(97) Klotho

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601
   (97) Klotho
Epoch 2001 Apr. 1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Williams
M 259.13720              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.22604874     Peri.  268.92653     +0.35567733     -0.93194562
a   2.6689145      Node   159.79212     +0.91797179     +0.33417980
e   0.2562989      Incl.   11.77744     +0.17556033     +0.14071683
P   4.36           H    7.63          G   0.15           U   0
From 607 observations at 45 oppositions, 1870-2000, mean residual 0".66.
An explanation of the orbital elements is available.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.


Ephemeris

The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2001 07 20    22 30.69   -04 04.6    1.824    2.677   139.3    14.3    11.9
2001 07 25    22 29.13   -04 26.8    1.770    2.664   144.5    12.8    11.8
2001 07 30    22 27.02   -04 54.0    1.722    2.650   149.9    11.1    11.6
2001 08 04    22 24.39   -05 26.0    1.680    2.636   155.5     9.2    11.5
2001 08 09    22 21.28   -06 02.5    1.643    2.623   161.1     7.2    11.3
2001 08 14    22 17.78   -06 43.0    1.612    2.609   166.9     5.0    11.2
2001 08 19    22 13.96   -07 26.8    1.588    2.595   172.6     2.9    11.0
2001 08 24    22 09.94   -08 13.1    1.571    2.581   177.0     1.2    10.8
2001 08 29    22 05.85   -09 00.7    1.561    2.568   174.0     2.4    10.9
2001 09 03    22 01.81   -09 48.7    1.558    2.554   168.3     4.6    11.0
2001 09 08    21 57.95   -10 35.9    1.561    2.540   162.4     6.9    11.1
2001 09 13    21 54.40   -11 21.5    1.571    2.526   156.5     9.1    11.2
2001 09 18    21 51.27   -12 04.6    1.587    2.512   150.7    11.3    11.3
2001 09 23    21 48.67   -12 44.2    1.609    2.498   145.0    13.3    11.4
2001 09 28    21 46.67   -13 19.9    1.636    2.484   139.5    15.2    11.5
2001 10 03    21 45.33   -13 51.3    1.667    2.470   134.1    16.9    11.6
2001 10 08    21 44.68   -14 18.0    1.703    2.456   128.8    18.5    11.7
2001 10 13    21 44.75   -14 40.0    1.742    2.442   123.8    19.8    11.8
2001 10 18    21 45.53   -14 57.3    1.784    2.428   118.9    21.0    11.8

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