Makio Akiyama (秋山 万喜夫, Akiyama Makio, born 1950) is a Japanese astronomer affiliated with the Susono Observatory (886). He is a discoverer of minor planets, credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovery of 16 numbered minor planets during 1989–1999.[1]
5333 Kanaya | 18 October 1990 | list [A] |
5334 Mishima | 8 February 1991 | list [A] |
5743 Kato | 19 October 1990 | list [A] |
6251 Setsuko | 25 February 1992 | list [A] |
6419 Susono | 7 December 1993 | list [A] |
6792 Akiyamatakashi | 30 November 1991 | list [A] |
6961 Ashitaka | 26 May 1989 | list [A] |
7472 Kumakiri | 13 February 1992 | list [A] |
8273 Apatheia | 29 November 1989 | list [A] |
9033 Kawane | 4 January 1990 | list [A] |
28004 Terakawa | 2 December 1997 | list |
29624 Sugiyama | 2 October 1998 | list |
35441 Kyoko | 31 January 1998 | list |
40994 Tekaridake | 20 October 1999 | list |
53157 Akaishidake | 5 February 1999 | list |
55873 Shiomidake | 26 October 1997 | list |
A co-discovered with Toshimasa Furuta |
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In 1992 he discovered the asteroid 6251 Setsuko in collaboration with astronomer Toshimasa Furuta, and named it after his wife Setsuko Akiyama (b. 1953) in May 1996 (M.P.C. 27129).[2]
The main-belt asteroid 4904 Makio, discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory (403) in 1989, is named after him.[3] Naming citation was published on 5 March 1996 (M.P.C. 26763).[4]
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