Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)

Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)

Yasuo Tanaka (田中 靖郎, Tanaka Yasuo?) is a Japanese astrophysicist. He is professor emeritus at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) (part of JAXA) in Kanagawa, Japan, and was guest scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Garching, Germany.

He is a pioneer X-ray astronomy, leading the development and operation of the GINGA, TENMA, and ASCA satellites.