Takuo Kojima
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is an amateur Japan
ese astronomer
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He is a prolific discoverer of asteroid
s and discoverer of the periodic comet
70P/Kojima.
3644 Kojitaku is named after him.
He also writes a regular column for the astronomy magazine Gekkan Temmon titled the "Comet Observers Guide.
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...
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He is a prolific discoverer 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 and discoverer of the periodic 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...
70P/Kojima.
3644 Kojitaku is named after him.
He also writes a regular column for the astronomy magazine Gekkan Temmon titled the "Comet Observers Guide.