60 Echo

60 Echo
Three-dimensional model of 60 Echo created based on light-curve
Discovery
Discovered byJames Ferguson
Discovery dateSeptember 14, 1860
Designations
(60) Echo
Pronunciation/ˈɛkoʊ/
Named after
Echo
Main belt
AdjectivesEchoian /ɛˈkoʊ.iən/
Orbital characteristics
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion2.830 AU (423.4 Gm)
Perihelion1.958 AU (292.9 Gm)
2.394 AU (358.1 Gm)
Eccentricity0.182
1,353.002 d (3.70 yr)
91.065°
Inclination3.602°
191.803°
270.477°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions60.2 km[1]
Mass(3.15 ± 0.32) × 1017 kg[2]
Mean density
2.78 ± 0.33[2] g/cm3
25.2 hr[1]
0.254[1][3]
S[1]
8.21[1]

60 Echo is a quite large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by James Ferguson of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington D.C., on September 14, 1860. It was his third and final asteroid discovery. It is named after Echo, a nymph in Greek mythology. James Ferguson had initially named it "Titania", not realizing that name was already used for a satellite of Uranus.[4]

Orbit

This object is orbiting the Sun with a period of 3.70 years, a semimajor axis of 2.394 AU, and an eccentricity of 0.18. Its orbital plane is at an inclination of 3.6° to the plane of the ecliptic. This is a stony S-type asteroid with a cross-sectional size of 60.2 km that is spinning with a rotation period of 25.2 hr.[1] Echo has been studied by radar.[5] It is not known to be a member of any asteroid family.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 60 Echo". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2011-08-14 last obs. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Carry2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Asteroid Data Sets". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2007.
  4. ^ Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. New York: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. p. 173.
  5. ^ "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carruba2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).