Issei Yamamoto

Japanese astronomer

Issei Yamamoto
山本一清

Born	May 27, 1889
Died	January 16, 1959(1959-01-16) (aged 69)
Citizenship	Japan
Scientific career
Fields	astronomy
Institutions	Kyoto University, Oriental Astronomical Association [ja], Kwasan Observatory

Issei Yamamoto (山本一清, Yamamoto Issei, 1889–1959) was a Japanese astronomer and professor at Kyoto University. In 1920, he became first president of the Oriental Astronomical Association [ja]. He was director of the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto.^[1]

Honors

Named after him:

The crater Yamamoto on the Moon.
Asteroid 2249 Yamamoto.

References

^ Tamazawa, Harufumi (1 January 2021). "Sunspot observation by the cooperation of amateur astronomers and researchers in Japan in early 20th century as early citizen science program". Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy. 367: 336–338. Bibcode:2021IAUS..367..336T. doi:10.1017/S1743921321000776. S2CID 245386538. Retrieved 22 February 2022.