Okuro Oikawa

Minor planets discovered: 8 ^[1]
1088 Mitaka	17 November 1927	MPC
1089 Tama	17 November 1927	MPC
1090 Sumida	20 February 1928	MPC
1098 Hakone	5 September 1928	MPC
1139 Atami¹	1 December 1929	MPC
1185 Nikko	17 November 1927	MPC
1266 Tone	23 January 1927	MPC
1584 Fuji	7 February 1927	MPC
¹ co-discovered with K. Kubokawa

Okuro Oikawa (及川奥郎, Oikawa Okurō, 1896–1970)^[2] was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.^[3]

He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovered 8 asteroids between 1927 and 1929.^[1]

The outer main-belt asteroid 2667 Oikawa was named in his memory.^[3] Naming citation was published on 1 June 1996 (M.P.C. 27329).^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
^ 板倉聖宣 (2014). 事典日本の科学者: 科学技術を築いた5000人. 日外アソシエーツ. p. 138. ISBN 9784816924859.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2667) Oikawa". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2667) Oikawa. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 218. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2668. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

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