List of numbered Aten asteroids
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This is a list of all numbered Aten asteroid
s as of June 2005. See also Aten asteroids (category) for a list of all Aten asteroids that have articles.
Aten asteroid
The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered . They are defined by having semi-major axes of less than one astronomical unit...
s as of June 2005. See also Aten asteroids (category) for a list of all Aten asteroids that have articles.
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| 2062 Aten 2062 Aten 2062 Aten is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin, who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT project. It is named after Aten, the Egyptian god of the sun.... |
1976 | Eleanor F. Helin Eleanor F. Helin Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin... |
| 2100 Ra-Shalom 2100 Ra-Shalom The asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom was discovered in 1978 by Eleanor F. Helin. It was the second asteroid in the Aten class, after the discovery of 2062 Aten in 1976, also by Helin. The Atens have a semi-major axis of less than 1 AU; of the Atens, Ra-Shalom is one of the asteroids with the smallest... |
1978 | Eleanor F. Helin Eleanor F. Helin Eleanor Francis "Glo" Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Some sources give her name as Eleanor Kay Helin... |
| 2340 Hathor 2340 Hathor 2340 Hathor is an asteroid that was discovered on October 22, 1976 by C.T. Kowal at Palomar. Like the other objects of Aten type, Hathor is named for an Egyptian deity. Known as a sky-goddess and the daughter of Ra, Hathor was also identified with Aphrodite. The name was proposed by E... |
1976 | Charles T. Kowal Charles T. Kowal Charles Thomas Kowal was an American astronomer.He discovered two moons of Jupiter: Leda in 1974 and Themisto in 1975, although the latter was lost and not rediscovered until 2000.... |
| 3362 Khufu 3362 Khufu ]3362 Khufu is a near-Earth asteroid. It was discovered by R. Scott Dunbar and Maria A. Barucci at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, on August 30, 1984. Its provisional designation was 1984 QA. It is named after Khufu, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh.Khufu crosses the orbits... |
1984 | R. Scott Dunbar R. Scott Dunbar R. Scott Dunbar had a hand in the discovery of eight asteroids.Dunbar discovered the comet 3551 Verenia by himself. He was a co-discoverer with Eleanor F. Helin six times: 3360 Syrinx, 1987 OC, 6435 Daveross, 1984 DB, 1983 LB, and 1983 LC. Dunbar also co-discovered 3362 Khufu with Maria A.... , Maria A. Barucci |
| 3554 Amun 3554 Amun 3554 Amun is an M-type Aten asteroid and a Venus-crosser. It was discovered on 4 March 1986 by Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Mount Palomar Observatory. Its estimated diameter is 2.5 kilometers, making it one of the smallest known M-type asteroids.Amun was once considered metallic, based on its... |
1986 | Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :... , Eugene M. Shoemaker |
| 3753 Cruithne 3753 Cruithne 3753 Cruithne is an asteroid in orbit around the Sun in approximate 1:1 orbital resonance with the Earth. It is a periodic inclusion planetoid orbiting the Sun in an apparent horseshoe orbit. It has been incorrectly called "Earth's second moon", but it is only a quasi-satellite. Cruithne never... |
1986 | J. Duncan Waldron Duncan Waldron Duncan Waldron is a photographer and amateur astronomer.Duncan Waldron was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His first job was creating high quality reproductions of astronomical plates for the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh... |
| 5381 Sekhmet 5381 Sekhmet 5381 Sekhmet is an Aten asteroid whose orbit is sometimes closer to the Sun than the Earth's. It was discovered on 14 May 1991 by Carolyn Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory... |
1991 | Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :... |
| (5590) 1990 VA (5590) 1990 VA 1990 VA is an Aten-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by the Spacewatch project at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona on November 9, 1990.-External links:*... |
1990 | Spacewatch Spacewatch Spacewatch is a project at the University of Arizona led by Robert S. McMillan that specializes in the study of minor planets, including various types of asteroids and comets... |
| (5604) 1992 FE (5604) 1992 FE 1992 FE is an Aten-type near-Earth minor planet. It was discovered by Robert H. McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory in Canberra, Australia, on March 26, 1992.-External links:*... |
1992 | Robert H. McNaught Robert H. McNaught Robert H. McNaught is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory.... |
| 1998 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| (65679) 1989 UQ | 1989 | Christian Pollas Christian Pollas Christian Pollas is a French astronomer.He has discovered tens of asteroids, some co-discovered with Eric W. Elst, including notably the Aten asteroid 1989 UQ, the Apollo asteroid 4179 Toutatis, and the Amor asteroid 1990 VB.... |
| 1998 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1998 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1999 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1999 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2001 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1998 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1999 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1999 | LONEOS Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search ' was a project designed to discover asteroids and comets that orbit near the Earth. The project, funded by NASA, was directed by Dr. Ted Bowell of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona... |
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| 2000 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2000 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| (87309) 2000 QP | 2000 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
| 2000 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2001 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| (96590) 1998 XB (96590) 1998 XB 1998 XB is a near-Earth minor planet in the Aten group. It was discovered through the Beijing Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program at the Xinglong Station in the Chinese province of Hebei on December 1, 1998.-References:... |
1998 | BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program |
| (99907) 1989 VA (99907) 1989 VA 1989 VA is an Aten asteroid located in Venus' zone of influence that has frequent close encounters with the Earth. It was discovered on 2 November 1989 by C. S., E. M. Shoemaker and David H... |
1989 | Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn S. Shoemaker Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker is an American astronomer and is a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She holds the record for most comets discovered by an individual.- Personal life :... , Eugene M. Shoemaker |
| 99942 Apophis 99942 Apophis 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 because initial observations indicated a small probability that it would strike the Earth in 2029. Additional observations provided improved predictions that eliminated the possibility of an impact on... |
2004 | Roy Tucker, David J. Tholen David J. Tholen David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii, who specializes in planetary and solar system astronomy.-Professional life:... i Fabrizio Bernardi Fabrizio Bernardi Fabrizio Bernardi is an astronomer.-Contributions:In October of 2001 he discovered an asteroid, proceeded by near earth objects : 2002 RQ25 3 , 2002 WP11 and the NEO 2003 FB5 Fabrizio Bernardi is an astronomer.-Contributions:In October of 2001 he discovered an asteroid, proceeded by near earth... |
| 2000 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 1998 | David J. Tholen David J. Tholen David James Tholen is an American astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy of the University of Hawaii, who specializes in planetary and solar system astronomy.-Professional life:... |
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| 2002 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2003 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2004 FH 2004 FH 2004 FH is a near-Earth asteroid that was discovered on March 15, 2004, by the NASA-funded LINEAR asteroid survey. The object is roughly 30 metres in diameter and passed just above the Earth's surface on March 18, 2004, at 22:08 UTC; making it the 11th closest approach to Earth recorded... |
2004 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
| 2004 | LINEAR Linear In mathematics, a linear map or function f is a function which satisfies the following two properties:* Additivity : f = f + f... |
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| 2004 | Brian A. Skiff Brian A. Skiff Brian A. Skiff is an American astronomer noted for discovering a number of comets including the periodic comets 114P/Wiseman-Skiff and 140P/Bowell-Skiff... |
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