111 Ate
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.595 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 2.332 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.857 AU |
| Orbital period | 4.18 years |
| Inclination | 4.92° |
| Eccentricity | 0.101 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 134.6 km |
| Rotation period | 22.2 hours |
| Spectral class | C |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.02 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.061 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | C. H. F. Peters, 1870 |
111 Ate is a large, dark, and carbonaceous main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on August 14, 1870 and named after Ate, a personification of destruction in Greek mythology.
Two stellar occultations by Ate were observed in 2000, only two months apart.
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