(34393) Cindyallen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Cindy Allen mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Chapel Hill Middle School, Douglasville, Georgia.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Cindyallen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cindyallen is 2.85 au from the Sun and 3.68 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34393 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RL69 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.41 km (#8,366 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0820 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.54 |
| Orbital period | 5.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.11 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.64 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 2.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.62 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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