10617 Takumi
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10617 Takumi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1997 by M. Hirasawa and Shohei Suzuki
at Nyukasa. It is named after astronomer
Takumi Takahata, whose "measurescope" was used by the discoverers to determine the asteroid's coordinates.
Shohei Suzuki
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Working with Masanori Hirasawa at Mount Nyukasa Station, Suzuki discovered 52 minor planets between 1991 and 1998. Both men are graduates of Waseda University, which they named an asteroid after in 1991.-List of asteroids...
at Nyukasa. It is named after astronomer
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
Takumi Takahata, whose "measurescope" was used by the discoverers to determine the asteroid's coordinates.