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Discovered 1868 Feb. 17 by E. W. Tempel at Marseilles.
Named after one of the three Fates. The others are Lachesis and Atropos {see planets (120) and (273)}. Klotho presides over birth and spins destinies. (H 13)
Named Clotho by the Société Impériale des Sciences naturelles de Cherbourg.
Tempel proposed also names for the next two planets (AN 71, 97 (1868)): “Il me semble qu’il serait un peu poétique, de donner aux trois dernières planètes (97), (98) et (99) les noms de 3 Parques: Clotho, Lachésis et Atropos, non pas avec l’idée que le ciseau d’Atropos dût couper le fil de cette recherche, mais avec la pensée de diviser la première centaine des petites planètes, qui représentent assurément un grand et noble travail astronomique.” His naming proposals, however, were not realized. The two other Fates received the numbers (120) and (273), respectively.
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(2003). (97) Klotho. In: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_98
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