title: Reiki Kushida
text: # Reiki Kushida
  
  Minor planets discovered: 1 :
  
  | 4875 Ingalls | 19 February 1991 | MPC |
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  | $^1$ co-discovery with Y. Kushida |||
  
  Reiki Kushida (串田 麗樹, Kushida Reiki) is a Japanese amateur astronomer, discoverer of supernovas such as 1991bg (the first visual discovery made by a female astronomer), and co-discoverer of 4875 Ingalls, a Flora asteroid from the main-belt.
  
  Reiki Kushida is married to astronomer Yoshio Kushida co-discoverer of 4875 Ingalls and a prolific discoverer of minor planets and comets himself. The asteroid 5239 Reiki, discovered by astronomer Shun-ei Izumikawa, was named in her honor on 6 February 1993 (M.P.C. 21610).
  
  