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),5881 Akashi. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010. 6559 Nomura (with K. Kawanishi),6559 Nomura. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010. and 8892 Kakogawa (with T. Nomura).8892 Kakogawa. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010. He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).IAUC 3803: 1983e; Poss. SN IN NGC 4258. International Astronomical Union Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Accessed 9 February 2010.
The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him.5872 Sugano (1989 SL). JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko.6155 Yokosugano. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan.
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