(41927) Bonal Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Lydie Bonal (b. 1980) is a scientist at IPAG (Grenoble, France). She studies micrometeorites, mission samples, and Raman spectroscopy, with a focus on primitive matter, including organics, of planetary materials.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bonal is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bonal is 2.58 au from the Sun and 2.32 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 41927 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WM166 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.89 km (#10,830 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0740 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.1 |
| Orbital period | 5.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.08 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.166 |
| Inclination | 2.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.