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Tetsuya Fujii

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Minor planetsdiscovered: 22 [1]
4645 Tentaikojo 16 September 1990
4676 Uedaseiji 16 September 1990
4714 Toyohiro 29 September 1989
4718 Araki 13 November 1990
4743 Kikuchi 16 February 1988
4750 Mukai 15 December 1990
4971 Hoshinohiroba 30 January 1989
4975 Dohmoto 16 September 1990
5180 Ohno 6 April 1989
5192 Yabuki 4 February 1991
5357 Sekiguchi 2 March 1992
5474 Gingasen 3 December 1988
6246 Komurotoru 13 November 1990
6381 Toyama 21 February 1988
7418 Akasegawa 11 March 1991
9602 Oya 31 October 1991
9871 Jeon 28 February 1992
16439 Yamehoshinokawa 30 January 1989
16449 Kigoyama 29 September 1989
21015 Shigenari 16 October 1988
(29159) 1989 GB 2 April 1989
(37565) 1988 VL3 3 November 1988

Tetsuya Fujii(Đằng tỉnh triết dã,Fujii Tetsuya;born 1960) is a Japaneseamateur astronomerand prolific discoverer of minor planets.[2]

From 1988 to 1992, he had discovered a total of 22 numbered asteroids together with his colleague,Kazuro Watanabe,at theKitami Observatoryin the Kitami-Abashiri Region Cultural Centre in easternHokkaidō,Japan, where several amateur astronomers have been conducting an active program ofastrometricobservations of minor planets and comets.[1][3]He is director of the astronomical club in Kitami, where he also works for the NHK broadcasting office.[2]

The minor planet4343 Tetsuya,discovered bySeiji UedaandHiroshi Kanedain 1988, was named in his honour.[2]

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  1. ^ab"Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)".Minor Planet Center.23 May 2016.Retrieved17 June2016.
  2. ^abcSchmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(4343) Tetsuya".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4343) Tetsuya.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 373.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4295.ISBN978-3-540-29925-7.
  3. ^Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). "(3785) Kitami".Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3785) Kitami.Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 320.doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3780.ISBN978-3-540-29925-7.