Masahiro Koishikawa


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Masahiro Koishikawa was a Japanese astronomer. He studied both major and minor planets, and discovered multiple asteroids.
Koishikawa was a staff member of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory frin 1972. His research was based out of the Sendai's Ayashi station. The main-belt asteroid 6097 Koishikawa, discovered by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami in 1991, was named in his honor. He died on 26 August 2020 from lung cancer.

List of discovered minor planets

3994 Ayashi2 December 1988
4292 Aoba4 November 1989
4407 Taihaku13 October 1988
4539 Miyagino8 November 1988
4871 Riverside24 November 1989
5128 Wakabayashi30 March 1989
5751 Zao5 January 1992
6089 Izumi5 January 1989
6190 Rennes8 October 1989
6349 Acapulco8 February 1995