(10923) Gabrielleliu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 23 January 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Gabrielle Kaili-May Liu (b. 2001) was a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors, for her computer science project. She attended the Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, Tennessee.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #3, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gabrielleliu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gabrielleliu is 3.21 au from the Sun and 4.03 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 10923 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 BM12 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.2 km (#5,011 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0680 |
| Rotation period | 10.9 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.76 |
| Orbital period | 5.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.57 – 3.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 0.452° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.59 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Gabrielle
All asteroids named after someone called Gabrielle
Also discovered on 23 January 1998
- (10629) Krishnamani
- (15954) Divjotbedi
- (16881) Angelinmathew
- (17736) Zhifeiyu
- (18601) Zafar
- (18602) Lagillespie
- (24968) Chernyakhovsky
- (33117) Ashinimodi
- (33118) Naiknaware