Kunio Kenmotsu (1932– ) has been director of the Kurashiki Observatory since 1990. For many years he was an astronomer in the Hydrographic Department of the Maritime Safety Agency of Japan. He also served successively as director of its hydrographic stations in Shimosato, Kurashiki and Bisei from 1976 to 1989. (M 41383) _ _.
Discovered on 13-1-1994 in Kitami by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.