Naoto Satō

Naoto Satō

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naoto Satō has received more than 9,979 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoto Satō is the 540th most popular astronomer (down from 506th in 2019), the 1,817th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,572nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Japanese Astronomer.