(15906) Yoshikaneda Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 September 1997 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Yosibumi Kaneda (b. 1937), a retired teacher of high school, is an amateur astronomer, active in the Nanyo Astronomy Lovers Club since 1983.Naming citation (20100923/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Yoshikaneda is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Yoshikaneda is 2.46 au from the Sun and 3.33 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 15906 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 SX21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.49 km (#16,285 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.25 |
| Orbital period | 3.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.97 – 2.52 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.122 |
| Inclination | 1.88° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.973 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (10894) Nakai
- (13691) Akie
- (15387) Hanazukayama
- (29458) Pearson
- (37786) Tokikonaruko
- (39795) Marson
- (46727) Hidekimatsuyama