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Shun-ei Izumikawa

Minor planets discovered: 2 [1]
5239 Reiki November 14, 1990 MPC[1]
27748 Vivianhoette January 9, 1991 MPC[1]

Shun-ei Izumikawa (泉川 俊英, Izumikawa Shun'ei) is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 5239 Reiki and 27748 Vivianhoette, two main-belt asteroids he first observed together with astronomer Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory (896) near Hokuto, Yamanashi, in 1990 and 1991.[1]

The asteroids were named for Japanese amateur astronomer Reiki Kushida and American Vivian Hoette from the U.S. Yerkes Observatory, respectively.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MPC-Discoverers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference springer-Reiki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference springer-Vivianhoette was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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