Kiyotaka Kanai

Minor planets discovered: 1 [1]
7752 Otauchunokai 31 October 1988 MPC
co-discovery with Tsuneo Niijima

Kiyotaka Kanai (金井 清高 Kanai Kiyotaka, born 1951) is a Japanese amateur astronomer, observer of variable stars, discoverer of comet C/1970 B1, and co-discoverer of the main-belt asteroid 7752 Otauchunokai, named after the Ota Uchuno Kai group, an amateur astronomers' club at Ōta city, of which he is a member of.[2][3][4]

The inner main-belt asteroid 26168 Kanaikiyotaka was named after him on 21 September 2002 (M.P.C. 46684).[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (26168) Kanaikiyotaka. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 878. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "7752 Otauchunokai (1988 US)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (7752) Otauchunokai. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 614. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2016.


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