Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2486: Re: [ilrs] Passing of Dr Yoshihide Kozai From: ”Dr. Makram Ibrahim” 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 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: 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 and On behalf of the colleagues of the Helwan SLR station, we express our sympathetic 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 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