(15739) Matsukuma 松隈健彦(天文学者)
(14012)Amedee アメデ島(フランス領ニューカレドニア)
(14880)Moa 絶滅した鳥の名前
(15739) Matsukuma = 1991 ER
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 {\it Tenmongaku Shinwa} ({\it New Astronomy}) for
students in 1942, which was the first astronomy book that the discoverer of
this minor planet encountered.
(14012) Amedee = 1993 XG
Discovered 1993 Dec. 6 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Amedee is a small uninhabited island 30 km west of Noumea, New
Caledonia. The huge lighthouse, said to have been built by Napoleon III,
is the symbol of the island. The discoverer of this minor planet observed
1P/Halley from this island in 1986 April.
(14880) Moa = 1991 CJ1
Discovered 1991 Feb. 7 by T. Seki at Geisei.
A giant flightless bird of New Zealand thought to have become extinct
by A.D. 1400, MOA is also the acronym of the project Microlensing
Observations in Astrophysics which involves New Zealand and Japanese
universities.
