Takao Kobayashi
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| 4807 Noboru 4807 Noboru 4807 Noboru is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 10, 1991 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
January 10, 1991 |
| 5924 Teruo 5924 Teruo 5924 Teruo is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 7, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
February 7, 1994 |
| 6275 Kiryu 6275 Kiryu 6275 Kiryu is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 14, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
November 14, 1993 |
| 6276 Kurohone 6276 Kurohone 6276 Kurohone is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 1, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
January 1, 1994 |
| 6346 Syukumeguri 6346 Syukumeguri 6346 Syukumeguri is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 6, 1995, by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
January 6, 1995 |
| 6414 Mizunuma 6414 Mizunuma 6414 Mizunuma is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 24, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
October 24, 1993 |
| 6418 Hanamigahara 6418 Hanamigahara 6418 Hanamigahara is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 8, 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*... |
December 8, 1993 |
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is an amateur Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese 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...
who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory
Oizumi Observatory
Ōizumi Observatory is a private astronomical observatory in Ōizumi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Takao Kobayashi has made discoveries of numerous minor planets at the observatory. Since its founding, Kobayashi has discovered 1,200 minor asteroids and their positions using a telescope....
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Accomplishment
Kobayashi has discovered more than 2000 asteroidAsteroid
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 using CCD
Charge-coupled device
A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...
technology, including the Amor asteroid
Amor asteroid
The Amor asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids named after the asteroid 1221 Amor. They approach the orbit of the Earth from beyond, but do not cross it. Most Amors do cross the orbit of Mars...
s 7358 Oze
7358 Oze
7358 Oze is an Amor asteroid discovered on December 27, 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.- External links :*...
, , and about nine Trojan asteroid
Trojan asteroid
The Jupiter Trojans, commonly called Trojans or Trojan asteroids, are a large group of objects that share the orbit of the planet Jupiter around the Sun. Relative to Jupiter, each Trojan librates around one of the planet's two Lagrangian points of stability, and , that respectively lie 60° ahead...
s. He also discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1
P/1997 B1
On January 30 and January 31, 1997, Takao Kobayashi observed an object, P/1997 B1 , which was initially thought to be a minor planet and was reported to the IAU as such by S. Nakano. Over the next few days, the object was observed to be in a cometary orbit. W...
(Kobayashi), which he originally reported as an asteroid.
The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi
3500 Kobayashi
3500 Kobayashi is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 18, 1919 by K. Reinmuth at Heidelberg, Germany. It was named after Takao Kobayashi, a Japanese amateur astronomer.- External links :*...
is named after him.
His asteroid discoveries of January 16, 1994 and December 31, 1994 have been named 8883 Miyazakihayao
8883 Miyazakihayao
8883 Miyazakihayao is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 16, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi. It was named after anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.- External links :*...
and 10160 Totoro
10160 Totoro
10160 Totoro is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 31, 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi. It was named after Hayao Miyazaki's Totoro from 1988 anime My Neighbor Totoro.- External links :*...
by Kobayashi. The names reference anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli,...
, and one of his creations, My Neighbor Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
, is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan...
. The names have been approved by the International Astronomical Union
International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union IAU is a collection of professional astronomers, at the Ph.D. level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy...
. He is not to be confused with another Japanese astronomer, Toru Kobayashi
Toru Kobayashi
is/was a Japanese astronomer.He was active in the 1970s, working at Imadate in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.He co-discovered Comet C/1975 N1 ....
, who co-discovered comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon).
Why he is famous for P/1997 B1 Kobayashi
On January 30 and January 31, 1997, Kobayashi observed an object, P/1997 B1P/1997 B1
On January 30 and January 31, 1997, Takao Kobayashi observed an object, P/1997 B1 , which was initially thought to be a minor planet and was reported to the IAU as such by S. Nakano. Over the next few days, the object was observed to be in a cometary orbit. W...
Kobayashi, which was initially thought to be a minor planet and was reported to the IAU
IAU
IAU may refer to:*International Astronomical Union*International American University*International American University College of Medicine*International Association of Universities*International Association of Ultrarunners...
as such by Syuichi Nakano
Syuichi Nakano
is a Japanese astronomer. He specializes in the study of comets, in particular calculating their orbits and making predictions about when periodic comets will return for another perihelion approach...
. Over the next few days, the object was observed to be in a comet
Comet
A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when close enough to the Sun, displays a visible coma and sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are both due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar wind upon the nucleus of the comet...
ary orbit
Orbit
In physics, an orbit is the gravitationally curved path of an object around a point in space, for example the orbit of a planet around the center of a star system, such as the Solar System...
. Warren B. Offutt
Warren B. Offutt
Warren B. Offutt is an American astronomer.He has discovered a number of asteroids. The International Astronomical Union named minor planet 7639 Offutt after him just before his 70th birthday in 1998....
later showed it to be a comet.
Occupation
Takao Kobayashi is currently a professor at Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering. He is also general designer of quantum yield design at Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationMitsubishi Chemical Corporation
, or MCC, was a Japanese corporation. It merged with Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation to create Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation.-External links:...
. He was also appointed president by MICO
Mico
Mico may refer to:* Motor Industries Company, former name for Bosch India* Mico University College, Jamaica* Mitso Asen, Bulgarian tsar* Mico, term in Muskogee meaning chief* Mico, genus of monkey* Mico , Canadian rock band...
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