Discovered by James Ferguson Minor planet category Main belt Aphelion 423.339 Gm (2.830 AU) Discovered 14 September 1860 Orbits Sun Discoverer James Ferguson | Discovery date September 14, 1860 Adjectives Echonian Perihelion 292.951 Gm (1.958 AU) Rotation period 1 day Spectral type S-type asteroid Named after Echo | |
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Similar 18 Melpomene, 79 Eurynome, 56 Melete, 68 Leto, 80 Sappho | ||
60 Echo is a quite large main-belt S-type 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.
Echo has been studied by radar.
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