Matsuo Sugano
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is a Japanese astronomer
.
He has discovered a number of asteroid
s, including 5881 Akashi
(with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura
(with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa
(with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).
The asteroid 5872 Sugano
is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano
was named for his wife, Yoko.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo
, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy
in Japan.
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 has discovered a number of asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
s, including 5881 Akashi
5881 Akashi
5881 Akashi is a main belt asteroid discovered on September 27, 1992 by M. Sugano and T. Nomura at Minami-Oda.- External links :*...
(with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura
6559 Nomura
6559 Nomura is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1991 by M. Sugano and K. Kawanishi at Minami-Oda.- External links :*...
(with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa
8892 Kakogawa
8892 Kakogawa is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 11, 1994 by M. Sugano and T. Nomura at Minami-Oda.- External links :*...
(with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).
The asteroid 5872 Sugano
5872 Sugano
5872 Sugano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 30, 1989 by T. Nomura and K. Kawanishi at Minami-Oda....
is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano
6155 Yokosugano
6155 Yokosugano is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1990 by T. Nomura and K. Kawanishi at Minami-Oda.- External links :*...
was named for his wife, Yoko.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo
Akashi, Hyogo
is a city located in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Seto Inland Sea west of Kobe.As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 290,776, with 117,392 households, and a population density of 5,907.68 persons per km²...
, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy
Amateur astronomy, also called backyard astronomy and stargazing, is a hobby whose participants enjoy watching the night sky , and the plethora of objects found in it, mainly with portable telescopes and binoculars...
in Japan.