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Kaoru Ikeya (Kaoru İkeya)

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Gender Female
Age 80
Date of birth November 30,1943
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Discovered Comet Ikeya–Seki
153P/Ikeya–Zhang
Job Astronomer
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Date of Upd.
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Kaoru Ikeya (Kaoru İkeya) Life story


Kaoru Ikeya is a Japanese amateur astronomer who discovered a number of comets. As a young adult, Ikeya lived near Lake Hamana and worked for a piano factory. During his employment there, he made his first discovery in 1963 with an optical telescope he built himself within his low budget.

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