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Matsuo Sugano (Japanese: 菅野 松男, Hepburn: Sugano Matsuo, born 1939) is a Japanese astronomer.

He has discovered a number of asteroids, including 5881 Akashi (with T. Nomura), 6559 Nomura (with K. Kawanishi), and 8892 Kakogawa (with T. Nomura). He was also a co-discoverer of Comet Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa (C/1983 J1).

The asteroid 5872 Sugano is named after him. Asteroid 6155 Yokosugano was named for his wife, Yoko.

A long-time employee of Akashi Municipal Planetarium in Akashi, Hyōgo, Sugano worked to develop amateur astronomy in Japan.

References

1. 5881 Akashi. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.
2. 6559 Nomura. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.
3. 8892 Kakogawa. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.
4. IAUC 3803: 1983e; Poss. SN IN NGC 4258. International Astronomical Union Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Accessed 9 February 2010.
5. ^ 5872 Sugano (1989 SL). JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.
6. 6155 Yokosugano. JPL Small-Body Database. Accessed 9 February 2010.

• 20th-century Japanese astronomers
• Discoverers of asteroids
• Living people