Mass
In 2001, Michalak estimated Davida to have a mass of (6.64±0.56)×1019 kg In 2007, Baer and Chesley estimated Davida to have a mass of (5.9±0.6)×1019 kg. As of 2010, Baer suggests Davida has a mass of (3.84±0.20)×1019 kg. This most recent estimate by Baer suggests that Davida is less massive than 704 Interamnia, making Davida the sixth-most-massive asteroid, though the error bars overlap.
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