(22644) Matejbel Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 27 July 1998 by Pravec, P., Babiakova, U. at Ondrejov.
Matej Bel (1684-1749), Slovak historian and a great scholar of the eighteenth century, was a pioneer of collaborative research, member of numerous scholarly societies and author of the book Notitia Hungariae novae historico-geographica. The University of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, bears his name.Naming citation (20010902/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matejbel is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matejbel is 2.94 au from the Sun and 2.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22644 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 OZ4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.76 – 3.53 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.123 |
| Inclination | 10.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.