Kiyotaka Kanai
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese astronomer
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He co-discovered asteroid 7752 Otauchunokai
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Asteroid 26168 Kanaikiyotaka
is named after him.
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...
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He co-discovered asteroid 7752 Otauchunokai
7752 Otauchunokai
7752 Otauchunokai is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 31, 1988 by T. Niijima and K. Kanai at Ojima.- External links :*...
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Asteroid 26168 Kanaikiyotaka
26168 Kanaikiyotaka
26168 Kanaikiyotaka is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 24, 1995 by T. Niijima at Ojima.- External links :*...
is named after him.