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{{Short description|Japanese farmer and amateur astronomer}}
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|+ [[Minor planet]]s discovered: 32 <ref name="MPC-Discoverers" />
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| ''see {{section link||List of discovered minor planets}}''
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{{nihongo|'''Tsuneo Niijima'''|新島 恒男|Niijima Tsuneo|born 1955}} is a Japanese [[farmer]] and [[amateur astronomer]].<ref name="springer" />
He is a prolific [[discoverer of minor planets]], credited by the [[Minor Planet Center]] with the discovery and co-discovery of 32 numbered minor planets between 1986 and 1996.<ref name="MPC-Discoverers" /> He also co-discovered [[112P/Urata-Niijima]], a [[periodic comet]] of the [[Jupiter-family comet|Jupiter family]] in 1986.<ref name="jpldata-112P" />
The main-belt asteroid [[5507 Niijima]], discovered by [[Takeshi Urata]] and [[Kenzo Suzuki (astronomer)|Kenzo Suzuki]], was named in his honor.<ref name="springer" /> Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 22510}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />
== List of discovered minor planets ==
{{See also|Category:Discoveries by Tsuneo Niijima}}
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| [[3565 Ojima]] || 22 December 1986|| {{small|{{LoMP|3565|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[3585 Goshirakawa]] || 28 January 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|3585|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[3686 Antoku]] || 3 March 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|3686|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4375 Kiyomori]] || 28 February 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|4375|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4376 Shigemori]] || 20 March 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|4376|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4377 Koremori]] || 4 April 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|4377|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4402 Tsunemori]] || 25 February 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|4402|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4574 Yoshinaka]] || 20 December 1986|| {{small|{{LoMP|4574|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4767 Sutoku]] || 4 April 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|4767|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[4896 Tomoegozen]] || 20 December 1986|| {{small|{{LoMP|4896|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[5578 Takakura]] || 28 January 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|5578|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[5830 Simohiro]] || 9 March 1991|| {{small|{{LoMP|5830|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[5912 Oyatoshiyuki]] || 20 December 1989|| {{small|{{LoMP|5912|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[6158 Shosanbetsu]] || 12 November 1991|| {{small|{{LoMP|6158|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[7139 Tsubokawa]] || 14 February 1994|| {{small|{{LoMP|7139|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[7202 Kigoshi]] || 19 February 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|7202|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mpl|(7748) 1987 TA}} || 12 October 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|7748|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[7752 Otauchunokai]] || 31 October 1988|| {{small|{{LoMP|7752|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|B|}}
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| [[8344 Babette]] || 25 January 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|8344|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(8565) 1995 WB|6}} || 24 November 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|8565|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[10162 Issunboushi]] || 2 January 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|10162|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[10727 Akitsushima]] || 25 February 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|10727|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(13148) 1995 EF}} || 1 March 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|13148|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(17406) 1987 DO}} || 25 February 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|17406|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[17472 Dinah]] || 17 March 1991|| {{small|{{LoMP|17472|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(20999) 1987 BF}} || 28 January 1987|| {{small|{{LoMP|20999|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(23476) 1990 VE|4}} || 15 November 1990|| {{small|{{LoMP|23476|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| [[26168 Kanaikiyotaka]] || 24 November 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|26168|list}}}}
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| [[26170 Kazuhiko]] || 24 January 1996|| {{small|{{LoMP|26170|list}}}}
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| {{mp|(39637) 1995 EG}} || 1 March 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|39637|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(39664) 1995 WW|4}} || 20 November 1995|| {{small|{{LoMP|39664|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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| {{mp|(58147) 1986 WK}} || 29 November 1986|| {{small|{{LoMP|58147|list}}}} {{ref label|codisc|A|}}
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! colspan=3 style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; padding: 4px 12px 40px 12px;" |'''Co-discovery''' made with:<br />{{note label|codisc|A|}} [[Takeshi Urata|T. Urata]]<br />{{note label|codisc|B|}} [[Kiyotaka Kanai|K. Kanai]]
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== References ==
{{reflist
|refs=
<ref name="MPC-Discoverers">{{cite web
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 4 September 2016
|accessdate = 27 October 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="jpldata-112P">{{cite web
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 112P/Urata-Niijima
|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1000113
|publisher = [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
|accessdate = 23 July 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="springer">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5507) Niijima
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 470
|date = 2007
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_5261 |chapter = (5507) Niijima }}</ref>
<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|accessdate = 23 July 2016}}</ref>
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