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Mattgenge Discovery and designationDiscovered by S. J. Bus Discovery site Siding Spring Observatory Discovery date March 2, 1981 DesignationsMPC designation 6626 Alternate name(s) 1981 EZ46 Epoch May 14, 2008 Ap 4.1967669 Peri 1.8485191 Eccentricity 0.3884428 Orbital period 1919.4584568 Mean anomaly 143.18102 Inclination 2.12292 Longitude of ascending node 43.35636 Argument of peri 2.24690 Absolute magnitude (H) 14.6 6626 Mattgenge (1981 EZ46) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey. This asteroid is named after Dr Matthew Genge, a British planetary scientist who works at Imperial College London, to acknowledge his contributions to the study of micrometeorites. He is an absolute lad-osaurous rex.
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