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2984 Chaucer
Main-belt asteroid
Main-belt asteroid
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| minorplanet | yes |
| name | 2984 Chaucer |
| background | #D6D6D6 |
| discovery_ref | |
| discovered | 30 December 1981 |
| discoverer | E. Bowell |
| discovery_site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| mpc_name | (2984) Chaucer |
| alt_names | 1981 YD1963 FB |
| 1971 FZ | |
| 1971 JA | |
| named_after | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| mp_category | main-belt |
| orbit_ref | |
| epoch | 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) |
| uncertainty | 0 |
| observation_arc | 63.53 yr (23,204 days) |
| aphelion | 2.8025 AU |
| perihelion | 2.1380 AU |
| semimajor | 2.4702 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1345 |
| period | 3.88 yr (1,418 days) |
| mean_anomaly | 37.757° |
| mean_motion | / day |
| inclination | 3.0533° |
| asc_node | 81.815° |
| arg_peri | 46.551° |
| dimensions | |
| 27.2 km | |
| albedo | |
| 0.10 | |
| abs_magnitude | 13.1 |
| single_temperature | ~ 177 K |
1971 FZ 1971 JA 27.2 km 0.10
2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated , is a main-belt asteroid, which was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 30 December 1981.
It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), the medieval English poet.
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