Issei Yamamoto Biography

*anese astronomer

Issei Yamamoto (山本 一清, Yamamoto Issei, 1889–1959) was a *anese astronomer and professor at Kyoto University. In 1920 he became first president of the Oriental Astronomical *ociation:. He was director of the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto.

Honors

Named after him:

  • The crater Yamamoto on the Moon.
  • A* 2249 Yamamoto.

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