(15397) Ksoari Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 October 1997 by Starkenburg at Heppenheim.
The KSO-ARI Minor Planet Surveys were conducted by F. Börngen (Karl-Schwarzschild-Observatorium, Tautenburg) and L. D. Schmadel (Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg) with the Tautenburg Schmidt Telescope between 1990 and 1993. The surveys resulted in 501 discoveries of minor planets.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ksoari is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ksoari is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15397 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UK7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,794 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.369 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.59 |
| Orbital period | 4.27 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.63 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.50 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0513 |
| Inclination | 2.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.50 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.