Ōizumi Observatory (
obs. code:
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) is a private
astronomical
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observatory
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Ōizumi,
Gunma Prefecture
is a landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Gunma Prefecture has a population of 1,937,626 (1 October 2019) and has a geographic area of . Gunma Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture and Fuk ...
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Japan
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Takao Kobayashi
is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory. The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after him.
Career
Kobayashi has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology ...
has made discoveries of numerous
minor planets
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at the observatory. Since its founding, Kobayashi has discovered 1,200 minor asteroids and their positions using a telescope. Ōizumi observatory like many other observatories is in a relatively undisturbed place.
One of the notable people to work at the observatory is
Takao Kobayashi
is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets who currently works at the Ōizumi Observatory. The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after him.
Career
Kobayashi has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology ...
.
References
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Astronomical observatories in Japan