| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | O. Struve |
| Discovery site | Williams Bay |
| Discovery date | 14 November 1922 |
| Designations | |
| (992) Swasey | |
| 1922 ND | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 93.41 yr (34118 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2866 AU (491.67 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7715 AU (414.61 Gm) |
| 3.0291 AU (453.15 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.085029 |
| 5.27yr (1925.6d) | |
| 133.184° | |
| 0° 11m 13.056s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.843° |
| 212.248° | |
| 345.294° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.665±0.7km | |
| 13.308 h (0.5545 d) | |
| 0.1132±0.013 | |
| 10.5 | |
992 Swasey is an asteroid, aminor planet orbiting theSun. It was discovered byOtto Struve in 1922 at theYerkes Observatory inWilliams Bay,Wisconsin, United States. It is named afterAmbrose Swasey of theWarner & Swasey Company, which built the 82-inch telescope named after Struve atMcDonald Observatory.[2]
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