Aten

(1976 AA )
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NOW @ 25 ARI 1
FOUND @ 12 CAN 58
 
Inclination: 18.934
Eccentricity: 0.183
Period: 0.951 years
AU 0.967
Type: 1802

Discovery Chart

7.1.1976 08:06 Palomar 116w51 33n21 observations 1


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Named for the Egyptian sun god. This object is distinguished among the Apollo asteroids as the first discovered to have a semimajor axis less than 1 AU and a period less than one year. (M 4420) _ _.


Discovered on 7-1-1976 in Palomar by Helin, E. F.

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