Aten
Minor planet 2062 1976 AA is called Aten after the Egyptian
sun god. It was discovered on January 7th 1976 by Eleanor F Helin at
Palomar.
Aten was the first of a group of Near Earth Orbiting (NEO)
satellites these are asteroids that can pass close to the Earth. Around 600 of
the Aten group are known. The Aten asteroids can be anywhere from 100 meters to
1000 meters across.
Other groups of NEOs are known as the Apollos and Amors
named after the first asteroids of those groups to be identified.
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