![]() Shape model of Swings from its lightcurve | |
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | J. Hunaerts |
Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
Discovery date | 28 August 1936 |
Designations | |
(1637) Swings | |
Named after | Pol Swings (astrophysicist)[2] |
1936 QO · 1907 YT 1934 FL · 1934 FP 1936 SD · 1939 FU 1950 GA | |
main-belt · (outer) | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 109.78 yr (40,096 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2088 AU |
Perihelion | 2.9356 AU |
3.0722 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0445 |
5.38 yr (1,967 days) | |
123.47° | |
0° 10m 58.8s / day | |
Inclination | 14.068° |
21.288° | |
236.17° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 45.15 km (IRAS)[3] 52.994±0.428 km[4] |
0.042±0.004[4] | |
10.4[1] | |
1637 Swings, provisional designation 1936 QO, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Joseph Hunaerts in 1936, it was named after Belgian astronomer Pol Swings.
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