60558 Echeclus

Summary

60558 Echeclus is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 60558 Echeclus is credited with the discovery of Spacewatch^[3].
• 60558 Echeclus's image is recorded as Echeclus SDSS 2001-04-16 annotated.png^[4].
• 60558 Echeclus's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 60558 Echeclus's instance of is recorded as periodic comet^[6].
• 60558 Echeclus's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kitt Peak National Observatory^[7].
• Echeclus is named after 60558 Echeclus^[8].
• 60558 Echeclus's follows is recorded as (60557) 2000 EW95^[9].
• 60558 Echeclus's followed by is recorded as (60559) 2000 EN98^[10].
• 60558 Echeclus's minor planet group is recorded as centaur^[11].
• 60558 Echeclus's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Echeclus symbol.svg^[12].
• 60558 Echeclus's Commons category is recorded as 60558 Echeclus^[13].
• 60558 Echeclus's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[14].
• 60558 Echeclus's provisional designation is recorded as 174P^[15].
• 60558 Echeclus's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 EC98^[16].
• 60558 Echeclus's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 GJ27^[17].
• 60558 Echeclus's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2000-03-03T00:00:00Z^[18].
• 60558 Echeclus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0c6lr1^[19].
• 60558 Echeclus's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20060558^[20].
• 60558 Echeclus's significant event is recorded as naming^[21].
• 60558 Echeclus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.456'}^[22].
• 60558 Echeclus's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.4544571474989542'}^[23].
• 60558 Echeclus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.6'}^[24].
• 60558 Echeclus's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+9.2'}^[25].
• 60558 Echeclus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.342'}^[26].
• 60558 Echeclus's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.340035613098204'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include asteroid^[5] and periodic comet^[6].

History and Context

Echeclus is named after 60558 Echeclus^[8].

Why It Matters

60558 Echeclus ranks in the top 1% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]