- 97 Klotho
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name=97 Klotho
discoverer=Ernst Wilhelm Tempel
discovered=February 17 ,1868
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
epoch=December 31 ,2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=399.173 Gm (2.668 AU)
perihelion=296.593 Gm (1.983 AU)
aphelion=501.752 Gm (3.354 AU)
eccentricity=0.257
period=1592.030 d (4.36 a)
inclination=11.783°
asc_node=159.776°
arg_peri=268.671°
mean_anomaly=14.314°
avg_speed=17.93 km/s
dimensions=82.8 km
mass=5.9e|17 kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=0.0231 m/s²
escape_velocity=0.0438 km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=M
abs_magnitude=7.63
albedo=0.229 [ [http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/albedo.html Asteroid Data Sets ] ]
single_temperature=~170 K97 Klotho "(kloe'-thoe," IPAEng|ˈkloʊθoʊ) is a fairly large
main belt asteroid . While it is an M-type, its radar albedo is too low to allow anickel-iron composition. Klotho is similar to21 Lutetia and22 Kalliope in that all three are M-types of unknown composition. Klotho was found by Ernst Tempel onFebruary 17 ,1868 . It was his fifth and final asteroid discovery. It is named after Klotho orClotho , one of the threeMoirae , or Fates, inGreek mythology .References
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