List of numbered Aten asteroids

This is an example list of Aten asteroids, a group of near-Earth asteroids. As of August 2015, there are 952 known Atens of which 169 received a final minor planet designation. Twelve of them received a name. Near-Earth asteroids are not numbered until they have been observed at two or more oppositions. (See also Aten asteroids (category) and Aten asteroid records.)

Named Atens

As of August 2015, a total of twelve Aten asteroids have received a name. They are listed in chronological order of discovery.

Number	Name	Year	Discoverer
2062	Aten	1976	Eleanor F. Helin
2340	Hathor	1976	Charles T. Kowal
2100	Ra-Shalom	1978	Eleanor F. Helin
3362	Khufu	1984	R. Scott Dunbar, Maria A. Barucci
3554	Amun	1986	Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene M. Shoemaker
3753	Cruithne	1986	J. Duncan Waldron
5381	Sekhmet	1991	Carolyn S. Shoemaker
136818	Selqet	1997	Roy Tucker
326290	Akhenaten	1998	Roy Tucker
99942	Apophis	2004	Roy Tucker, David J. Tholen i Fabrizio Bernardi
163693	Atira	2003	LINEAR
367943	Duende	2012	Observatorio Astronómico de La Sagra (OAM)

The February 15, 2013 Earth encounter shortened 367943 Duende orbital period to about 317 days, changing its orbital class from Apollo to Aten.^[1]

Brightest Atens

The following lists Aten asteroids thought to be larger than 2 kilometers across. Assuming an albedo of 0.15, this converts to an absolute magnitude of about 16.2

Name/ Designation	Discovery date	Absolute magnitude	Diameter (km)
(66146) 1998 TU3	1998/10/13	14.5	4.3 !3-7
(137170) 1999 HF1	1999/04/20	14.5	4.3 !3-7
3753 Cruithne	1986/10/10	15.6	2.6 !2-5
(152931) 2000 EA107	2000/03/15	15.8	2.4 !2-4
(105140) 2000 NL10	2000/07/10	15.8	2.4 !2-4
3554 Amun	1986/03/04	15.82	2.48 !2.33-2.82
(87684) 2000 SY2	2000/09/20	16.0	2.2 !2-4
2100 Ra-Shalom	1978/09/10	16.05	2.3 !2.05-2.59
(96590) 1998 SB	1998/12/01	16.2	2.0 !1-3

Selection of designated Atens

Name	Year	Discoverer ^A
(5590) 1990 VA	1990	Spacewatch
(5604) 1992 FE	1992	Robert H. McNaught
(33342) 1998 WT24	1998	LINEAR
(65679) 1989 UQ	1989	Christian Pollas
(66063) 1998 RO1	1998	LINEAR
(66146) 1998 TU3	1998	LINEAR
(66391) 1999 KW4	1999	LINEAR
(66400) 1999 LT7	1999	LINEAR
(68347) 2001 KB67	2001	LINEAR
(85770) 1998 UP1	1998	LINEAR
(85953) 1999 FK21	1999	LINEAR
(85989) 1999 JD6	1999	LONEOS
(86450) 2000 CK33	2000	LINEAR
(86667) 2000 FO10	2000	LINEAR
(87309) 2000 QP	2000	LINEAR
(87684) 2000 SY2	2000	LINEAR
(88213) 2001 AF2	2001	LINEAR
(96590) 1998 XB	1998	BAO Schmidt CCD Asteroid Program
(99907) 1989 VA	1989	Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Eugene M. Shoemaker
(137924) 2000 BD19	2000	LINEAR
2002 AA29	2002	LINEAR
2003 YN107	2003	LINEAR
2004 FH	2004	LINEAR
2004 FU162	2004	LINEAR
2013 BS45	2013	Spacewatch, James V. Scotti
2013 ND15	2013	Pan-STARRS
2014 HQ124	2014	NEOWISE
2014 OL339	2014	EURONEAR
^(A) LINEAR: Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research

References

↑ Paul Chodas and Don Yeomans (1 February 2013). "Asteroid 2012 DA₁₄ To Pass Very Close to the Earth on February 15, 2013". NASA/JPL Near-Earth Object Program Office. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

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