Toshimasa Furuta

Japanese astronomer
Minor planets discovered: 82 [1]
see § List of discovered minor planets

Toshimasa Furuta (古田 俊正, Furuta Toshimasa) is a Japanese astronomer. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids.[2]

List of discovered minor planets

List of minor planets discovered by Toshimasa Furuta
Name Discovery Date Listing
2478 Tokai 4 May 1981 list
2908 Shimoyama 18 November 1981 list
3814 Hoshi-no-mura 4 May 1981 list
4265 Kani 8 October 1989 list [A]
4351 Nobuhisa 28 October 1989 list [A]
4353 Onizaki 25 November 1989 list [A]
4541 Mizuno 1 January 1989 list [B]
4614 Masamura 21 August 1990 list [A]
4717 Kaneko 20 November 1989 list [A]
4799 Hirasawa 8 October 1989 list [A]
(4835) 1989 BQ 29 January 1989 list [C]
4903 Ichikawa 20 October 1989 list [A]
4904 Makio 21 November 1989 list [A]
4951 Iwamoto 21 January 1990 list [A]
5236 Yoko 10 October 1990 list [A]
5287 Heishu 20 November 1989 list [A]
5288 Nankichi 3 December 1989 list [A]
5295 Masayo 5 February 1991 list [A]
5333 Kanaya 18 October 1990 list [D]
5334 Mishima 8 February 1991 list [D]
5399 Awa 29 January 1989 list [C]
5581 Mitsuko 10 February 1989 list [C]
5743 Kato 19 October 1990 list [D]
5775 Inuyama 29 September 1989 list [A]
5777 Hanaki 3 December 1989 list [A]
5908 Aichi 20 October 1989 list [A]
5909 Nagoya 23 October 1989 list [A]
6228 Yonezawa 17 January 1982 list
6251 Setsuko 25 February 1992 list [D]
6383 Tokushima 12 December 1988 list [C]
6392 Takashimizuno 29 April 1990 list [A]
6419 Susono 7 December 1993 list [D]
6554 Takatsuguyoshida 28 October 1989 list [A]
6661 Ikemura 17 January 1993 list [A]
6792 Akiyamatakashi 30 November 1991 list [D]
6902 Hideoasada 26 October 1989 list [A]
6961 Ashitaka 26 May 1989 list [D]
7237 Vickyhamilton 3 November 1988 list [B]
7238 Kobori 27 July 1989 list [A]
7240 Hasebe 19 December 1989 list [A]
7408 Yoshihide 23 September 1989 list [A]
7472 Kumakiri 13 February 1992 list [D]
(7518) 1989 FG 29 March 1989 list [B]
7648 Tomboles 8 October 1989 list [A]
Name Discovery Date Listing
7992 Yozan 28 November 1981 list
8188 Okegaya 18 December 1992 list [A]
8251 Isogai 8 November 1980 list
8272 Iitatemura 24 September 1989 list [A]
8273 Apatheia 29 November 1989 list [D]
(8278) 1991 JJ 4 May 1991 list [A]
(8351) 1989 EH1 10 March 1989 list [B]
(8487) 1989 SQ 29 September 1989 list [A]
(8490) 1989 TU10 4 October 1989 list [A]
(8851) 1990 XB 8 December 1990 list [A]
(8864) 1991 VU 4 November 1991 list [A]
(8873) 1992 UM2 21 October 1992 list [A]
9033 Kawane 4 January 1990 list [D]
(9039) 1990 WB4 16 November 1990 list [A]
9943 Bizan 29 October 1989 list [C]
(11281) 1989 UM1 28 October 1989 list [A]
(11501) 1989 UU3 29 October 1989 list [A]
(11503) 1990 BF 21 January 1990 list [A]
(11865) 1989 SC 23 September 1989 list [A]
(11867) 1989 TW 4 October 1989 list [B]
(11924) 1992 WS3 17 November 1992 list [A]
(12745) 1992 UL2 21 October 1992 list [A]
(13034) 1989 UN 23 October 1989 list [A]
(14851) 1989 SD 23 September 1989 list [A]
(14852) 1989 SE 23 September 1989 list [A]
(15715) 1989 UN1 28 October 1989 list [A]
(16456) 1989 UO 23 October 1989 list [A]
(17441) 1989 UE 20 October 1989 list [A]
17651 Tajimi 3 November 1996 list [E]
(19138) 1989 EJ1 10 March 1989 list [B]
(19144) 1989 UP1 28 October 1989 list [A]
(19977) 1989 TQ 7 October 1989 list [A]
(20020) 1991 VT 4 November 1991 list [A]
(20036) 1992 UW1 21 October 1992 list [A]
(22297) 1989 WA1 21 November 1989 list [A]
(23456) 1989 DB 26 February 1989 list [B]
27714 Dochu 29 January 1989 list [C]
(29164) 1989 UA 20 October 1989 list [A]
Co-discovery made with:
A Y. Mizuno
B K. Suzuki
C M. Iwamoto
D M. Akiyama
E T. Mizuno

References

  1. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. ^ Dunlop, Storm; Gerbaldi, Michèle (1988). Stargazers: the contribution of amateurs to astronomy : proceedings of Colloquium 98 of the IAU, June 20-24, 1987. Springer-Verlag. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-50230-2.
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