2062 Aten
2062 Aten , provisional designation , is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid and namesake of the Aten asteroids, a subgroup of near-Earth objects. The asteroid was named after Aten from Egyptian mythology.

It was discovered on 7 January 1976, at the Palomar Observatory by American astronomer Eleanor Helin, who was the principal scientist for the NEAT project until her retirement in 2002. The S-type asteroid measures approximately 900 meters in diameter, has a longer-than average rotation period of 44.77 hours, and approaches the orbit Earth to 44.1 lunar distances.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q1048390
Aten asteroid
CEL
Q265392
near-Earth object
Concept
Q130227
Aten
MISC
Q205740
Egyptian mythology
Concept
Q191684
Palomar Observatory
LOC
Q58962
Eleanor Helin
PER
Q1140499
NEAT
ORG
Q543157
S-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q94921
lunar distances
UNK
Q147274
2062 Aten
CEL
1976-01-07T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
7 January 1976
DATE
2002-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2002
DATE
+2062^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
2062
NUMBER
+44.77^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
44.77
NUMBER
+44.1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
44.1
NUMBER
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minor planet group
named after
site of astronomical discovery
discoverer or inventor
time of discovery or invention
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