Atsushi Takahashi
Atsushi Takahashi (高橋 篤志, Takahashi Atsushi, born 1965) is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
| 4644 Oumu [1] | September 16, 1990 |
| 4677 Hiroshi [1] | September 26, 1990 |
| 4746 Doi [1] | October 9, 1989 |
| 4795 Kihara [1] | February 7, 1989 |
| 4905 Hiromi [1] | May 15, 1991 |
| 5214 Oozora [1] | November 13, 1990 |
| 5750 Kandatai [1] | April 11, 1991 |
| 6049 Toda [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 6644 Jugaku [1] | January 5, 1991 |
| 6778 Tosamakoto [1] | October 4, 1989 |
| 7826 Kinugasa [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| 10319 Toshiharu [1] | October 11, 1990 |
| 12734 Haruna [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 13540 Kazukitakahashi [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| 15716 Narahara [1] | November 29, 1989 |
| 15729 Yumikoitahana [1] | October 16, 1990 |
| 20019 Yukiotanaka [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| (23495) 1991 UQ1 [1] | October 29, 1991 |
| (24726) 1991 VY [1] | November 2, 1991 |
| (48433) 1989 US1 [1] | October 29, 1989 |
| (73705) 1991 UR2 [1] | October 31, 1991 |
| (129454) 1991 UQ2[1] | October 31, 1991 |
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He lives in Kitami on the island of Hokkaidō in northern Japan, where he observes asteroids and comets at the Kitami Observatory (code 400). Takahashi is a member of the local astronomy club "Hokkaidō Suisei Shōwakusei Kaigi" (北海道彗星・小惑星会議, English: Conference for comets and asteroids Hokkaidō).
With his colleague Kazuro Watanabe, he is credited by the Minor Planet Center with the co-discovery of 22 minor planets between 1989 and 1991, including his lowest numbered discovery, the asteroid 4644 Oumu. Takahashi and Watanabe also discovered the inner main-belt asteroid 5214 Oozora in 1990, while working at Hokkaido Kitami Observatory. 5214 Oozora is named for Super Ōzora, the first express train in Hokkaidō.
At Watanabe's suggestion, the main-belt asteroid 4842 Atsushi, discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro in 1989, was named in Takahashi's honor. Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22503).