Shun-ei Izumikawa
5239 Reiki | November 14, 1990 | Template:MPCTemplate:Ref label |
27748 Vivianhoette | January 9, 1991 | Template:MPCTemplate:Ref label |
Template:Nihongo is a Japanese astronomer and co-discoverer of 5239 Reiki and 27748 Vivianhoette, two main-belt asteroids he first observed together with astronomer Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory Template:Small near Hokuto, Yamanashi, in 1990 and 1991.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
The asteroids were named for Japanese amateur astronomer Reiki Kushida and American Vivian Hoette from the U.S. Yerkes Observatory, respectively.<ref name="springer-Reiki" /><ref name="springer-Vivianhoette" />