(6622) Matvienko Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 September 1978 by N. S. Chernykh at Nauchnyj.
Named in honor of Vladimir Pavlovich Matvienko (b. 1938), Ukrainian economist, author of many works on economics and banking and a member of the Ukrainian Academy of Ecological Sciences. He is also a poet, and some of his poetic works have been set to music.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Matvienko is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Matvienko is 3.52 au from the Sun and 3.79 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6622 |
| Provisional designation | 1978 RG1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.0 km (#5,080 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0920 |
| Rotation period | 10.2 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.49 |
| Orbital period | 5.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.24 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.49 – 3.99 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.232 |
| Inclination | 1.79° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.48 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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