| 4644 Oumu[1] | September 16, 1990 |
| 4677 Hiroshi[1] | September 26, 1990 |
| 4746 Doi[1] | October 9, 1989 |
| 4795 Kihara[1] | February 7, 1989 |
| 4905 Hiromi[1] | May 15, 1991 |
| 5214 Oozora[1] | November 13, 1990 |
| 5750 Kandatai[1] | April 11, 1991 |
| 6049 Toda[1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 6644 Jugaku[1] | January 5, 1991 |
| 6778 Tosamakoto[1] | October 4, 1989 |
| 7826 Kinugasa[1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 10319 Toshiharu[1] | October 11, 1990 |
| 12734 Haruna[1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 13540 Kazukitakahashi[1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 15716 Narahara[1] | November 29, 1989 |
| 15729 Yumikoitahana[1] | October 16, 1990 |
| 20019 Yukiotanaka[1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 23495 Nagaotoshiko[1] | October 29, 1991 |
| (24726) 1991 VY[1] | November 2, 1991 |
| (48433) 1989 US1[1] | October 29, 1989 |
| (73705) 1991 UR2[1] | October 31, 1991 |
| (129454) 1991 UQ2[1] | October 31, 1991 |
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Atsushi Takahashi (高橋 篤志,Takahashi Atsushi; born 1965) is a Japanese amateurastronomer and discoverer ofminor planets.[2]
He lives inKitami on the island ofHokkaidō in northernJapan, where he observesasteroids andcomets at theKitami Observatory (code400). Takahashi is a member of the local astronomy club "Hokkaidō Suisei Shōwakusei Kaigi" (北海道彗星・小惑星会議,English:Conference for comets and asteroids Hokkaidō).[2]
With his colleagueKazuro Watanabe, he is credited by theMinor Planet Center with the co-discovery of 22 minor planets between 1989 and 1991,[1] including his lowest numbered discovery, the asteroid4644 Oumu.[3] Takahashi and Watanabe also discovered the inner main-belt asteroid5214 Oozora in 1990, while working at Hokkaido Kitami Observatory.[4] 5214 Oozora is named for Super Ōzora, the first express train in Hokkaidō.[5]
At Watanabe's suggestion, the main-belt asteroid4842 Atsushi, discovered bySeiji Ueda andHiroshi Kaneda atKushiro in 1989, was named in Takahashi's honor.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22503).[6]