Matsuo Sugano


Matsuo Sugano is a Japanese astronomer.
He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi, 6559 Nomura, and 8892 Kakogawa. He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa.
The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko.
A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan.