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Makio Akiyama

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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. 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). The main-belt asteroid 4904 Makio, discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory (403) in 1989, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Makio Akiyama is the 579th most popular astronomer (down from 561st in 2019). (down from 4,596th in 2019)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Makio Akiyama ranks 579 out of 644. Before him are John August Anderson, Kin Endate, David Rittenhouse, Rosaly Lopes, Naoto Satō, and Mary Ward. After him are Yoshisada Shimizu, Masaru Arai, Peter Goldreich, Dorrit Hoffleit, Philip Herbert Cowell, and Osamu Muramatsu.

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Among people born in 1950, Makio Akiyama ranks 595. Before him are Tom Vilsack, Volker Fischer, Gillian Armstrong, Markie Post, Danny Kirwan, and Deepa Mehta. After him are Stanisław Szozda, Pier Carlo Padoan, Svetla Otsetova, Libor Radimec, Sultan Rakhmanov, and Marie Bergman.

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