(15028) Soushiyou Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 26 October 1998 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Soushiyoukouen is a park on a hill located in the northern part of Nanyo-city, Yamagata prefecture. This park is known for pine wood, cherry trees, roses, chrysanthemums and the Nanyo Citizen Observatory.Naming citation (20100527/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Soushiyou is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Soushiyou is 2.54 au from the Sun and 3.52 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15028 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 UL23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.19 km (#10,267 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0340 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.97 |
| Orbital period | 3.82 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.44 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.80 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.147 |
| Inclination | 3.76° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.