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Tomimaru Okuni

1931 - Today

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Tomimaru Okuni (大国 富丸, Ōkuni Tomimaru, born 1931) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets at the Nanyo Observatory (358), Yamagata prefecture, Japan. He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center with a total of 130 discoveries between 1995 and 2000. The main-belt asteroid 7769 Okuni, discovered by Satoru Otomo at the Kiyosato Observatory in 1991, is named in his honour. Naming citation was published on 9 January 2001 (M.P.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tomimaru Okuni has received more than 15,790 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tomimaru Okuni is the 585th most popular astronomer, the 1,810th most popular biography from Japan and the 19th most popular Japanese Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Tomimaru Okuni ranks 585 out of 644. Before him are Silvia Torres-Peimbert, Adelaide Ames, Madge Adam, Maura Tombelli, Arnold Wolfendale, and Masayuki Yanai. After him are Stefano Sposetti, Jana Tichá, John Huchra, Jan Kleyna, Rosaly Lopes, and Satoru Otomo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Tomimaru Okuni ranks 580. Before him are Nandini Satpathy, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Ricardo Vidal, Elizabeth J. Feinler, Alfred Swift, and Paulias Matane. After him are Nasir Hussain, Cleopa Msuya, John Shelby Spong, John Kerr, James Abourezk, and Brook Benton.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomimaru Okuni ranks 1,810 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshito Ōkubo (1982), Ken Hirai (1972), Norio Omura (1969), Masayuki Yanai (1959), Naoya Ogawa (1968), and Emi Shinohara (1963). After him are Kae Nishina (1972), Toranosuke Takagi (1974), Maki Haneta (1972), Akihiro Nagashima (1964), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), and Yūko Mizutani (1964).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Japan

Among astronomers born in Japan, Tomimaru Okuni ranks 19. Before him are Kiichirō Furukawa (1929), Seiji Ueda (1952), Kazuro Watanabe (1955), Kin Endate (1960), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), and Masayuki Yanai (1959). After him are Alan Hale (1958), Naoto Satō (1953), Masaru Arai (1952), Hiroshi Mori (1958), Akimasa Nakamura (1961), and Tetsuo Kagawa (1969).

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