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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program |
| Discovery site | Xinglong |
| Discovery date | November 25, 1997 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 8315 |
| Named after | Ba Jin |
| Alternate name(s) | 1997 WA22 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.5933932 |
| Peri | 1.8339544 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1715336 |
| Orbital period | 1203.0089660 |
| Mean anomaly | 279.28069 |
| Inclination | 7.88757 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 85.62093 |
| Argument of peri | 182.71835 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
8315 Bajin (1997 WA22) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 25, 1997 by the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at Xinglong. The asteroid in named afrer Chinese writer Ba Jin.
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