Makio Akiyama

Asteroids discovered: 16 [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

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]

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]

References

1. "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(6251) Setsuko". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6251) Setsuko. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 521. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5752. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(4904) Makio". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4904) Makio. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 423. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_4794. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
4. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 15 August 2016.