Masahiro Koishikawa


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Masahiro Koishikawa is a Japanese astronomer. He has studied both major and minor planets, and has discovered multiple asteroids.
Koishikawa has been a staff member of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory since 1972. His research is based out of the Sendai's Ayashi station. The main-belt asteroid 6097 Koishikawa, discovered by Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami in 1991, was named in his honor.

List of discovered minor planets

3994 Ayashi2 December 1988
4292 Aoba4 November 1989
4407 Taihaku13 October 1988
4539 Miyagino8 November 1988
4871 Riverside24 November 1989
5128 Wakabayashi30 March 1989
5751 Zao5 January 1992
6089 Izumi5 January 1989
6190 Rennes8 October 1989
6349 Acapulco8 February 1995