(27126) Bonnielei Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 November 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bonnie Rae Lei (b. 1993) was a finalist in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search, a science competition for high-school seniors, for her animal-sciences project. She attends the Walnut High School, Walnut, California, U.S.A.Naming citation (20110319/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bonnielei is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bonnielei is 2.21 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27126 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 WG23 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.95 km (#10,718 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0600 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.6 |
| Orbital period | 3.66 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.09 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.118 |
| Inclination | 3.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.08 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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