Minoru Kizawa

Minoru Kizawa (鬼沢 稔, Kizawa Minoru; born 1947) is a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.

Asteroids discovered: 12^[1]

4094 Aoshima	August 26, 1987	MPC[1]
4507 Petercollins	March 19, 1990	MPC[2]
5292 Mackwell	January 12, 1991	MPC[2]
5513 Yukio	November 27, 1988	MPC[1][3]
(6178) 1986 DA	February 16, 1986	MPC
(6393) 1990 HM1	April 29, 1990	MPC[2]
(6785) 1990 VA7	November 12, 1990	MPC[2]
(7338) 1990 VJ3	November 12, 1990	MPC[2]
(7574) 1989 WO1	November 20, 1989	MPC[1][3]
(9765) 1991 XZ	December 14, 1991	MPC[2]
(17464) 1990 VX1	November 11, 1990	MPC[2]
(19171) 1991 FS	March 17, 1991	MPC[2]
1 with W. Kakei, 2 with H. Shiozawa, 3 with T. Urata

Between 1986 and 1991, he has discovered or co-discovered 16 of asteroids at the Nihondaira Observatory in Shimizu, Japan.^[1] He is credited as sole discoverer of (6178) 1986 DA, a 3-kilometer near-Earth object belonging to the group of Amor asteroids.^[2] His co-discoverers were the Japanese astronomers Takeshi Urata, Watari Kakei and Hitoshi Shiozawa (see adjunct table).