Masayuki Iwamoto

Minor planets discovered: 6 ^[1]
(4835) 1989 BQ	January 29, 1989	MPC^[1]
5399 Awa	January 29, 1989	MPC^[1]
5581 Mitsuko	February 10, 1989	MPC^[1]
6383 Tokushima	December 12, 1988	MPC^[1]
9943 Bizan	October 29, 1989	MPC^[1]
27714 Dochu	January 29, 1989	MPC^[1]
¹ with T. Furuta

Masayuki Iwamoto (岩本雅之, Iwamoto Masayuki, born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer from Awa in the Tokushima Prefecture.^[2] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the co-discovery of 6 asteroids made together with Japanese astronomer Toshimasa Furuta at the Tokushima-Kainan Astronomical Observatory (872) in 1988 and 1989.^[1]

The inner main-belt asteroid 4951 Iwamoto, discovered by astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta, was named in his honor on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26763).^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4951) Iwamoto". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4951) Iwamoto. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 426. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4831. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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[MPC-Circulars-Archive-3] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 June 2016.

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