Masanori Hirasawa

Masanori Hirasawa
NationalityJapanese
Alma materWaseda University
Known fordiscoverer of minor planets
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsFujimori High School in Hachiōji, Tokyo,[1] Fuchie Senior High School[2] in Adachi, Tokyo

Masanori Hirasawa (平沢 正規, Hirasawa Masanori) is a Japanese astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between 1991 and 1998, he discovered 52 minor planets in collaboration with fellow observer Shohei Suzuki at Mount Nyukasa Station.[3] Both astronomers are graduates of Waseda University, after which they named the asteroid 9350 Waseda in 1991.[4] Hirasawa is also a teacher.[2]

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