2062 Aten (/ˈɑːtən/ AH-tən) is an asteroid that was discovered at the Palomar Mountain Observatory by Eleanor F. Helin who is now the principal scientist for the NEAT (Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking) project. It is named after Aten the Egyptian god of the solar disk.Aten was the first asteroid found to have a semi-major orbital axis of less than one astronomical unit. A new category of asteroids was thus created the Atens.
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