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Minoru Honda (本田 実, Honda Minoru, February 26, 1913 – August 26, 1990) was a Japanese astronomer. Starting in 1937, Honda worked for Issei Yamamoto at the Zodiacal Light Observatory in Hiroshima.[1]
Minoru Honda | |
|---|---|
本田 実 | |
| Born | February 26, 1913 |
| Died | August 26, 1990 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Known for | Discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Zodiacal Light Observatory |
He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic comet 45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková.
He discovered on FH Serpentis (Nova Serpentis 1970) on February 13, 1970 from Kurashiki, Japan.[2][3]
He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1975) at magnitude 3.0 on August 29, 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries were subsequently made by others.[4]
The asteroid 3904 Honda is named after him, 8485 Satoru is named after his wife, and 11442 Seijin-Sanso is named after his astronomical observatory.[5]
References
edit- ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ "FH Ser (Nova Serpentis 1970) | aavso".
- ^ Borra, Ermanno F.; Andersen, Per H. (1970). "Photoelectric Observations of Nova Serpentis 1970". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 82 (489): 1070. Bibcode:1970PASP...82.1070B. doi:10.1086/129005. S2CID 121790086.
- ^ "The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)". Archived from the original on 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2004-07-14.
- ^ "星尋山荘".
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