Shōhei Suzuki

Minor planets discovered: 52
see § List of discovered minor planets

Shōhei Suzuki (鈴木 正平, Suzuki Shōhei) is a Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets.

In collaboration with Japanese astronomer Masanori Hirasawa, Suzuki discovered 52 numbered minor planets at Mount Nyukasa Station between 1991 and 1998. Both men are graduates of Waseda University, which they named an asteroid after in 1991.

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