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97 Klotho
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2000097
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 96 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .2572984085372197 3.2268e-08  
a 2.669020560406393 5.3228e-09 au
q 1.98228581786071 8.6067e-08 au
i 11.77759177378823 3.5988e-06 deg
node 159.617377128705 1.8292e-05 deg
peri 268.6731483155062 1.9471e-05 deg
M 41.44466705823324 8.4393e-06 deg
tp 2458817.145125492667
(2019-Nov-29.64512549)		 3.7114e-05 TDB
period 1592.671856427114
4.36		 4.7644e-06
1.304e-08		 d
yr
n .2260352617817949 6.7617e-10 deg/d
Q 3.355755302952077 6.6924e-09 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      2848  
   data-arc span      54616 days (149.53 yr)  
   first obs. used      1870-07-23  
   last obs. used      2020-02-03  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .47852  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2020-Feb-22 15:17:03  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.03677 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.12072 au 
 T_jup = 3.305 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 7.8   n/a MPO492749 IRAS observations used: 18
diameter diameter 100.717 km 0.641 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...791..121M)  
rotation period rot_per 35.15 h n/a LCDB (Rev. 2019-August); Warner et al., 2009 Published Reference List:
[Harris, A.W.; Young, J.W. (1983) Icarus 54, 59-109.]
[Lagerkvist, C.I.; Magnusson, P.; Williams, I.P.; Buontempo, M.E.; et al. (1988) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 73, 395-405.]
[Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Erikson, A.; Debehogne, H.; Festin, L.; et al. (1995) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 113, 115-129.]
[Piironen, J.; Magnusson, P.; Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Williams, I.P.; et al. (1997) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 121, 489-497.]
[Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Bel'skaya, I.; Erikson, A.; Schevchenko, V.; et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 131, 55-62.]
[Tungalag, N.; Shevchenko, V.G.; Lupishko, D.F. (2002) Kin. Fiz. Neb. Tel 18, 508-516; Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies 18, ???-???.]
[Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Broz, M.; Warner, B.D.; et al. (2011) Astron. Astrophys. 530, A134.]
[Hanus, J.; Marchis, F.; Durech, J. (2013) Icarus 226, 1045-1057.]
geometric albedo albedo 0.128   0.036 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...814..117N)  
B-V BV 0.716   0.032 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=5; phase (min.=8.26, mean=18.39, max.=23.78) deg.
U-B UB 0.226   0.019 EAR-A-5-DDR-UBV-MEAN-VALUES-V1.2 #obs=4; phase (min.=16.72, mean=20.93, max.=23.78) deg.
Tholen spectral type spec_T M   n/a EAR-A-5-DDR-TAXONOMY-V4.0 used 7 color indices; used ground-based radiometric albedo

97 Klotho          Discovered 1868-Feb-17 by Tempel, E. W. at Marseille
Reference: DISCOVERY.DBLast Updated: 2003-08-29

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