60 Echo

Summary

60 Echo is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 60 Echo is credited with the discovery of James Ferguson^[3].
• 60 Echo's image is recorded as 60Echo (Lightcurve Inversion).png^[4].
• 60 Echo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 60 Echo's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Old Naval Observatory^[6].
• Echo is named after 60 Echo^[7].
• 60 Echo's follows is recorded as 59 Elpis^[8].
• 60 Echo's followed by is recorded as 61 Danaë^[9].
• 60 Echo's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[10].
• 60 Echo's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Echo symbol (fixed width).svg^[11].
• 60 Echo's Commons category is recorded as 60 Echo^[12].
• 60 Echo's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 60 Echo's provisional designation is recorded as A899 EB^[14].
• 60 Echo's provisional designation is recorded as A860 RB^[15].
• 60 Echo's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1860-09-14T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 60 Echo's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/036v5s^[17].
• 60 Echo's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20000060^[18].
• 60 Echo's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 60 Echo's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 60 Echo's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1844561424297632'}^[21].
• 60 Echo's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+8.64'}^[22].
• 60 Echo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.602'}^[23].
• 60 Echo's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.600192305594067'}^[24].
• 60 Echo's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1351.848494666018'}^[25].
• 60 Echo's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+25.208'}^[26].
• 60 Echo's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+191.5230284050136'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

60 Echo's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

Echo is named after 60 Echo^[7].

Why It Matters

60 Echo ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]