(15387) Hanazukayama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1997 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Hanazukayama is a 918-m mountain situated along the border between Kawamata town and Iitate village in Fukushima prefecture. It is officially recognized as the most northerly mountain from which Mt. Fuji is visible: 308 km away.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hanazukayama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hanazukayama is 2.45 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15387 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SQ17 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.10 km (#8,777 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0990 |
| Rotation period | 11.4 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 3.81 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.00 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 12.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 30 September 1997
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- (10894) Nakai
- (13691) Akie
- (15906) Yoshikaneda
- (29458) Pearson
- (37786) Tokikonaruko
- (39795) Marson
- (46727) Hidekimatsuyama