Kōichirō Tomita
Kōichirō Tomita was a Japanese astronomer, discoverer of minor planets and comets.
The fireball passed over west Japan and was recorded by photos and a sketch. Kōichirō Tomita identified that it was the Kosmos 133 spacecraft.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 9 numbered minor planets during 1978–1982, such as 2252 CERGA, 3056 INAG, 3765 Texereau, 4051 Hatanaka.
He is the author of at least one astronomy book about comets.
The Nysa asteroid 2391 Tomita is named after him.
