Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)

Yasuo Tanaka (田中 靖郎, Tanaka Yasuo, 18 March 1931 – 18 January 2018) was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in Kanagawa, Japan and guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.

Yasuo Tanaka
Born(1931-03-18)18 March 1931
Osaka, Japan
Died18 January 2018(2018-01-18) (aged 86)
Alma materOsaka University
Known forPioneer in X-ray astronomy
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Institutions

He was a pioneer in X-ray astronomy, leading the development and operation of the Ginga, Tenma, and ASCA satellites.[1] He died on 18 January 2018.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Tanaka, Yasuo". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. ^ Yasuo Tanaka (1932–2018)
  3. ^ "Y. Tanaka". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.