| 5239 Reiki | November 14, 1990 | MPC[1] |
| 27748 Vivianhoette | January 9, 1991 | MPC[1] |
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Shun-ei Izumikawa (泉川 俊英,Izumikawa Shun'ei) is a Japaneseastronomer and co-discoverer of5239 Reiki and27748 Vivianhoette, two main-beltasteroids he first observed together with astronomerOsamu Muramatsu at theYatsugatake South Base Observatory(896) near Hokuto, Yamanashi, in 1990 and 1991.[1]
The asteroids were named for Japanese amateur astronomerReiki Kushida and American Vivian Hoette from the U.S.Yerkes Observatory, respectively.[2][3]
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