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Naoto Satō

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Naoto Satō (佐藤 直人, Satō Naoto; born 1953) is a Japanese amateur astronomer, discoverer of minor planets, and, by profession, a junior high school science teacher. As a planetarian, a member of the professional staff of a planetarium, he has done much for the spread of astronomy in Japan through speaking on planetaria and the results of astronomical observation. In 2001, while working as support staff at JK1ZAM, the club station of Iruma Children’s Center (an educational institution for children in Iruma City), he helped achieve the first ARISS school contact in Japan. Also, in 2003, as a coordinating teacher, he helped accomplish the first solo contact between a junior high school in Japan and the ISS, with the support of JK1ZAM. He regularly spoke on the astronomical talk program Sunset Café at the local radio station "FM CHAPPY 77.7" from December 2006 to November 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naoto Satō is the 577th most popular astronomer (up from 601st in 2019), the 1,832nd most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,951st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Naoto Satō ranks 577 out of 644. Before him are Alfred Schmitt, Andrew Ainslie Common, John August Anderson, Kin Endate, David Rittenhouse, and Rosaly Lopes. After him are Mary Ward, Makio Akiyama, Yoshisada Shimizu, Masaru Arai, Peter Goldreich, and Dorrit Hoffleit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Naoto Satō ranks 514. Before him are Vangelis Meimarakis, Mindy Sterling, Álex Angulo, Lesli Linka Glatter, Rob Bailey, and Amy Hill. After him are Gábor Gergely, Peter Baumann, Benny Brown, Pavel Pinigin, Desiré Wilson, and Vladimir Rushailo.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoto Satō ranks 1,832 out of 6,245. Before him are Shidzue Katō (1897), Atsushi Terui (1980), Tatsuya Kawahara (1985), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), Takuya Ito (1976), and Kazuhiro Ninomiya (1946). After him are Wataru Inoue (1986), Tomomi Inada (1959), Takashi Mizunuma (1960), Yujiro Haraguchi (1992), Shuta Takahashi (1983), and Katsuo Kanda (1966).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Naoto Satō ranks 19. Before him are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Seiji Ueda (1952), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Takao Kobayashi (1961), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), and Kin Endate (1960). After him are Masaru Arai (1952), Alan Hale (1958), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Akimasa Nakamura (1961), and Tetsuo Kagawa (1969).

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