Yoshihide Kozai
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| Born | April 1, 1928 |
| Died | February 5, 2018 (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan |
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Yoshihide Kozai (1 April 1928 – 5 February 2018) was a Japanese astronomer specialising in
Biography
Kozai was born on 1 April 1928, in Tokyo. He graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he obtained his Doctor of Science.[2]
He began his career as an assistant at the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. In 1958, he was a visiting researcher at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory.[2]
In 1963, he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. He received the Asahi Prize the same year. He became the director of the Domestic Satellite Computing Facility of the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory in 1965.[2]
In 1966, Kozai was appointed professor at the University of Tokyo Astronomical Observatory. He became the director of the Dodaira Observatory in 1973, after which he was the director of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan from 1981 to 1994.[2]
He was awarded the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1979 for discovering the Kozai mechanism.[1]
In 1988, Kozai became the first Japanese person to become the president of the International Astronomical Union.[2] He served in the position until 1991.[2][3]
In 1989, he received the
He was the director of the Gunma Astronomical Observatory from 1997 to 2012, and its honorary director from 2012.[2]
Kozai died on 5 February 2018 due to liver failure.[6][7]
Legacy
The asteroid 3040 Kozai is named in his honour.
Awards and honors
- Asahi Prize (1963)[2]
- Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1979)[1]
- Brouwer Award (1989)[4]
- Order of the Sacred Treasure (2002)[2]
- Person of Cultural Merit (2009)[5]
References
- ^ a b c Japan Academy, 61st-70th; retrieved 2011-08-15
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "古在 由秀 職員名簿 ぐんま天文台". Gunma Astronomical Observatory. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ IAU Information Bulletin no. 104 (PDF). June 2009.
- ^ a b "The DDA/AAS Brouwer Award". American Astronomical Society/Division on Dynamical Astronomy. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ a b "平成21年度 文化功労者" (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 June 2017.
- ^ Masahiko Hayashi (11 February 2018). [tennet:16044] 【訃報】古在由秀先生 (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ 訃報 古在由秀さん８９歳＝国立天文台初代台長 (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
External links
- Oral history interview with Yoshihide Kozai on 2 September 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives - interview conducted at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
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