Toshiro Nomura

Toshiro Nomura (野村 敏郎, Nomura Toshirō, born 1954) is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 13 asteroids with astronomers Kōyō Kawanishi and Matsuo Sugano.[1][2]

Minor planets discovered: 13 [1]
4106 NadaMarch 6, 1989[1]
4797 AkoSeptember 30, 1989[1]
5401 MinamiodaMarch 6, 1989[1]
5685 SanenobufukuiDecember 8, 1990[1]
5737 ItohSeptember 30, 1989[1]
5872 SuganoSeptember 30, 1989[1]
5881 AkashiSeptember 27, 1992[2]
6155 YokosuganoNovember 11, 1990[1]
6557 YokonomuraNovember 11, 1990[1]
7178 IkuookamotoNovember 11, 1990[1]
8892 KakogawaSeptember 11, 1994[2]
9580 TarumiOctober 4, 1989[1]
10318 SumauraOctober 15, 1990[1]
  1. 1 with K. Kawanishi
  2. 2 with M. Sugano

He is also an earth-science teacher of Nada jr/sr highschool. The main-belt asteroid 6559 Nomura is named in his honor.[2]

References
  1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6559) Nomura". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6559) Nomura. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 541. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5949. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.


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