Masaru Arai


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Masaru Arai is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 45 minor planets during 1988–1991, all in collaboration with astronomer Hiroshi Mori. On 5 January 1991, he has also discovered Comet Arai,.
The main-belt asteroid 21082 Araimasaru, discovered by Tsutomu Hioki and Shuji Hayakawa at Okutama in 1991, was named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 6 January 2003.

List of discovered minor planets

3823 Yorii10 March 1988
3996 Fugaku5 December 1988
4262 DeVorkin5 February 1989
4291 Kodaihasu2 November 1989
4495 Dassanowsky6 November 1988
4901 Ó Briain3 November 1988
29 November 1988
5 February 1991
21 January 1990
6299 Reizoutoyoko5 December 1988
14 March 1991
6380 Gardel10 February 1988
2 February 1989
10 February 1988
10 February 1988
6709 Hiromiyuki2 February 1989
12 March 1988
2 December 1988