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Minor Planet Center

(60) Echo

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 27692:
   (60) Echo
Epoch 2005 Jan. 30.0 TT = JDT 2453400.5                 Goffin
M 264.86662              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.26610636     Peri.  270.38242     -0.21071575     -0.97746287
a   2.3938625      Node   191.80556     +0.92001760     -0.19385367
e   0.1822623      Incl.    3.60193     +0.33040353     -0.08358882
P   3.70           H    8.21          G   0.27           U   0
From 434 observations at 64 oppositions, 1860-1994, mean residual 1".05.
An explanation of the orbital elements is available.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.


Ephemeris

The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.

Personalized ephemerides for this object (and others) can be generated using the MPES.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
 
2005 10 08    05 59.62   +19 47.7    1.534    2.033   104.8    28.4    11.8
2005 10 13    06 05.10   +19 33.6    1.477    2.027   108.4    27.8    11.7
2005 10 18    06 09.94   +19 18.3    1.421    2.020   112.2    27.2    11.5
2005 10 23    06 14.08   +19 02.1    1.367    2.014   116.2    26.3    11.4
2005 10 28    06 17.46   +18 45.2    1.314    2.008   120.3    25.3    11.3
2005 11 02    06 20.01   +18 27.9    1.265    2.003   124.7    24.0    11.2
2005 11 07    06 21.67   +18 10.6    1.217    1.998   129.2    22.6    11.1
2005 11 12    06 22.42   +17 53.7    1.174    1.993   134.0    20.9    10.9
2005 11 17    06 22.23   +17 37.3    1.133    1.988   139.0    19.0    10.8
2005 11 22    06 21.09   +17 21.9    1.097    1.984   144.2    16.9    10.7
2005 11 27    06 19.01   +17 07.6    1.065    1.980   149.6    14.6    10.5
2005 12 02    06 16.06   +16 54.9    1.038    1.976   155.2    12.1    10.4
2005 12 07    06 12.33   +16 44.0    1.016    1.973   160.8     9.5    10.3
2005 12 12    06 07.98   +16 35.0    0.999    1.970   166.3     6.8    10.1
2005 12 17    06 03.20   +16 28.2    0.989    1.967   171.0     4.5    10.0
2005 12 22    05 58.19   +16 23.7    0.985    1.965   172.9     3.5     9.9
2005 12 27    05 53.17   +16 21.5    0.986    1.963   170.1     4.9    10.0

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