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(1913-02-26)February 26, 1913
DiedAugust 26, 1990(1990-08-26) (aged 77)
NationalityJapanese
Known forDiscovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsZodiacal 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

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  1. ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "FH Ser (Nova Serpentis 1970) | aavso".
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "The page you were looking for doesn't exist (404)". Archived from the original on 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2004-07-14.
  5. ^ "星尋山荘".