(34372) Bentleysiems Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Bentley Louis Siems (b. 2005) was a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students, for his microbiology and biochemistry project. He attended the Delta Woods Middle School, Lee's Summit, Missouri.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #7, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bentleysiems is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bentleysiems is 2.77 au from the Sun and 2.91 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34372 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RS44 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.53 km (#11,566 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.197 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.16 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.59 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.88 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 8.06° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.29 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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