Shin Hirayama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Shin Hirayama

Japanese astronomer

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1867

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1945

Profession: astronomer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Shin Hirayama

  • Shin Hirayama (?? ?, Hirayama Shin, 1868–1945) was the first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid.
  • In 1900 he discovered 498 Tokio and 727 Nipponia. The crater Hirayama on the Moon is jointly named after him and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.

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