60 Echo
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| Orbital characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
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| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Semimajor axis | 2.394 AU |
| Perihelion distance | 1.957 AU |
| Aphelion distance | 2.830 AU |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Physical characteristics 1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html) | |
| Diameter | 60.2 km |
| Rotation period 3 (http://charlie.psi.edu/pds/) | 25.206 hours |
| Spectral class | S |
| Abs. magnitude | 8.21 |
| Albedo 4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html) | 0.254 |
| History 2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html) | |
| Discoverer | J. Ferguson, 1860 |
60 Echo is a quite large Main belt asteroid. It is a S-type asteroid, its surface is bright in color and it is probably a mixture of iron-nickel metals and silicate rock.
Echo was discovered by James Ferguson on September 14, 1860. It was his third and final asteroid discovery. It is named after Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology.
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