(6435) Daveross Inner Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 February 1984 by Helin, E. F., Dunbar, R. S. at Palomar.

David Justin Ross (b. 1949) is co-developer of the Prime Rib curve, a graphical display of energy requirements for rendezvous trajectories. A leading developer of context-based optical character recognition, he co-founded three successful companies that apply his technology. The name was suggested by N. D. Hulkower.Naming citation (20000124/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Daveross is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Daveross is 1.81 au from the Sun and 2.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	6435
Provisional designation	1984 DA
Orbit class	Inner Main-belt Asteroid
Rotation period	51.2 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	15.34
Orbital period	2.66 years
Semi-major axis	1.92 au
Perihelion – aphelion	1.81 – 2.03 au
Eccentricity	0.0577
Inclination	23.4°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	0.818 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called David

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Also discovered on 24 February 1984

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