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Kazuro Watanabe

1955 - Today

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Kazurō Watanabe (渡辺 和郎, Watanabe Kazurō, born May 1, 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets. He was born in Hokkaidō, Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan as well as of the Oriental Astronomical Association. Through publications and the direction of junior associates, this asteroid hunter has been responsible for the discovery of nearly 700 asteroids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazuro Watanabe has received more than 28,184 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Kazuro Watanabe is the 566th most popular astronomer (down from 531st in 2019), the 1,679th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,636th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 566 out of 644. Before him are Irwin I. Shapiro, Makio Akiyama, Alfred Bohrmann, Thomas Bopp, Robert Herman, and David L. Rabinowitz. After him are Peter Goldreich, Carlyle S. Beals, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Merieme Chadid, Kazimierz Kordylewski, and A. E. Douglass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 503. Before him are Nello Musumeci, Sandy Allen, Renate Künast, Patricia Scotland, Frank Hoste, and Harriet Sansom Harris. After him are Imrich Bugár, Afag Bashirgyzy, Alexandru Athanasiu, Carmen Reinhart, Ken Salazar, and Ladislav Vízek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 1,679 out of 6,245. Before him are Hiroyuki Takei (1972), Masami Kuwashima (1950), Hideki Matsui (1974), Kyōko Koizumi (1966), Riyo Mori (1986), and Chris Horner (1971). After him are Brian Tee (1977), Jushin Liger (1964), Tomokazu Sugita (1980), Shiro Hashizume (1928), Pata (1965), and Shigemitsu Sudo (1956).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Kazuro Watanabe ranks 15. Before him are Hisashi Kimura (1870), Kaoru Ikeya (1943), Minoru Honda (1913), Okuro Oikawa (1896), Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), and Seiji Ueda (1952). After him are Kin Endate (1960), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Tomimaru Okuni (1931), Alan Hale (1958), and Naoto Satō (1953).

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