(205823) Michaeldavis Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 February 2002 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Michael W. Davis (b. 1975) is an American staff scientist at the Southwest Research Institute. He helped to build and test the Alice ultraviolet spectrograph on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Michaeldavis is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Michaeldavis is 2.44 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 205823 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 CP264 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.37 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.06 – 2.67 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.128 |
| Inclination | 6.24° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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