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97 Klotho (kloh'-thoh) is a fairly large main belt asteroid. While it is an M-type, its radar albedo is too low to allow a nickel-iron composition. Klotho is similar to 21 Lutetia and 22 Kalliope in that all three are M-types of unknown composition.
Klotho was found by Ernst Tempel on February 17, 1868. It was his fifth and final asteroid discovery. It is named after one of the three Moirae, or Fates, in Greek mythology.
[edit] Aspects
| Stationary. retrograde |
Opposition |
Minimum distance (AU) |
Maximum brightness (mag) |
Stationary. prograde |
Conjunction to Sun |
| 27 May 2005 |
21 July 2005 |
1.98376 AU |
11.9 mag |
11 September 2005 |
07 March 2006 |
| 13 November 2006 |
21 December 2006 |
1.06039 AU |
9.9 mag |
27 January 2007 |
13 September 2007 |
| 01 March 2008 |
20 April 2008 |
2.14016 AU |
12.1 mag |
17 June 2008 |
25 November 2008 |
| 29 April 2009 |
24 June 2009 |
2.26058 AU |
12.4 mag |
21 August 2009 |
29 January 2010 |
| 28 August 2010 |
03 October 2010 |
1.20155 AU |
10.2 mag |
15 November 2010 |
22 July 2011 |
| 05 February 2012 |
22 March 2012 |
1.78413 AU |
11.4 mag |
13 May 2012 |
02 November 2012 |
| 07 April 2013 |
01 June 2013 |
2.36813 AU |
12.5 mag |
31 July 2013 |
03 January 2014 |
| 27 June 2014 |
16 August 2014 |
1.66242 AU |
11.1 mag |
02 October 2014 |
25 April 2015 |
| 29 December 2015 |
11 February 2016 |
1.32317 AU |
10.4 mag |
22 March 2016 |
08 October 2016 |
| 18 March 2017 |
09 May 2017 |
2.30553 AU |
12.4 mag |
08 July 2017 |
11 December 2017 |
| 20 May 2018 |
15 July 2018 |
2.05998 AU |
12.0 mag |
07 September 2018 |
26 February 2019 |
| 29 October 2019 |
02 December 2019 |
1.03940 AU |
9.9 mag |
10 January 2020 |
03 September 2020 |
