Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer)
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Born
1950 (age 75–76)
鈴木 憲蔵 (Suzuki Kenzō)
1950 (age 75–76)
Occupationamateur astronomer
KnownforA local guide for the Brother Earth planetarium in Nagoya City Science Museum[2]
Notable workdiscoverer of minor planets
Kenzo Suzuki[1] | |
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| Born | 鈴木 憲蔵 (Suzuki Kenzō) 1950 (age 75–76) |
| Occupation | amateur astronomer |
| Known for | A local guide for the Brother Earth planetarium in Nagoya City Science Museum[2] |
| Notable work | discoverer of minor planets |
| see § List of discovered minor planets |
Kenzo Suzuki (鈴木 憲蔵, Suzuki Kenzō, b. 1950) is a Japanese astronomer from Toyota, Aichi, Japan.[1][4] Between 1984 and 1992, he has discovered 42 minor planets mostly in collaboration with astronomers Takeshi Urata and Toshimasa Furuta.[3]
He is the discoverer of main-belt asteroid 3533 Toyota and it is named after his home town.[5] Asteroid 5526 Kenzo is named after him.[1] For the local community, Suzuki is a lecturer for astronomy and participates in programs at the Brother Earth planetarium, or the world largest planetarium[2] at Nagoya City Science Museum in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He lets the visitors, ranging from groups of elementary school students to adults, to observe planets through telescopes and shares his experience and insight as a veteran astronomer.[6]
List of discovered minor planets
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Bibliography
Books
- Saburō Ida; Kenzō Suzuki; Ikuo Takeshita (1977). 103a niyoru sankō seiun [A diffuse nebula photographed with 103a] (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Seibundo shinkōsha.[7]
Journals
- Takao Kobayashi; Syuichi Nakano (2009). Syuichi Nakano (ed.). "Wagakuni amachua ni yoru shōwakusei hakken no rekishi" [History of the minor asteroid discovery - amateur astronomers in Japan] (PDF). 天界 Tenkai. 90 (1012A). α Editorial Board: 546–559.
Table ２. 882, JCPM Oi Station [Kenzō Suzuki]; No.115 81, Toyota [Kenzō Suzuki]
Magazines
- Kenzō Suzuki (1972). "Sukecchi de kasei-zu ni idomu" [Sketch and draw your own Mars map]. 天文と気象 Tem'mon to Kishō (in Japanese). 地人書館 Chijinshokan Co., Ltd. pp. 16–23. ISSN 0287-7201. Discontinued, published between 1949 and 1983 through volume 15, no.1 to volume 49, no.6 (literary translates as "Astronomy and Meteorology".) Changed name to "Gekkan Temmon" in 1984 which was discontinued since 2007.
- Kenzō Suzuki (1974). "Dokusha no Kansoku repōto - Omoshirokatta 1973-nen no kasei" [Reports from readers - impressive Mars in 1973]. 天文と気象 Tem'mon to Kishō (in Japanese). Vol. 40, no. 5. 地人書館 Chijinshokan Co., Ltd. pp. 28–32. ISSN 0287-7201.[8]
- Kenzō Suzuki (January 1982). "Renzoku satsuei no shōkai" [Basic Seriography]. 天文ガイド Temmon Gaido (in Japanese). Seibundo shinkosha. ISSN 0288-1977.[9]
