Yuji Hyakutake
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 22 years ago |
Date of birth | July 7,1950 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Shimabara |
Nagasaki | |
Japan | |
Date of died | April 10,2002 |
Died | Kagoshima |
Kagoshima | |
Japan | |
Discovered | Comet Hyakutake |
C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake) | |
Education | Kyushu Sangyo University |
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ID | 1051764 |
Yuji Hyakutake Life story
Yuji Hyakutake was a Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered Comet C/1996 B2, also known as Comet Hyakutake on January 31, 1996, while using 25×150 binoculars. Hyakutake graduated from the Kyushu Sangyo University as a photography major and started working at a newspaper in Fukuoka.