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Kazuro Watanabe

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Kazuo Watanabe (渡辺 和郎, Watanabe Kazuo; born May 1, 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan as well as of the Oriental Astronomical Association. Through publications and the direction of junior associates, this asteroid hunter has been responsible for the discovery of nearly 700 asteroids, many of them in association with Kin Endate. He is the author or the co-author of the Japanese publications Asteroid Hunter (小惑星ハンター), Celestial Body Photography Manual (天体写真マニュアル), The Celestial Sky of Our Dreams (僕らの夢の星空), as well as others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuro Watanabe is the 563rd most popular astronomer (up from 566th in 2019), the 1,703rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,682nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 563 out of 644. Before him are Takao Kobayashi, Scott S. Sheppard, Kazimierz Kordylewski, John Dobson, Lawrence H. Aller, and Carlos Torres. After him are Maura Tombelli, Alexander Voeikov, Korado Korlević, Alexandre Schaumasse, Michel Giacobini, and Thomas Bopp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 448. Before him are Paulina Chiziane, Geoffrey Hull, Guillermo Navarro, Jan Poortvliet, Zdravko Zovko, and Djoomart Otorbaev. After him are Jim Montgomery, Alexei Venediktov, Olivier Rouyer, Cheryl Studer, Guy Lacombe, and Nicolas Hulot.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 1,703 out of 6,245. Before him are Tetsuya Nomura (1970), Akira Takabe (1982), Hiroshi Hirakawa (1965), Yukito Kishiro (1967), Hirokazu Tanaka (1957), and Ryuji Nagata (1972). After him are Kae Nishina (1972), Ringo Sheena (1978), Wataru Takagi (1966), Kohei Yamamoto (1986), Haruki Uemura (1951), and Shohachi Ishii (1926).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 17. Before him are Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Seiji Ueda (1952), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), and Takao Kobayashi (1961). After him are Kin Endate (1960), Naoto Satō (1953), Masaru Arai (1952), Alan Hale (1958), Masayuki Yanai (1959), and Hiroshi Mori (1958).

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