| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1981 |
| Designations | |
| (2984) Chaucer | |
Named after | Geoffrey Chaucer[2] |
| 1981 YD · 1963 FB 1965 UK1 · 1971 FZ 1971 JA | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.53 yr (23,204 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8025AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1380 AU |
| 2.4702 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1345 |
| 3.88yr (1,418 days) | |
| 37.757° | |
| 0° 15m 14.04s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.0533° |
| 81.815° | |
| 46.551° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 15.422±0.078[3] 27.2 km[citation needed] |
| 0.045±0.006[3] 0.10[citation needed] | |
| Temperature | ~ 177K[citation needed] |
| 13.1 | |
2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated1981 YD, is amain-beltasteroid, which was discovered by American astronomerEdward Bowell at Lowell'sAnderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 30 December 1981.[1]
It is named afterGeoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400), themedieval English poet.[2]
