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Takeshi Urata

1947 - 2012

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Takeshi Urata (浦田 武, Urata Takeshi; 1947 – December 15, 2012) was a Japanese astronomer. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, observing at Nihondaira Observatory. In 1978 he became the first amateur to discover a minor planet (2090 Mizuho) in over fifty years, which he named after his daughter, Mizuho. His pioneering feat led to an upsurge in such discoveries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Takeshi Urata is the 325th most popular astronomer (up from 348th in 2019), the 966th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,067th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Takeshi Urata ranks 325 out of 644. Before him are Milton L. Humason, Niccolò Zucchi, Georges Rayet, Oenopides, Christoph Arnold, and Edward Sabine. After him are George Van Biesbroeck, Brian G. Marsden, Caterina Scarpellini, Freimut Börngen, John Machin, and Allan Sandage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Takeshi Urata ranks 333. Before him are Hitoshi Igarashi, Frédéric Mitterrand, Haruomi Hosono, Michael McKean, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, and Riccardo Fogli. After him are Andrew Blake, Deniz Gezmiş, Samuel Schmid, Jennifer Warnes, Mel Collins, and Mitsuo Tsukahara. Among people deceased in 2012, Takeshi Urata ranks 185. Before him are Ruggiero Ricci, José María Zárraga, Vicar, Elliott Carter, George Kerr, and Gevork Vartanian. After him are Genichi Taguchi, Georges Mathieu, Avraham Adan, Roald Aas, Carlo Rambaldi, and Marvin Hamlisch.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takeshi Urata ranks 966 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeyoshi Inoue (1889), Jien (1155), Keisuke Honda (1986), Akio Toyoda (1956), Noriaki Kasai (1972), and Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934). After him are Giant Baba (1938), Genichi Taguchi (1924), Keiko Abe (1937), Takashi Umezawa (1972), Ogyū Sorai (1666), and Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Takeshi Urata ranks 1. After him are Tsutomu Seki (1930), Chushiro Hayashi (1920), Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874), Hisashi Kimura (1870), Hiroki Kosai (1933), Minoru Honda (1913), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Okuro Oikawa (1896), Hiroshi Kaneda (1953), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), and Kiichirō Furukawa (1929).

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