Satoru Otomo


Satoru Otomo is a Japanese dentist, amateur astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.
According to the Minor Planet Center, he is credited with the discovery of 148 asteroids between 1991 and 1997, 15 of which were co-discoveries with Osamu Muramatsu. As of 2016, he ranks 81st place just behind Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova in the MPC's asteroid discovery listings.

List of discovered minor planets

5337 Aoki June 6, 1991
5377 Komori March 17, 1991
5379 Abehiroshi April 16, 1991
5488 KiyosatoNovember 13, 1991
5561 IguchiAugust 17, 1991
5605 KushidaFebruary 17, 1993
5606 MuramatsuMarch 1, 1993
5829 Ishidagoro February 11, 1991
5922 ShouichiOctober 21, 1992
5973 TakimotoAugust 17, 1991
6043 AurochsSeptember 9, 1991
May 14, 1991
6336 DodoOctober 21, 1992
6410 FujiwaraNovember 29, 1992
1992 NMJuly 8, 1992
6520 Sugawa April 16, 1991
6729 EmikoNovember 4, 1991
6790 PingouinSeptember 28, 1991
6830 Johnbackus May 5, 1991
6860 Sims February 11, 1991
6866 KukaiFebruary 12, 1992
6880 HayamiyuOctober 13, 1994
6910 Ikeguchi March 17, 1991
March 29, 1993
6922 YasushiMay 27, 1993
6969 SantaroNovember 4, 1991
6970 SaigusaJanuary 10, 1992
6975 HiroakiAugust 25, 1992
6976 KanatsuMay 23, 1993
7137 AgeoJanuary 4, 1994
7143 HaramuraNovember 17, 1995
7201 KuritarikuOctober 25, 1994
7203 SigekiFebruary 27, 1995
7291 HyakutakeDecember 13, 1991
7592 TakinemachiNovember 23, 1992
7597 ShigemiApril 14, 1993
7769 OkuniNovember 4, 1991
7953 KawaguchiMay 20, 1993
8187 AkiramisawaDecember 15, 1992
8212 NaoshigetaniMarch 6, 1995
8276 Shigei March 17, 1991
8374 HorohataJanuary 10, 1992
8397 ChiakitanakaDecember 8, 1993
8668 Satomimura April 16, 1991
February 17, 1994
8724 JunkoeharaSeptember 17, 1996
8855 Miwa May 3, 1991
8862 TakayukiotaOctober 18, 1991
9041 Takane February 9, 1991
9044 Kaoru May 18, 1991