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Asteroid (68) Leto is at Opposition in the constellation Auriga on the 20th December 2016.

Magnitude: 10.6 
Distance to Earth: 1.803 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.780 AU

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Asteroid (68) Leto is at Opposition in the constellation Microscopium on the 30th July 2015. 

Magnitude: 7.5 
Distance to Earth: 1.359 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.357 AU 

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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 06 30 000000 21 12 38.2 -29 00 50   1.503   2.401  144.0  14.4  10.5
2015 07 01 000000 21 12 21.4 -29 06 45   1.495   2.399  144.9  14.1  10.5
2015 07 02 000000 21 12 02.9 -29 12 43   1.487   2.398  145.9  13.8  10.4
2015 07 03 000000 21 11 42.5 -29 18 44   1.480   2.396  146.8  13.4  10.4
2015 07 04 000000 21 11 20.4 -29 24 48   1.472   2.395  147.8  13.1  10.4
2015 07 05 000000 21 10 56.5 -29 30 54   1.465   2.393  148.7  12.7  10.4
2015 07 06 000000 21 10 30.8 -29 37 02   1.458   2.392  149.7  12.4  10.3
2015 07 07 000000 21 10 03.4 -29 43 11   1.452   2.390  150.6  12.0  10.3
2015 07 08 000000 21 09 34.2 -29 49 22   1.445   2.389  151.6  11.7  10.3
2015 07 09 000000 21 09 03.3 -29 55 33   1.439   2.387  152.5  11.3  10.3
2015 07 10 000000 21 08 30.8 -30 01 44   1.433   2.386  153.4  11.0  10.2
2015 07 11 000000 21 07 56.5 -30 07 55   1.427   2.384  154.3  10.6  10.2
2015 07 12 000000 21 07 20.7 -30 14 05   1.421   2.383  155.3  10.3  10.2
2015 07 13 000000 21 06 43.3 -30 20 14   1.416   2.381  156.2   9.9  10.1
2015 07 14 000000 21 06 04.3 -30 26 21   1.411   2.380  157.0   9.6  10.1
2015 07 15 000000 21 05 23.9 -30 32 25   1.406   2.378  157.9   9.2  10.1
2015 07 16 000000 21 04 41.9 -30 38 27   1.401   2.377  158.8   8.9  10.1
2015 07 17 000000 21 03 58.6 -30 44 25   1.396   2.376  159.6   8.6  10.0
2015 07 18 000000 21 03 14.0 -30 50 19   1.392   2.374  160.4   8.3  10.0
2015 07 19 000000 21 02 28.0 -30 56 08   1.388   2.373  161.2   7.9  10.0
2015 07 20 000000 21 01 40.9 -31 01 53   1.384   2.371  161.9   7.6  10.0
2015 07 21 000000 21 00 52.5 -31 07 32   1.381   2.370  162.6   7.4  10.0
2015 07 22 000000 21 00 03.1 -31 13 05   1.377   2.369  163.3   7.1   9.9
2015 07 23 000000 20 59 12.7 -31 18 31   1.374   2.367  163.9   6.8   9.9
2015 07 24 000000 20 58 21.3 -31 23 50   1.371   2.366  164.5   6.6   9.9
2015 07 25 000000 20 57 29.0 -31 29 02   1.369   2.365  165.0   6.4   9.9
2015 07 26 000000 20 56 35.9 -31 34 06   1.366   2.363  165.4   6.2   9.9
2015 07 27 000000 20 55 42.1 -31 39 01   1.364   2.362  165.7   6.1   9.9
2015 07 28 000000 20 54 47.7 -31 43 48   1.362   2.360  166.0   6.0   9.8
2015 07 29 000000 20 53 52.6 -31 48 25   1.361   2.359  166.1   5.9   9.8
2015 07 30 000000 20 52 57.1 -31 52 52   1.359   2.358  166.2   5.9   9.8
2015 07 31 000000 20 52 01.1 -31 57 10   1.358   2.356  166.2   5.9   9.8


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Asteroid (68) Leto is at Opposition in the constellation Virgo on the 15th April 2014

Magnitude: 11.1 
Distance to Earth: 2.157 AU
Distance to Sun: 3.159 AU



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The magnitude 12.4 asteroid (68) Leto moves through the Pleiades star cluster from 15th March to the 19th March 2012.

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V  
2012 03 15 000000 03 44 01.9 +24 01 03 2.952 2.681 64.6 19.6 12.4
2012 03 16 000000 03 45 29.5 +24 06 00 2.966 2.683 64.0 19.5 12.4
2012 03 17 000000 03 46 57.6 +24 10 56 2.980 2.685 63.3 19.3 12.4
2012 03 18 000000 03 48 26.2 +24 15 50 2.994 2.687 62.7 19.2 12.4
2012 03 19 000000 03 49 55.4 +24 20 43 3.008 2.689 62.0 19.1 12.4
2012 03 20 000000 03 51 25.1 +24 25 34 3.022 2.691 61.4 19.0 12.4
2012 03 21 000000 03 52 55.2 +24 30 24 3.035 2.693 60.8 18.8 12.4
2012 03 22 000000 03 54 25.9 +24 35 11 3.049 2.695 60.1 18.7 12.4
2012 03 23 000000 03 55 57.1 +24 39 57 3.063 2.697 59.5 18.6 12.4
2012 03 24 000000 03 57 28.8 +24 44 41 3.076 2.699 58.9 18.4 12.5
2012 03 25 000000 03 59 00.9 +24 49 23 3.089 2.701 58.2 18.3 12.5
2012 03 26 000000 04 00 33.5 +24 54 03 3.103 2.703 57.6 18.2 12.5
2012 03 27 000000 04 02 06.6 +24 58 41 3.116 2.705 57.0 18.0 12.5
2012 03 28 000000 04 03 40.0 +25 03 16 3.129 2.707 56.4 17.9 12.5
2012 03 29 000000 04 05 14.0 +25 07 50 3.142 2.709 55.7 17.7 12.5
2012 03 30 000000 04 06 48.3 +25 12 21 3.155 2.711 55.1 17.6 12.5
2012 03 31 000000 04 08 23.1 +25 16 50 3.168 2.713 54.5 17.4 12.5


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Asteroid (68) Leto is at opposition (9.6 Magnitude) on the 11th November, 2011.

Distance to Earth=1.457 AU

Distance to Sun=2.448 AU 



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Asteroid (68) Leto is a large main belt asteroid. Its spectral type is S. It was discovered by Robert Luther on April 29, 1861. The asteroid is named after Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology.
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Google sky file: Asteroid (68) Leto 2011.kmz (7kb, kmz)

Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   V 
2011 07 03 000000 02 14 12.1 +09 08 57   2.497   2.285   66.2  24.0  11.8
2011 07 13 000000 02 29 07.5 +10 34 58   2.396   2.292   71.8  24.9  11.8
2011 07 23 000000 02 43 08.4 +11 53 29   2.293   2.301   77.6  25.6  11.7
2011 08 02 000000 02 56 01.9 +13 04 20   2.187   2.310   83.8  25.9  11.6
2011 08 12 000000 03 07 31.8 +14 07 32   2.080   2.320   90.4  25.9  11.5
2011 08 22 000000 03 17 20.7 +15 03 15   1.973   2.331   97.5  25.5  11.4
2011 09 01 000000 03 25 07.0 +15 51 41   1.868   2.343  105.1  24.6  11.3
2011 09 11 000000 03 30 28.0 +16 33 04   1.767   2.356  113.4  23.1  11.1
2011 09 21 000000 03 33 02.8 +17 07 35   1.674   2.369  122.4  21.0  10.9
2011 10 01 000000 03 32 33.1 +17 35 06   1.592   2.383  132.2  18.1  10.7
2011 10 11 000000 03 28 53.5 +17 55 23   1.525   2.398  142.8  14.6  10.5
2011 10 21 000000 03 22 18.3 +18 08 07   1.477   2.413  154.2  10.3  10.3
2011 10 31 000000 03 13 25.4 +18 13 25   1.453   2.429  166.2   5.6  10.0
2011 11 10 000000 03 03 21.2 +18 12 38   1.455   2.446  178.3   0.7   9.7
2011 11 20 000000 02 53 24.9 +18 08 29   1.485   2.463  169.0   4.4  10.0
2011 11 30 000000 02 44 51.6 +18 04 49   1.542   2.480  157.0   8.9  10.4
2011 12 10 000000 02 38 39.8 +18 05 37   1.623   2.498  145.4  12.9  10.7
2011 12 20 000000 02 35 18.6 +18 13 48   1.726   2.516  134.6  16.2  11.0
2011 12 30 000000 02 34 55.8 +18 30 53   1.846   2.534  124.4  18.7  11.2
2012 01 09 000000 02 37 24.1 +18 57 05   1.978   2.553  114.9  20.4  11.4
2012 01 19 000000 02 42 25.6 +19 31 27   2.120   2.572  106.0  21.6  11.7


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Asteroid (68) Leto is at opposition on the 10th June, 2010.

(V = 10.4)

Ephemeris
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V

2010 06 05 17 18.94 -30 20.0 1.688 2.693 170.0 3.8 10.5
2010 06 10 17 13.79 -30 29.5 1.674 2.684 172.5 2.8 10.4
2010 06 15 17 08.54 -30 36.5 1.666 2.674 171.0 3.4 10.4
2010 06 20 17 03.36 -30 41.0 1.665 2.664 166.8 5.0 10.5
2010 06 25 16 58.41 -30 43.1 1.670 2.654 161.7 6.9 10.6
2010 06 30 16 53.82 -30 43.2 1.682 2.644 156.3 8.9 10.7


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