Twostellaroccultations by Ate were observed in 2000, twomonths apart. Its occultation of the star HIP 2559 was used to determine a chord length of 125.6 ± 7.2 km through the asteroid, giving a lower bound on the maximum dimension.[7] During 2000, 111 Ate was observed by radar from theArecibo Observatory. The return signal matched an effective diameter of 135 ± 15 km.[8] The estimated size of this asteroid is 143 km,[3] making it one ofthe larger asteroids.
Based upon an irregularlight curve generated fromphotometric observations of this asteroid atPulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of 22.072 ± 0.001 hours and varies in brightness by 0.12 ± 0.01 inmagnitude.[4]
^abPilcher, Frederick (October 2011), "Rotation Period Determinations for 11 Parthenope, 38 Leda, 111 Ate 194 Prokne, 217 Eudora, and 224 Oceana",The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 183–185,Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..183P.
^Devyatkin, A. V.; et al. (November 2008), "Photometric observations of solar system bodies with ZA-320M automatic mirror astrograph in Pulkovo observatory",Planetary and Space Science, vol. 56, no. 14, pp. 1888–1892,Bibcode:2008P&SS...56.1888D,doi:10.1016/j.pss.2008.02.014. See Table 1.