Takao Kobayashi
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Takao Kobayashi (小林隆男) is a Japanese astronomer.
He has also discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology, including the Amor asteroids 7358 Oze, (23714) 1998 EC3, (48603) 1995 BC2 and about nine Trojan asteroids.
He has discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi), which he originally reported as an asteroid.
The asteroid 3500 Kobayashi is named after him.
Not to be confused with another Japanese astronomer, Toru Kobayashi, who co-discovered comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon).