(84095) Davidjohn Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 August 2002 by R. Matson at Palomar.
David John Matson (b. 1937), the discoverer's father, designed data acquisition, instrumentation and telecommunication control systems for the Navy and commercial industry and later directed product management for several Fortune 500 companies. An amateur astronomer, he has special interests in physics and cosmology.Naming citation (20041126/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Davidjohn is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Davidjohn is 2.38 au from the Sun and 1.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 84095 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 QV48 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.05 km (#12,617 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 3.91° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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