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Discovery and designation
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| Discovery site | Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research |
| Discovery date | August 17, 1998 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 25038 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1998 QK37 |
| Ap | 2.3112339 |
| Peri | 1.9334828 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1634413 |
| Orbital period | 1283.4066289 |
| Mean anomaly | 175.84300 |
| Inclination | 3.00366 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 230.17760 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.7 |
25038 Matebezdek (provisional designation: 1998 QK37) is a Main Belt minor planet. It was discovered by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in Socorro, New Mexico on August 17, 1998.[1] It is named after Mate Jozsef Bezdek, who won second place at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[1] His father Károly Bezdek is a professor of mathematics at the University of Calgary.
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