+ Minor planets discovered: 3 26887 Tokyogiants 14 October 1994 46632 RISE 14 October 1994 100267 JAXA 14 October 1994 co-discovered with: I. Satō, M. Abe
is a Japanese astronomer. He works at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Mizusawa VLBI observatory in Ōshū, and was the Science Team sub-Leader of the MUSES-C mission. He has discovered three asteroids. With colleagues at the observatory, he has created a detailed topographic map of the Moon.
References
External links "Detailed map shows dry Moon" - Canada "Crustal thickness of the Moon: Implications for farside basin structures" - GRL "Moonlight project - Observations of Lunar rotation and Ephemeris by optical methods on the Moon" Spacewarn Bulletin - NASA "Moon's Puzzling, Thick-Skinned Far Side" - Sky and Telescope "New high-res maps suggest little water in moon" - Universe Today "CCD Centroiding Experiment for the Japan Astrometry Satellite Mission (JASMINE) and In Situ Lunar Orientation Measurement (ILOM)" "Development of an LD pumped Nd:YAG Oscillator for Space-borne LaserAItimeter"