Minoru Honda

Minoru Honda (???) (February 26, 1913 – August 26 1990) was a Japanese astronomer.

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February 26 - 1913 - August 26 - 1990 - Japan - Astronomer

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He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova.

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Comet - 1940 - 1968 - 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

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He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1975) at magnitude 3.0 on August 29 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries were subsequently made by others. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/02800/02826.html#Item1

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V1500 Cygni - August 29 - 1975

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The asteroid 3904 Honda is named after him, 8485 Satoru is named after his wife,and 11442 Seijin-Sanso is named after his astronomical observatory.http://www8.plala.or.jp/seijin/

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3904 Honda - 8485 Satoru - 11442 Seijin-Sanso

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