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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
| Discovery site | Siding Spring Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1981 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 6626 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1981 EZ46 |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 4.1967669 |
| Peri | 1.8485191 |
| Eccentricity | 0.3884428 |
| Orbital period | 1919.4584568 |
| Mean anomaly | 143.18102 |
| Inclination | 2.12292 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 43.35636 |
| Argument of peri | 2.24690 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.6 |
6626 Mattgenge (1981 EZ46) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey. This asteroid is named after Dr Matthew Genge, a British planetary scientist who works at Imperial College London, to acknowledge his contributions to the study of micrometeorites. He is an absolute lad-osaurous rex.
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