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Jan 18, 1959 Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan 65 years old
Japanese astronomer
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About Ky Kawanishi
- Koyo Kawanishi (?? ??, Kawanishi Koyo, born January 18, 1959) is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and discoverer of 13 minor planets.He lives in the city of Ako in the Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, where his private Minami-Oda Observatory (374) is located.
- At the observatory, he observes comets and minor planets using his home-made 0.20-m reflector telescope together with his wife Kumi and daughter Saki.
- Familiar with electronics and mechanics, he has also developed his own CCD instrumentation.The asteroid 5591 Koyo, discovered by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata, was named in his honour.
