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Japanese astronomer
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Male
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Birth:
1896(Iwate Prefecture, Japan)
Death:
1970
Education:
Tokyo University
University of Tokyo
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Biography
| 1088 Mitaka | 17 November 1927 | |
| 1089 Tama | 17 November 1927 | |
| 1090 Sumida | 20 February 1928 | |
| 1098 Hakone | 5 September 1928 | |
| 1139 Atami | 1 December 1929 | |
| 1185 Nikko | 17 November 1927 | |
| 1266 Tone | 23 January 1927 | |
| 1584 Fuji | 7 February 1927 | |
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Okuro Oikawa (及川 奥郎, Oikawa Okurō, 1896–1980) was a Japanese astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
He is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the discovered 8 asteroids between 1927 and 1929.
The outer main-belt asteroid 2667 Oikawa was named in his memory. Naming citation was published on 1 June 1996 (M.P.C. 27329).