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Discovered by
  
O. Struve

Alternative names
  
1922 ND

Aphelion
  
3.2866 AU (491.67 Gm)

Discovered
  
14 November 1922

Orbits
  
Discovery site
  
Discovery date
  
14 November 1922

Observation arc
  
93.41 yr (34118 days)

Perihelion
  
2.7715 AU (414.61 Gm)

Absolute magnitude
  
10.5

Discoverer
  
Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

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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.

References

992 Swasey Wikipedia


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