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Yoshihide Kozai (1 April 1928 – 5 February 2018) was a Japanese astronomer specialising in celestial mechanics. He is best known for discovering, simultaneously with Michael Lidov, the Kozai mechanism, for which he received the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1979.[1]

Yoshihide Kozai
Born	(1928-04-01)April 1, 1928 Tokyo
Died	February 5, 2018(2018-02-05) (aged 89)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Known for	Kozai mechanism
Awards	Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1979) Brouwer Award (1989) Person of Cultural Merit (2009)
Scientific career
Institutions	National Astronomical Observatory Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

From 1988 to 1991, he was the president of the International Astronomical Union.[2]

In 1989, he received the Brouwer Award of the American Astronomical Society.[3] In 2009, he won the Decoration of Cultural Merit from the Japanese government.[4]

He died on 5 February 2018 due to liver failure.[5][6]

The asteroid 3040 Kozai is named in his honour.

References

External links

• Oral history interview with Yoshihide Kozai on 2 September 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - interview conducted at the Tokyo Institute of Technology

На других языках

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[de] Yoshihide Kozai

Yoshihide Kozai (japanisch 古在 由秀, Kozai Yoshihide; * 1. April 1928 in Komagone, heute Toshima, Präfektur Tokio[1]; † 5. Februar 2018) war ein japanischer Astronom der sich mit Himmelsmechanik befasste.

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- [en] Yoshihide Kozai

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[fr] Yoshihide Kozai

Yoshihide Kozai (古在 由秀, Kozai Yoshihide?), né le 1er avril 1928 et mort le 5 février 2018, est un astrophysicien japonais spécialiste de mécanique céleste. Il fut président de l'Union astronomique internationale de 1988 à 1991.

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[it] Yoshihide Kozai

Yoshihide Kozai (古在 由秀 Kozai Yoshihide?; Tokyo, 1º aprile 1928 – 5 febbraio 2018[1]) è stato un astronomo giapponese, conosciuto a livello internazionale per i suoi studi sulla meccanica celeste, sugli asteroidi e comete ed i loro moti, sulle famiglie di asteroidi e sulle perturbazioni secolari[2].

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[ru] Кодзаи, Ёсихидэ

Ёсихидэ Кодзаи (яп. 古在 由秀 Кодзаи Ёсихидэ, 1 апреля 1928 - 5 февраля 2018) — японский астроном, специалист по небесной механике. Он наиболее известен благодаря открытию (одновременно с Михаилом Львовичем Лидовым), резонанса Лидова — Кодзаи, за которое он получил Императорскую премию Японской академии в 1979 году.[2]

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