2984 Chaucer
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1981 |
| Designations | |
| (2984) Chaucer | |
Named after | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 1981 YD · 1963 FB 1965 UK1 · 1971 FZ 1971 JA | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.53 yr (23,204 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8025 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1380 AU |
| 2.4702 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1345 |
| 3.88 yr (1,418 days) | |
| 37.757° | |
| 0° 15m 14.04s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.0533° |
| 81.815° | |
| 46.551° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 15.422±0.078 27.2 km |
| 0.045±0.006 0.10 | |
| Temperature | ~ 177 K |
| 13.1 | |
2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated 1981 YD, 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.