_Swings.png) Shape model of Swings from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| 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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