8578 Shojikato = 1996 WZ 加藤正二 Discovered 1996 Nov. 19 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi. Shoji Kato (b. 1935), professor emeritus of Kyoto University, has been engaged in studying theories concerning oscillations and waves in accretion disks embedded in active galactic nuclei and proto-planetary disks. He served as a member of the Japanese National Committee of the IAU during 1985-1994. |