About Matsuo Sugano
Born 1939. Matsuo Sugano is a Japanese astronomer.
Asteroids discovered: 4 5881 Akashi September 27, 1992 6559 Nomura May 3, 1991 14873 Shoyo October 28, 1990 8892 Kakogawa September 11, 1994 with K. Kawanishi with T. Nomura
is a Japanese astronomer.
He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa (with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).
The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan.
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Japanese astronomer
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Matsuo Sugano was born in 1939.
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