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Satoru Otomo

1957 - Today

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Satoru Otomo (大友 哲, Ōtomo Satoru, 19 December 1957, Mitaka) is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. According to the Minor Planet Center, he is credited with the discovery of 148 asteroids between 1991 and 1997, 15 of which were co-discoveries with Osamu Muramatsu. As of 2016, he ranks 81st place just behind Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova in the MPC's asteroid discovery listings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Satoru Otomo is the 586th most popular astronomer (up from 591st in 2019). (up from 4,761st in 2019)

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Among astronomers, Satoru Otomo ranks 586 out of 644. Before him are Yoshisada Shimizu, Masaru Arai, Peter Goldreich, Dorrit Hoffleit, Philip Herbert Cowell, and Osamu Muramatsu. After him are Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Bruce C. Murray, A. E. Douglass, Alan Hale, Jana Tichá, and Christian Pollas.

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Among people born in 1957, Satoru Otomo ranks 510. Before him are Richard Jeni, Kathryn Hunter, Richard Florida, Pavel Pavel, Viktor Markin, and Meglena Kuneva. After him are Héctor Zelada, Ho Iat-seng, John Wark, Jo Jorgensen, Alan Eustace, and Peter Sellars.

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