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Okuro Oikawa
Japanese astronomer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Okuro Oikawa (及川 奥郎, Oikawa Okurō; 1896–1970)[2] was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.[3]
| 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 |
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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]
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