4672 Takuboku
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4672 Takuboku is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1988 by Seiji Ueda
and Hiroshi Kaneda
at Kushiro. It was named after the Japanese poet Takuboku Ishikawa (1886–1912).
Seiji Ueda
is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between 1987 and 2000, Ueda discovered 705 asteroids. Asteroid 4676 Uedaseiji, discovered in 1990, is named for him....
and Hiroshi Kaneda
Hiroshi Kaneda
is a Japanese astronomer. He is the eighth most prolific individual discoverer of asteroids. Between 1987 and 2000, Kaneda discovered 705 asteroids. Asteroid 4677 Hiroshi, discovered in 1990, is named after him. Along with being an astronomer, Kaneda has worked as a computer programmer who "has...
at Kushiro. It was named after the Japanese poet Takuboku Ishikawa (1886–1912).