Aten asteroid records

The following is a list of current records for Aten asteroids.

Record	Object	Value
*Discovery Records*
First Detected	1954 XA	December 5, 1954
First Confirmed	2062 Aten	Jan. 7, 1976
*Physical Records*		Absolute Magnitude	Diameter
Largest Dimmest (Named)	2340 Hathor	19.2	5.3 km
Brightest		14.5	4.3 km
Brightest (Numbered)		14.7	3.6 km
Brightest (Named)	3753 Cruithne	15.1	3.3 km
Smallest (Named)	3362 Khufu	18.3	700 m
Dimmest (Numbered)		19.9	505 m
Dimmest		29.1	5 m
*Orbital Records*
Perihelion Records		q (au)	notes
Smallest		0.092	smallest of all asteroids
Smallest (named)	2340 Hathor	0.464
Largest (numbered)	2062 Aten	0.790
Largest		0.984	Earth Co-Orbital
Semi-Major Axis Records		a (au)	notes
Smallest		0.635	Apohele asteroid, smallest of all asteroids
Smallest (numbered)		0.642
Smallest (named)	2100 Ra-Shalom	0.832
Largest (numbered)	3753 Cruithne	0.998	Earth Co-Orbital
Largest		0.999	In Earth's Zone of Influence
Apohelion Records		Q (au)	notes
Smallest		0.973	Apohele asteroid, smallest of all asteroids
Smallest (numbered)		1.019	smallest of all numbered asteroids
Smallest (named)	2062 Aten	1.143	smallest of all named asteroids
Largest (named)	3753 Cruithne	1.511	Earth Co-Orbital
Largest		1.705	In Earth's Zone of Influence, Binary
Eccentricity Records		e	notes
Smallest		0.013	Earth Co-Orbital
Smallest (numbered)	2062 Aten	0.183
Largest (named)	3753 Cruithne	0.515	Earth Co-Orbital
Largest		0.895
Inclination Records		i (deg)	notes
Smallest	2004 FH	0.000
Smallest (numbered)	(65679) 1989 UQ	1.3
Smallest (named)	2340 Hathor	5.9
Largest (numbered)	5381 Sekhmet	49.0
Largest		53.3

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