(60) Echo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 September 1860 by J. Ferguson at Washington.
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Where Echo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Echo is 2.78 au from the Sun and 2.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 60 |
| Provisional designation | A860 RB |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 43.2 km (#891 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.373 |
| Rotation period | 25.2 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 8.63 |
| Orbital period | 3.70 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.83 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.184 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.972 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 September 1860
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