Hiroshi Abe (astronomer)


Hiroshi Abe is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory. He is noted for numerous discoveries, including his 2007 discovery of the Nova Vulpeculae, and 28 numbered minor planets during 1993–1999.
The main-belt asteroid 5379 Abehiroshi, discovered by Osamu Muramatsu in 1991 is named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999.

List of discovered minor planets

7097 Yatsuka8 October 1993
7837 Mutsumi11 October 1993
8 October 1993
8113 Matsue21 April 1996
8114 Lafcadio24 April 1996
8120 Kobe2 November 1997
8725 Keiko5 October 1996
9985 Akiko12 May 1996
11322 Aquamarine23 August 1995
11682 Shiwaku3 March 1998