111 Ate - Definition and Overview

**111 Ate**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
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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