Issei Yamamoto Explained

Issei Yamamoto
Native Name:	山本一清
Native Name Lang:	Japanese
Birth Date:	May 27, 1889
Citizenship:	Japan
Fields:	astronomy
Workplaces:	Kyoto University,, Kwasan Observatory

was a Japanese astronomer and professor at Kyoto University. In 1920, he became first president of the . He was director of the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto.^[1]

Honors

Named after him:

• The crater Yamamoto on the Moon.
• Asteroid 2249 Yamamoto.

Notes and References

1. Tamazawa . Harufumi . 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 . 1 January 2021 . 367 . 336–338 . 10.1017/S1743921321000776 . 2021IAUS..367..336T . 245386538 . 22 February 2022.