Minoru Honda

Minoru Honda (Japanese本田 実, Minoru Honda, born February 26, 1913 † 26 August 1990) was a Japanese amateur astronomer.

Minoru Honda discovered 1940-1968 a total of twelve comets, including periodic 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková. He also discovered 12 Nova, including on August 29, 1975, the Nova V1500 Cygni very bright.

The asteroid ( 3904 ) Honda has been named after him. The asteroid ( 8485 ) Satoru was named after his wife and the asteroid ( 11442 ) Seijin - Sanso after his observatory.