(15350) Naganuma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1994 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.
Naganuma, Hokkaido, has for many years promoted the arts at the “Artists Atelier Village”, with more than 20 workshops. The Naganuma Library has sponsored an exhibition of cloisonne works by N. Iizawa to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Caroline Herschel. The name was suggested by S. Kimura.Naming citation (20001013/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Naganuma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Naganuma is 2.72 au from the Sun and 3.22 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15350 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VB2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.36 km (#11,936 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Rotation period | 2.58 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.31 |
| Orbital period | 3.67 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.38 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.73 – 3.03 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.274 |
| Inclination | 4.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.736 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.