Masayuki Iwamoto

  • With Toshimasa Furuta

Masayuki Iwamoto (岩 本 雅 之jap, Masayuki Iwamoto; * 1954) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who lives in the town of Awa.

He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, which until now (Jan 2010) discovered six asteroids along with Toshimasa Furuta at Tokushima - Kainan Observatory (IAU code 872 ) in Tokushima Prefecture.

The asteroid ( 4951 ) Iwamoto was named after him.

Awa (Tokushima) (4951) Iwamoto
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