(15552) Sandashounkan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 March 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Sandashounkan high school is in Sanda City, Hyoko Prefecture, Japan. Some students are involved in the observation of minor planets, and the school was selected as one of the Super Science High Schools by the Japanese government.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Sandashounkan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Sandashounkan is 2.47 au from the Sun and 2.50 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15552 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 FO26 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.57 km (#7,037 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.370 |
| Rotation period | 33.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.79 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.46 – 3.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.209 |
| Inclination | 16.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.54 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 27 March 2000
- (15551) Paddock
- (18079) Lion-Stoppato
- (24441) Jopek
- (26604) Ensign
- (26605) Hanley
- (27431) Jimcole
- (27432) Kevinconley
- (28620) Anicia
- (28621) Marcfries
- (28622) Gabadirwe
- (28623) Olivermoses
- (30112) Weistrop