| Date: | 2018-02-14 15:46:51 | |
| Sender: | ”Dr. Makram Ibrahim” <makikh@yahoo.com> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No.2486: Re: [ilrs] Passing of Dr Yoshihide Kozai | |
| Author: | Toshimichi Otsubo, Hitotsubashi University | |
| Content: | My DearColleagues; It is our deep sorrow to hear such very sad news related toProf. Yoshihide Kozai. We felt sad for knowing that he passed away. On my own behalfandOnbehalf of thecolleagues of the Helwan SLR station, we express oursympathetic feeling to his family and to all the colleagues in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). Makram Dr. Makram Ibrahim Professor of SLR&Space Physics Head ofSolar & Space Research Department National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.My Home Pagehttp://www.nriag.sci.eg/?page_id=1706NRIAG Home Pagehttp://www.nriag.sci.eg/ On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 3:50:01 AM GMT+2, Toshimichi Otsubo Author: Toshimichi Otsubo, Hitotsubashi University Dear Laser Ranging Colleagues, I have to inform you of very sad news. Dr Yoshihide Kozai passed away on 5 February 2018 at the age of 89. He is so well known in the field of orbit dynamics and also as a leading pioneer of satellite laser ranging since 1960´s. He later served as the founding Director General of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). He had a strong presence even after that - many of us remember his appearance and great speech in the 18th Int. Workshop on Laser Ranging in Fujiyoshida. More info from NAOJ: https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/news/announcements/2018/20180213-kozai.html We will miss him so much. Best Regards, Toshimichi Otsubo Hitotsubashi University Web http://geo.science.hit-u.ac.jp/ Tel & Fax +81-42-580-8968 My Dear Colleagues; It is our deep sorrow to hear such very sad news related to Prof. Yoshihide Kozai. We felt sad for knowing that he passed away. On my own behalf Makram Dr. Makram Ibrahim Professor of SLR & Space Physics Head of Solar & Space Research Department National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) Helwan, Cairo, Egypt. My Home Page NRIAG Home Page http://www.nriag.sci.eg/ On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, 3:50:01 AM GMT+2, Toshimichi Otsubo <t.otsubo@r.hit-u.ac.jp> wrote: Author: Toshimichi Otsubo, Hitotsubashi University Dear Laser Ranging Colleagues, I have to inform you of very sad news. Dr Yoshihide Kozai passed away on 5 February 2018 at the age of 89. He is so well known in the field of orbit dynamics and also as a leading pioneer of satellite laser ranging since 1960´s. He later served as the founding Director General of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). He had a strong presence even after that - many of us remember his appearance and great speech in the 18th Int. Workshop on Laser Ranging in Fujiyoshida. More info from NAOJ: We will miss him so much. Best Regards, Toshimichi Otsubo <t.otsubo@r.hit-u.ac.jp> Hitotsubashi University Web http://geo.science.hit-u.ac.jp/ Tel & Fax +81-42-580-8968 |