Klotho Animation
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| Asteroid 97, Klotho is a fairly large main belt asteroid. It has a brightly colored surface and is probably a fragment from the core of a shattered large planetesimal, since it is composed of pure nickel-iron metals.
It has a period of 4 years, 132 days and is about 61¾ miles (83Km) in diameter. 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. Klotho carried a spindle and a globe and spun the thread of life. |
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| Location | Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | |
| Date/Time (UTC) | 22 August 2005 23:30 | |
| Optics | 200mm SCT F6.3 | |
| Filters | None | |
| Imager | Meade DSI-C | |
| Mount | Astro-physics 1200GTO | |
| Exposure details | 30 images * 60 seconds, 3 minute delay | |
| Software | Autostar suite, Photoshop 7 | |
