992 Swasey

Main-belt asteroid

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]

References

  1. ^ "992 Swasey (1922 ND)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel (2011). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006–2008. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-01966-1.
  • 992 Swasey at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
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