(13815) Furuya Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 December 1998 by A. Asami at Hadano.
Kazuko Furuya (b. 1954) has devoted herself to kindergarten education since 1975. At present she is making efforts to give great dreams and hope to children with a creative teaching method, in the position of vice principal at Hadano Municipal Honcho kindergarten in Kanagawa prefecture.Naming citation (20010309/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Furuya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Furuya is 2.78 au from the Sun and 1.84 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 13815 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 YF7 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 16.2 km (#2,841 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.185 |
| Inclination | 12.6° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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