(97) Klotho
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPO 2601(97) Klotho Epoch 2002 Nov. 22.0 TT = JDT 2452600.5 Williams M 34.72324 (2000.0) P Q n 0.22598295 Peri. 269.00241 +0.35463913 -0.93233681 a 2.6694324 Node 159.77958 +0.91835240 +0.33315113 e 0.2566982 Incl. 11.78012 +0.17567000 +0.14056457 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 2003 01 01 10 38.77 +02 01.1 1.636 2.286 119.4 22.0 11.6 2003 01 06 10 39.44 +02 11.1 1.595 2.299 124.4 20.7 11.5 2003 01 11 10 39.37 +02 27.3 1.557 2.312 129.6 19.1 11.4 2003 01 16 10 38.56 +02 49.8 1.523 2.326 135.0 17.4 11.3 2003 01 21 10 37.05 +03 18.5 1.494 2.339 140.6 15.5 11.2 2003 01 26 10 34.86 +03 53.1 1.469 2.353 146.4 13.4 11.1 2003 01 31 10 32.05 +04 33.3 1.449 2.366 152.4 11.1 11.0 2003 02 05 10 28.71 +05 18.4 1.435 2.380 158.5 8.7 10.9 2003 02 10 10 24.95 +06 07.3 1.428 2.394 164.6 6.3 10.8 2003 02 15 10 20.92 +06 58.9 1.427 2.407 170.8 3.8 10.7 2003 02 20 10 16.76 +07 51.9 1.434 2.421 176.5 1.4 10.5 2003 02 25 10 12.61 +08 45.0 1.447 2.435 175.5 1.8 10.6 2003 03 02 10 08.61 +09 36.9 1.468 2.449 169.6 4.2 10.8 2003 03 07 10 04.92 +10 26.4 1.495 2.463 163.6 6.5 11.0 2003 03 12 10 01.66 +11 12.5 1.530 2.477 157.6 8.8 11.1 2003 03 17 09 58.92 +11 54.4 1.570 2.491 151.7 10.9 11.3 2003 03 22 09 56.76 +12 31.7 1.616 2.505 146.1 12.8 11.4 2003 03 27 09 55.24 +13 04.1 1.668 2.519 140.6 14.6 11.6 2003 04 01 09 54.36 +13 31.4 1.724 2.533 135.3 16.1 11.7
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