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 planetsSee also: Category:Discoveries by Toshimasa Furuta 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. MizunoB K. SuzukiC M. IwamotoD M. AkiyamaE T. Mizuno References ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017. ^ 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. Authority control databases InternationalVIAFNationalJapanAcademicsCiNii