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Place of Birth: Kushiro, Hokkaidō Prefecture, Japan
About Kazuro Watanabe
- Kazuro Watanabe (?? ??, Watanabe Kazuro, born May 1, 1955) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and prolific discoverer of minor planets.
- He was born in Hokkaido, Japan and is a member of the Astronomical Society of Japan as well as of the Oriental Astronomical Association. Through publications and the direction of junior associates, this asteroid hunter has been responsible for the discovery of nearly 700 asteroids.
- He is the author or the co-author of the Japanese publications Asteroid Hunter (???????), Celestial Body Photography Manual (?????????), The Celestial Sky of Our Dreams (???????), as well as others.
- He also is a frequent contributor to the Japanese periodical Monthly Astronomical Guide (???????). The minor planet 4155 Watanabe has been named in his honor.
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