Japanese astronomer
Atsushi Sugie (杉江 淳, Sugie Atsushi) is a Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. He works at the Dynic Astronomical Observatory and has discovered many planets while working there.[2] The Minor Planet Center credits him with the discovery of 122 numbered minor planets during 1988–2000.[1]
The main-belt asteroid 3957 Sugie, discovered by Karl Reinmuth in 1933, was named in his honor.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22500).[3]
List of discovered minor planets
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