Kiichirō Furukawa
| Kiichiro Furukawa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 22, 1929 Japan |
| Died | June 29, 2016 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Fields |
Astrometry Celestial mechanics Geodesy |
| Institutions | Tokyo Astronomical Observatory |
| Doctoral advisor | Jō Ueta |
| Known for | astronomer, discoverer of minor planets |
Kiichirō Furukawa (古川 麒一郎 Furukawa Kiichirō; also Hurukawa Kiitiro?, 22 July 1929 – 29 June 2016) was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. Furukawa was also associated with Nagoya University Department of Astrophysics.
The asteroid 3425 Hurukawa, a main-belt asteroid of the Eos family, was named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 16 December 1986 (M.P.C. 11443).
Furukawa was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, credited by the Minor Planet Center under the name K. Hurukawa with a total of 92 co-discovered numbered minor planets, all of them in collaboration with astronomer Hiroki Kosai.
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