Masanori Hirasawa (平沢 正規, Hirasawa Masanori) is a Japanese astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids.
Between 1991 and 1998, he discovered 52 minor planets in collaboration with fellow observer Shohei Suzuki at Mount Nyukasa Station.
[3] Both astronomers are graduates of Waseda University, after which they named the asteroid 9350 Waseda in 1991.
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