15739 Matsukuma | Discovered 1991 Mar. 9 by T. Seki at Geisei. |
Astronomer Takehiko Matsukuma (1890-1950), specialized in celestial mechanics, particularly the three-body problem, and held a professorship of Tohoku University. He wrote Tenmongaku Shinwa (New Astronomy) for students in 1942, which was the first astronomy book that the discoverer of this minor planet encountered. |
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