Asteroid 8237, Constable, was discovered on October 17, 1960 by C. J. van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Tom Gehrels in the Palomar-Leiden Survey. It has a period of 3 years, 128 days.
It was named for the prominent English painter John Constable (1776-1837), known mainly for his landscapes painted directly from nature.
Self-portrait (1806) by John Constable
The meaning of asteroid Constable, according to Henk Middleraad is: police; another possibility could be depicting or attempting to depict the ordinary with appreciation/vividness (as John Constable did in his paintings).