992 Swasey Explained

Minorplanet:yes
Background:
  1. D6D6D6
992 Swasey
Mpc Name:(992) Swasey
Alt Names:1922 ND
Discovered:14 November 1922
Orbit Ref:[1]
Observation Arc:93.41 yr (34118 days)
Uncertainty:0
Epoch:31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Eccentricity:0.085029
Semimajor:3.0291AU
Perihelion:2.7715AU
Aphelion:3.2866abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Period:5.27 yr (1925.6 d)
Inclination:10.843°
Asc Node:212.248°
Arg Peri:345.294°
Mean Motion: / day
Abs Magnitude:10.5
Rotation:13.308abbr=onNaNabbr=on
Mean Radius: km

992 Swasey is an asteroid, a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Otto Struve in 1922 at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It is named after Ambrose Swasey of the Warner & Swasey Company, which built the 82-inch telescope named after Struve at McDonald Observatory.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 992 Swasey (1922 ND) . . . 2 May 2016.
  2. Book: Lutz D. Schmadel. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008. 2011. Springer. 978-3-642-01966-1.