(34401) Kaibeecher Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kaitlin Beecher mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Bear River Charter School, Logan, Utah.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaibeecher is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaibeecher is 2.66 au from the Sun and 1.85 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34401 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RS83 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.57 km (#13,782 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.02 |
| Orbital period | 4.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.42 – 2.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0821 |
| Inclination | 3.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.40 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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