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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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111 Ate at AllExperts (114 words)
111 Ate is a large, dark, and carbonaceous main belt asteroid.
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.
Ate - definition of Ate - Labor Law Talk Dictionary (328 words)
Ate, a Greek word for 'ruin, folly, delusion', is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his hubris, or great pride, that leads to his death or downfall.
Ate then wandered about, treading on the heads of men rather than on the earth, wreaking havoc on mortals.
In Nonnos' Dionysiaca (11.113), at Hera's instigation Ate persuades the boy Ampelus whom Dionysus passionately loves to impress Dionysus by riding on a bull from which Ampelus subsequently falls and breaks his neck.
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