(299518) Metchev Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 2 February 2006 by P. A. Wiegert at Mauna Kea.
Stanimir A. Metchev (b. 1976) is a Bulgarian-Canadian Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. His 2005 PhD at Caltech was on brown dwarf companions to young solar analogs. He is known for his research on planetary systems around nearby stars and on the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and exoplanets.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #4, 9), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Metchev is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Metchev is 2.33 au from the Sun and 2.78 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 299518 |
| Provisional designation | 2006 CX63 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 17.74 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0715 |
| Inclination | 1.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.09 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.