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111 Ate

Main-belt asteroid


Summary

Main-belt asteroid

FieldValue
minorplanetyes
background#D6D6D6
name111 Ate
imageОрбита астероида 111.png
captionOrbital diagram
discovererChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
discovered14 August 1870
mpc_name(111) Ate
alt_namesA870 PA; 1911 KE;
1935 AA
pronounced
mp_categoryMain belt
epoch31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
orbit_ref
semimajor2.59349 AU
perihelion2.32553 AU
aphelion2.8614 AU
eccentricity0.10332
period4.18 yr (1525.5 d)
inclination4.9318°
asc_node305.757°
arg_peri166.424°
mean_anomaly190.607°
avg_speed18.44 km/s
dimensions
142.85 ± 5.94 km
mass(1.76 ± 0.44) × 1018 kg
density1.15 ± 0.32 g/cm3
surface_grav0.0376 m/s²
escape_velocity0.0712 km/s
rotation22.072 h
22.072 ± 0.001 h
spectral_typeC
abs_magnitude8.02
albedo
single_temperature~173 K
mean_motion/ day
observation_arc145.66 yr (53202 d)
uncertainty0
moid1.34088 AU
jupiter_moid2.23131 AU
tisserand3.406
named_afterAte

1935 AA 142.85 ± 5.94 km 22.072 ± 0.001 h

111 Ate is a main-belt asteroid discovered by the German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on August 14, 1870, and named after Ate, the goddess of mischief and destruction in Greek mythology. In the Tholen classification system, it is categorized as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid, while the Bus asteroid taxonomy system lists it as an Ch asteroid.

Two stellar occultations by Ate were observed in 2000, two months apart. Its occultation of the star HIP 2559 was used to determine a chord length of 125.6 ± 7.2 km through the asteroid, giving a lower bound on the maximum dimension. During 2000, 111 Ate was observed by radar from the Arecibo Observatory. The return signal matched an effective diameter of 135 ± 15 km. The estimated size of this asteroid is 143 km, making it one of the larger asteroids.

Based upon an irregular light curve generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of 22.072 ± 0.001 hours and varies in brightness by 0.12 ± 0.01 in magnitude.

References

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''
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