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is a Japanese farmer and amateur astronomer.
He is a prolific discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery and co-discovery of 32 numbered minor planets between 1986 and 1996. He also co-discovered 112P/Urata-Niijima, a periodic comet of the Jupiter family in 1986.
The main-belt asteroid 5507 Niijima, discovered by Takeshi Urata and Kenzo Suzuki, was named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 ().
List of discovered minor planets
3565 Ojima 22 December 1986 3585 Goshirakawa 28 January 1987 3686 Antoku 3 March 1987 4375 Kiyomori 28 February 1987 4376 Shigemori 20 March 1987 4377 Koremori 4 April 1987 4402 Tsunemori 25 February 1987 4574 Yoshinaka 20 December 1986 4767 Sutoku 4 April 1987 4896 Tomoegozen 20 December 1986 5578 Takakura 28 January 1987 5830 Simohiro 9 March 1991 5912 Oyatoshiyuki 20 December 1989 6158 Shosanbetsu 12 November 1991 7139 Tsubokawa 14 February 1994 7202 Kigoshi 19 February 1995 12 October 1987 7752 Otauchunokai 31 October 1988 8344 Babette 25 January 1987 24 November 1995 10162 Issunboushi 2 January 1995 10727 Akitsushima 25 February 1987 1 March 1995 25 February 1987 17472 Dinah 17 March 1991 28 January 1987 15 November 1990 26168 Kanaikiyotaka 24 November 1995 26170 Kazuhiko 24 January 1996 1 March 1995 20 November 1995 29 November 1986 Co-discovery made with: T. Urata K. Kanai
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