title: Masaru Mukai
text: # Masaru Mukai
  
  Minor planets discovered: 13 :
  
  | 4703 Kagoshima | January 16, 1988 |
  | - | - |
  | 5139 Rumoi | November 13, 1990 |
  | 5286 Haruomukai | November 4, 1989 |
  | 5468 Hamatonbetsu | January 16, 1988 |
  | 5640 Yoshino | October 21, 1989 |
  | 5960 Wakkanai | October 21, 1989 |
  | 8866 Tanegashima | January 26, 1992 |
  | 9368 Esashi | January 26, 1993 |
  | 10516 Sakurajima | November 1, 1989 |
  | 11064 Dogen | November 30, 1991 |
  | 14446 Kinkowan | October 31, 1992 |
  | 15790 Keizan | October 8, 1993 |
  | (48498) 1993 $BS_6$ | January 30, 1993 |
  | $^1$ co-discovery with M. Takeishi ||
  
  Masaru Mukai (向井 優, Mukai Masaru, born 1949) is a Japanese astronomer. He is credited with the discovery of 13 asteroids by the Minor Planet Center.
  
  