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Shin Hirayama

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Gender Male
Death79 years ago
Born Tokyo
Japan
DiedSuwa
Nagano
Japan
Discovered727 Nipponia
498 Tokio
Date of birth October 6,1867
Zodiac sign Libra
Date of died June 2,1945
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Date of Upd.
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Shin Hirayama Life story


Shin Hirayama was the first Japanese astronomer to discover an asteroid. In 1900 he discovered 498 Tokio and 727 Nipponia. The crater Hirayama on the Moon is jointly named after him and Kiyotsugu Hirayama.

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