(111) Ate
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	15 Sep 2025	11.9	2.687 AU	1.694 AU	23h54m	+06°11'	168.9°	4.1°
Opposition	22 Sep 2025	11.8	2.680 AU	1.680 AU	23h48m	+05°39'	173.6°	2.4°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Ate are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1033802
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.5930966
            i (Inclination)                 : 4.93233
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 305.66186
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 168.36127
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 223.53642
            Epoch                           : 2025 May 05

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 294.06506
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : 0.99387
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.18            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes. A more printer-friendly version of the same chart can be found below.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2025-09-15 00:00 UT   23 54 52.3   +06 11 60     1.694    2.687  168.9    4.1   213   11.9 
2025-09-15 14:40 UT   23 54 20.3   +06 09 34     1.692    2.687  169.5    3.9   211   11.9 
2025-09-16 00:00 UT   23 53 59.9   +06 08 01     1.691    2.686  169.8    3.8   209   11.9 
2025-09-17 00:00 UT   23 53 07.1   +06 03 55     1.688    2.685  170.8    3.4   204   11.8 
2025-09-18 00:00 UT   23 52 14.0   +05 59 43     1.686    2.684  171.6    3.1   198   11.8 
2025-09-19 00:00 UT   23 51 20.6   +05 55 25     1.684    2.683  172.3    2.9   192   11.8 
2025-09-20 00:00 UT   23 50 27.1   +05 51 02     1.683    2.682  172.9    2.6   183   11.8 
2025-09-21 00:00 UT   23 49 33.5   +05 46 34     1.682    2.681  173.4    2.5   174   11.8 
2025-09-22 00:00 UT   23 48 39.9   +05 42 01     1.681    2.680  173.6    2.4   163   11.8 
2025-09-23 00:00 UT   23 47 46.3   +05 37 24     1.680    2.679  173.6    2.4   153   11.8 
2025-09-24 00:00 UT   23 46 52.8   +05 32 44     1.679    2.678  173.4    2.5   142   11.8 
2025-09-25 00:00 UT   23 45 59.5   +05 27 59     1.679    2.677  173.0    2.6   132   11.8 
2025-09-26 00:00 UT   23 45 06.4   +05 23 12     1.679    2.676  172.4    2.8   124   11.8 
2025-09-27 00:00 UT   23 44 13.5   +05 18 22     1.680    2.675  171.7    3.1   117   11.8 
2025-09-28 00:00 UT   23 43 21.1   +05 13 30     1.680    2.674  170.8    3.4   111   11.8 
2025-09-29 00:00 UT   23 42 29.0   +05 08 35     1.681    2.673  169.9    3.8   106   11.8 
2025-09-30 00:00 UT   23 41 37.4   +05 03 40     1.682    2.672  169.0    4.1   102   11.9 
2025-10-01 00:00 UT   23 40 46.4   +04 58 43     1.684    2.671  168.0    4.5    99   11.9 
2025-10-02 00:00 UT   23 39 55.9   +04 53 46     1.686    2.670  166.9    4.9    96   11.9 
2025-10-03 00:00 UT   23 39 06.1   +04 48 48     1.688    2.669  165.9    5.2    93   11.9 
2025-10-04 00:00 UT   23 38 17.0   +04 43 50     1.690    2.668  164.8    5.6    91   11.9 
2025-10-05 00:00 UT   23 37 28.6   +04 38 53     1.692    2.667  163.7    6.0    89   12.0 
2025-10-06 00:00 UT   23 36 41.1   +04 33 57     1.695    2.666  162.6    6.4    88   12.0 
2025-10-07 00:00 UT   23 35 54.4   +04 29 02     1.698    2.665  161.5    6.8    86   12.0 
2025-10-08 00:00 UT   23 35 08.6   +04 24 09     1.702    2.664  160.4    7.2    85   12.0 
2025-10-09 00:00 UT   23 34 23.8   +04 19 17     1.705    2.663  159.2    7.6    84   12.1 
2025-10-10 00:00 UT   23 33 39.9   +04 14 28     1.709    2.662  158.1    8.0    83   12.1 
2025-10-11 00:00 UT   23 32 57.1   +04 09 42     1.713    2.661  157.0    8.4    82   12.1 
2025-10-12 00:00 UT   23 32 15.4   +04 04 58     1.718    2.660  155.8    8.8    81   12.1 
2025-10-13 00:00 UT   23 31 34.8   +04 00 18     1.722    2.659  154.7    9.2    81   12.1 
2025-10-14 00:00 UT   23 30 55.4   +03 55 42     1.727    2.658  153.6    9.6    80   12.2 
2025-10-15 00:00 UT   23 30 17.1   +03 51 09     1.732    2.657  152.5   10.0    79   12.2 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.