(22990) Mattbrenner Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Matthew Brenner mentored a finalist in the 2007 Intel Science Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors. He teaches at the Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire.Naming citation (20070303/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mattbrenner is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mattbrenner is 2.30 au from the Sun and 3.25 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 22990 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VA62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.46 km (#16,345 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.423 |
| Rotation period | 2.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.91 |
| Orbital period | 4.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.62 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.30 – 2.95 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 1.19° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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