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2062 Aten (aa'-t?n, ) is an asteroid
Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
 that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin
Eleanor F. Helin

Eleanor Francis Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory....
, who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) project. It is named after Aten
Aten

Aten was the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. He became the deity of the monotheism ? in fact, monism ? religion Atenism of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten....
, the Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian god of the sun.

Aten was the first asteroid found to have a semi-major orbital axis
Semi-major axis

In geometry, the semi-major axis is used to describe the dimensions of ellipses and hyperbolae....
 of less than one astronomical unit
Astronomical unit

An astronomical unit is a unit of length based on the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. The precise value of the AU is currently accepted as 149,597,870,691 Plus-minus sign 6 metres ....
. A new category of asteroids was thus created, the Atens
Aten asteroid

The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered . They are defined by having semi-major axis of less than one astronomical unit ....
, of which 16 are known and numbered, and some 212 awaiting numbering as of July 2004, ranging from (99907) 1989 VA
(99907) 1989 VA

1989 VA is an Aten asteroid located in Venus' zone of influence that has frequent close encounters with the Earth. It was discovered on November 2, 1989 by Carolyn S....
 to 2004 MD6.








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2062 Aten (aa'-t?n, ) is an asteroid
Asteroid

Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun, smaller than planets but larger than meteoroids....
 that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin
Eleanor F. Helin

Eleanor Francis Helin was an American astronomer. She was principal investigator of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking program of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory....
, who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) project. It is named after Aten
Aten

Aten was the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. He became the deity of the monotheism ? in fact, monism ? religion Atenism of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten....
, the Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian god of the sun.

Aten was the first asteroid found to have a semi-major orbital axis
Semi-major axis

In geometry, the semi-major axis is used to describe the dimensions of ellipses and hyperbolae....
 of less than one astronomical unit
Astronomical unit

An astronomical unit is a unit of length based on the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun. The precise value of the AU is currently accepted as 149,597,870,691 Plus-minus sign 6 metres ....
. A new category of asteroids was thus created, the Atens
Aten asteroid

The Aten asteroids are a group of near-Earth asteroids, named after the first of the group to be discovered . They are defined by having semi-major axis of less than one astronomical unit ....
, of which 16 are known and numbered, and some 212 awaiting numbering as of July 2004, ranging from (99907) 1989 VA
(99907) 1989 VA

1989 VA is an Aten asteroid located in Venus' zone of influence that has frequent close encounters with the Earth. It was discovered on November 2, 1989 by Carolyn S....
 to 2004 MD6.

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