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Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史, Abe Hiroshi, b. 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory. He is noted for numerous discoveries, including his 2007 discovery of the Nova Vulpeculae, and 28 numbered minor planets during 1993–1999.
The main-belt asteroid 5379 Abehiroshi, discovered by Osamu Muramatsu in 1991 is named in his honor. Naming citation was published on 28 July 1999 (M.P.C. 35482).