Hiroki Kosai

Hiroki Kosai was a Japanese astronomer with the Kiso Observatory. He is best known for helping to popularize astronomy in Japan and for his observations of comets and asteroids, most notably with his co-discovery of the comet 1976 XVI.

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Who was born first?

• Hiroki Kosai and Robert Curl were born the same year
• Hiroki Kosai and Yuri Oganessian were born the same year
• Hiroki Kosai and Richard Ernst were born the same year
• Hiroki Kosai and Heinrich Rohrer were born the same year
• Hiroki Kosai and Paul J. Crutzen were born the same year

Timeline

1. Heinrich RohrerJune 6, 1933 – May 16, 2013
2. Hiroki Kosai (this page)February 8, 1933 – March 26, 2026
3. Paul J. CrutzenDecember 3, 1933 – January 28, 2021
4. Richard ErnstAugust 14, 1933 – June 4, 2021
5. Robert CurlAugust 23, 1933 – July 3, 2022
6. Yuri OganessianApril 14, 1933 – present

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