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**97 Klotho**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.667 AU
Perihelion distance	1.982 AU
Aphelion distance	3.353 AU
Orbital period	4.36 years
Inclination	11.78�
Eccentricity	0.257
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	82.8 km
Rotation period ^{3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/)}	35.15 hours
Spectral class	M
Abs. magnitude	7.63
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.229
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	E. W. Tempel, 1868

97 Klotho is a fairly large main belt asteroid. It has a brightly colored surface. It is probably a fragment from the core of a shattered large planetesimal, since it is composed of pure nickel_iron metals.

Klotho was found by the prolific comet discoverer 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.

Categories: Astronomy stubs | Main Belt asteroids

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97 Klotho: Information from Answers.com (190 words)
	97 Klotho (kloh'-thoh) is a fairly large main belt asteroid.
	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.

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