(100485) Russelldavies Mars-crossing Asteroid
Discovered on 3 November 1996 by Meyer, E., Obermair, E. at Linz.
Dennis Russell Davies (b. 1944), principal conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz from 2002 and musical director of the Basel Symphony Orchestra from 2009, inspired Philip Glass to compose the opera Kepler, which premiered in Linz in 2009, 400 years after the publication of Kepler's Astronomia Nova.Naming citation (20091202/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Russelldavies is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Russelldavies is 1.65 au from the Sun and 2.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 100485 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VX |
| Orbit class | Mars-crossing Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.42 |
| Orbital period | 2.87 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.43 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.294 |
| Inclination | 5.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.435 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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