(6953) Davepierce Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 August 1986 by E. F. Helin at Palomar.
David A. Pierce (b. 1936) has developed and taught college-level astronomy and physics courses for classroom, television and online distribution. He also directed gifted high-school students in observing and computing orbits for minor planets in the Summer Science Program at the Thacher School in Ojai.Naming citation (20020128/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davepierce is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davepierce is 3.53 au from the Sun and 3.06 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6953 |
| Provisional designation | 1986 PC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.8 km (#2,928 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.86 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.58 – 3.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.174 |
| Inclination | 1.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.56 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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