(34400) Kimbaxter Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Kim Baxter mentored a finalist in the 2018 Broadcom MASTERS, a math and science competition for middle-school students. She teaches at the Abraham Lincoln Middle School, Gainesville, Florida.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 2, #11, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kimbaxter is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kimbaxter is 2.40 au from the Sun and 3.36 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34400 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RC81 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.56 km (#8,177 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0590 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 4.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.78 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 3.21 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.156 |
| Inclination | 7.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.35 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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