15350 Naganuma
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Kushida O. Muramatsu |
| Discovery site | Yatsugatake Obs. |
| Discovery date | 3 November 1994 |
| Designations | |
| (15350) Naganuma | |
Named after | Naganuma (Japanese town) |
| 1994 VB2 · 1998 WQ19 | |
| main-belt · (inner) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 23.69 yr (8,652 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.0346 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7301 AU |
| 2.3823 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2738 |
| 3.68 yr (1,343 d) | |
| 240.74° | |
| 0° 16m 4.8s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.6159° |
| 197.86° | |
| 204.64° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 4.357±0.070 km | |
| 2.5835±0.0001 h | |
| 0.256 | |
| S (assumed) | |
| 13.90 14.1 | |
15350 Naganuma, provisional designation 1994 VB2, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 November 1994, by Japanese astronomers Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory. The likely S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 2.5 hours. It was named for the town of Naganuma in northern Japan.