| 4875 Ingalls | 19 February 1991 | MPC[1] |
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Reiki Kushida (串田 麗樹,Kushida Reiki) is a Japanese amateurastronomer, discoverer ofsupernovae such as1991bg (the first visual discovery made by a female astronomer), and co-discoverer of4875 Ingalls, a Flora asteroid from the main-belt.[2][3]
Reiki Kushida is married to astronomerYoshio Kushida co-discoverer of 4875 Ingalls and a prolific discoverer of minor planets andcomets himself. The asteroid5239 Reiki, discovered by astronomerShun-ei Izumikawa, was named in her honor on 6 February 1993 (M.P.C. 21610).[3][4]
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