Matsuo Sugano
Matsuo Sugano (Japanese: 菅野 松男, Hepburn: Sugano Matsuo, born 1939) is a Japanese astronomer.
| Asteroids discovered: 4 | |
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| 5881 Akashi[1] | September 27, 1992 |
| 6559 Nomura[2] | May 3, 1991 |
| 14873 Shoyo[2] | October 28, 1990 |
| 8892 Kakogawa[2] | September 11, 1994 |
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He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa (with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).
The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan.
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