Yoshikane Mizuno

Yoshikane Mizuno (水野義兼, Mizuno Yoshikane; born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of asteroids.^[2] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 52 minor planets he made at the Kani Observatory (403) between 1989 and 1993.^[1]

Minor planets discovered: 52^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

The inner main-belt asteroid 4541 Mizuno, discovered by his college Toshimasa Furuta, was named in his honor on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26762).^[2]^[3]

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Yoshikane Mizuno

List of discovered minor planets

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