14 October 1994 | list · [A] |
46632 RISE | 14 October 1994 | list · [A] |
100267 JAXA | 14 October 1994 | list · [A][B] |
co-discovered with: A I. Satō, B M. Abe |
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Hiroshi Araki (荒木 博志, Araki Hiroshi) is a Japanese astronomer. He works at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI observatory in Ōshū, and was the Science Team sub-Leader of the MUSES-C mission. He has discovered three asteroids.[1] With colleagues at the observatory, he has created a detailed topographic map of the Moon.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "New light on Moon's far side". Institute of Physics. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
External links[]
- "Detailed map shows dry Moon" - Canada
- "Crustal thickness of the Moon: Implications for farside basin structures" - GRL
- "Moonlight project - Observations of Lunar rotation and Ephemeris by optical methods on the Moon"
- Spacewarn Bulletin - NASA
- "Moon's Puzzling, Thick-Skinned Far Side" - Sky and Telescope
- "New high-res maps suggest little water in moon" - Universe Today
- "CCD Centroiding Experiment for the Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission (JASMINE) and In Situ Lunar Orientation Measurement (ILOM)"
- "Development ofa LD pumped Nd:YAG Oscillator for Space-borne LaserAItimeter"
Categories:
- Discoverers of asteroids
- Discoveries by Hiroshi Araki
- 20th-century Japanese astronomers
- Living people
- Japanese astronomer stubs