(23166) Bilal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 April 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kulsum Bilal (b. 1993) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her environmental management project. She attends the Govt. Kinnaird High School for Girls, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bilal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bilal is 2.50 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23166 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 GE104 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.21 km (#5,616 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0480 |
| Rotation period | 20.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.88 |
| Orbital period | 4.65 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.79 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.45 – 3.12 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.119 |
| Inclination | 7.95° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.47 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 April 2000
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- (15603) Kimyoonji
- (15604) Fruits
- (15608) Owens
- (15609) Kosmaczewski
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