Yoshihide Kozai

Yoshihide Kozai (1 April 1928 – 5 February 2018) was a Japanese astronomer. He worked in celestial mechanics. He was best known for discovering the Kozai mechanism, for which he received the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1979.[1]

Yoshihide Kozai
Born(1928-04-01)April 1, 1928
Tokyo, Japan
DiedFebruary 5, 2018(2018-02-05) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater
Known forKozai mechanism
Awards
  • Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1979)
  • Brouwer Award (1989)
  • Person of Cultural Merit (2009)
Scientific career
Institutions

From 1988 to 1991, he was the president of the International Astronomical Union.[2]

In 2009, he won the Decoration of Cultural Merit from the Japanese government.[3]

Kozai died on 5 February 2018 in Tokyo from liver failure, aged 89.[4][5]

References
  1. Japan Academy, 61st-70th; retrieved 2011-08-15
  2. IAU Information Bulletin no. 104 (PDF). June 2009.
  3. "平成21年度　文化功労者" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  4. Masahiko Hayashi (11 February 2018). [tennet:16044] 【訃報】古在由秀先生 (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  5. 訃報 古在由秀さん８９歳＝国立天文台初代台長 (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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