2984 Chaucer
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1981 |
| Designations | |
Named after | Geoffrey Chaucer |
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1963 FB; 1965 UK1; 1971 FZ; 1971 JA; 1981 YD | |
| Main belt (Nysa) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 14 July 2004 (JD 2453200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 419.096 Gm (2.801 AU) |
| Perihelion | 320.030 Gm (2.139 AU) |
| 369.563 Gm (2.470 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.134 |
| 1418.218 d (3.88 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 18.95 km/s |
| 258.692° | |
| Inclination | 3.053° |
| 81.857° | |
| 46.876° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.2 km |
| Mass | 2.1×1016 kg |
Mean density | 2.0 g/cm³ |
| 0.0076 m/s² | |
| 0.0144 km/s | |
| ? d | |
| Albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~177 K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 13.1 | |
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2984 Chaucer is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1981. It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer, the medieval English poet.
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