was a Japanese
radio astronomer. He founded the
Nobeyama Radio Observatory.
The crater
Hatanaka on the
Moon
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is named after him.
References
External links
* http://www12.plala.or.jp/m-light/Nomenclature.htm (in Japanese)
1914 births
1963 deaths
20th-century Japanese astronomers
Scientists from Wakayama Prefecture
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