2985 Shakespeare
| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Edward L. G. Bowell |
| Discovery date | October 12, 1983 |
| Designations | |
Named after | William Shakespeare |
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1962 JJ; 1976 GV; 1978 RY4; 1978 TM3; 1980 BT3; 1983 TV1 | |
| Koronis family | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch July 14, 2004 (JD 2453200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 445.100 Gm (2.975 AU) |
| Perihelion | 406.916 Gm (2.720 AU) |
| 426.008 Gm (2.848 AU) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.045 |
| 1755.241 d (4.81 a) | |
Average orbital speed | 17.65 km/s |
| 190.012° | |
| Inclination | 2.658° |
| 34.467° | |
| 271.099° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×1016 kg |
Mean density | 2 ? g/cm³ |
| ? m/s² | |
| ? km/s | |
| ? d | |
| Albedo | 0.1 ? |
| Temperature | ~165 K |
Spectral type | ? |
| 12.1 | |
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2985 Shakespeare is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983. It is named after William Shakespeare, the English renaissance dramatist and poet.
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