Tetsuo Kagawa

Minor planets discovered: 115 ^[1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Tetsuo Kagawa (香川哲男, Kagawa Tetsuo, born 1969) is a Japanese astronomer, staff member at the Gekko Observatory and discoverer of asteroids.^[2] He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 115 minor planets between 1997 and 2000.^[1]

The outer main-belt asteroid 6665 Kagawa was named in his honor on 6 January 2003 (M.P.C. 47295).^[2]^[3]

List of discovered minor planets

9123 Yoshiko	March 24, 1998
(9992) 1997 TG19^[1]	October 8, 1997
10227 Izanami^[1]	November 4, 1997
(10393) 1997 RF₈^[1]	September 4, 1997
10619 Ninigi^[1]	November 27, 1997
(10899) 1997 WN₁₃^[1]	November 24, 1997
(11153) 1997 YB₁₀^[1]	December 25, 1997
(11362) 1998 EN₉	March 6, 1998
(11403) 1999 BW	January 16, 1999
(11676) 1998 CQ₂	February 6, 1998
(13791) 1998 VC	November 1, 1998
(14205) 1999 BC₄	January 18, 1999
(14216) 1999 VW₁	November 4, 1999
(14547) 1997 TF₁₉^[1]	November 4, 1999
(14982) 1997 TH₁₉^[1]	October 8, 1997
(15024) 1998 TB	October 2, 1998
(15401) 1997 VE₄^[1]	November 4, 1997
(16981) 1999 AU₇	November 4, 1997
17746 Haigha^[1]	January 30, 1998
(18641) 1998 EG₁₀	March 8, 1998
(19371) 1997 YP₁₁^[1]	December 27, 1997
(19621) 1999 RE₁	September 4, 1999
(20263) 1998 FF₁₆	March 25, 1998
(21982) 1999 XL₈	December 4, 1999
(22762) 1998 YM₁₂	December 27, 1998

(24195) 1999 XD₃₆	December 6, 1999
(25236) 1998 UT₆	October 18, 1998
(25249) 1998 UV₂₂	October 31, 1998
(25261) 1998 VX₅	November 11, 1998
(25385) 1999 UC₃	October 20, 1999
(25446) 1999 XF₂	December 4, 1999
(26330) 1998 WN₅	November 20, 1998
(26967) 1997 RZ₇^[1]	September 4, 1997
(26974) 1997 TJ₁₉^[1]	October 8, 1997
(28006) 1997 XM₅^[1]	December 3, 1997
(28215) 1998 YE₁	December 16, 1998
(29635) 1998 VP₅	November 9, 1998
(29721) 1999 AC₂₁	January 13, 1999
(29733) 1999 BA₄	January 18, 1999
(30104) 2000 FA₃	March 27, 2000
(31119) 1997 RP₁^[1]	September 3, 2000
(31222) 1998 BD₃₀^[1]	January 26, 1998
(31353) 1998 TE	October 2, 1998
(31386) 1998 YG₁	December 16, 1998
(31607) 1999 GQ₅	April 15, 1999
(33356) 1999 AM₃	January 9, 1999
(33378) 1999 CE₁₄	February 13, 1999
(35395) 1997 XM₁₀^[1]	December 4, 1997
(35475) 1998 EP₉	March 6, 1998
(38087) 1999 JN	May 6, 1999

(39975) 1998 HY₆	April 20, 1998
(40411) 1999 RM₃	September 6, 1999
(40757) 1999 TS₈	October 5, 1999
(40758) 1999 TT₈	October 5, 1999
(41041) 1999 VV₁	November 4, 1999
(44448) 1998 UU₂₂	October 31, 1998
(44477) 1998 WL₅	November 20, 1998
(44553) 1999 CH₅	February 12, 1999
(45070) 1999 XA₃₆	December 6, 1999
(45262) 2000 AG₂	January 3, 2000
(47028) 1998 VG₃₁	November 12, 1998
(47222) 1999 VR₈	November 8, 1999
(49267) 1998 UU₆	October 18, 1998
(49299) 1998 VU₅	November 11, 1998
(49301) 1998 VD₆	November 11, 1998
(49342) 1998 WE₃	November 18, 1998
(49434) 1998 YB₁	December 16, 1998
(49435) 1998 YH₁	December 16, 1998
(49437) 1998 YY₃	December 17, 1998
(49444) 1998 YO₇	December 22, 1998
(49498) 1999 CO₅	February 12, 1999
(49706) 1999 VB₂₁	November 10, 1999
(49862) 1999 XC₁₀₄	December 9, 1999
(49988) 2000 AE₅	January 3, 2000
(50309) 2000 CO₄₀	February 4, 2000

(53027) 1998 WM₅	November 20, 1998
(53120) 1999 AE₂₁	January 13, 1999
(53554) 2000 CH₂	February 2, 2000
(56069) 1998 YL₅	December 17, 1998
(56080) 1999 AN₃	January 9, 1999
(56217) 1999 HH₃	April 25, 1999
(59120) 1998 XT₈	December 11, 1998
(59177) 1999 AT₇	January 11, 1999
(59359) 1999 DV	February 16, 1999
(59801) 1999 PY₄	August 8, 1999
(66204) 1999 BA₂₆	January 28, 1999
(74313) 1998 US₆	October 18, 1998
(74823) 1999 TD₁₅	October 1, 1999
(79769) 1998 UH₈	October 22, 1998
(79792) 1998 VQ₅	November 9, 1998
(79793) 1998 VR₅	November 9, 1998
(79914) 1999 CK₃	February 7, 1999
(80103) 1999 PA	August 2, 1999
(80665) 2000 BD₁₁	January 28, 2000
(85873) 1999 CE₁	February 5, 1999
(85968) 1999 GB₂	April 8, 1999
(96613) 1999 CG₅	February 12, 1999
(96745) 1999 PB	August 2, 1999
(100750) 1998 EX₈	March 6, 1998
(101401) 1998 VD	November 7, 1998

(101408) 1998 VC₆	November 11, 1998
(101460) 1998 WH₇	November 23, 1998
(101565) 1999 AD₂₁	January 13, 1999
(101601) 1999 CM	February 4, 1999
(101900) 1999 QH	August 18, 1999
(101904) 1999 RD₁	September 4, 1999
(103014) 1999 XD₁₀₄	December 9, 1999
(120972) 1998 WE₄	November 20, 1998
(121208) 1999 PZ₄	August 8, 1999
(129753) 1999 DG₃	February 21, 1999
(137045) 1998 VE	November 7, 1998
(168441) 1998 WD₃	November 18, 1998
(185731) 1998 VO₅	November 8, 1998
(222055) 1998 WF₃	November 18, 1998
(312971) 1998 VE₃₄	November 15, 1998
¹ with T. Urata

References

^ ^a ^b "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(6665) Kagawa [3.01, 0.07, 11.4]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6665) Kagawa, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 30. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_156. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

External links

Article of the Yamamoto Circular mentioning Kagawa.

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[MPC-Discoverers-1] "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[springer-Kagawa-2] Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(6665) Kagawa [3.01, 0.07, 11.4]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6665) Kagawa, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 30. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_156. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.

[MPC-Circulars-Archive-3] "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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