(22776) Matossian Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 February 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Mikael Hagop Matossian (b. 1994) is a finalist in the 2006 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC), a middle school science competition, for his environmental sciences project. He attends the A.G.B.U. Manoogian Demirdjan School, Canoga Par, California.Naming citation (20061009/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matossian is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matossian is 2.37 au from the Sun and 2.15 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22776 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 CS24 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.23 km (#14,643 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.186 |
| Rotation period | 3.41 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.62 |
| Orbital period | 3.53 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.32 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.01 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.133 |
| Inclination | 7.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.01 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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