2984 Chaucer
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 2984 Chaucer
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discovered = 30 December 1981
| discoverer = E. Bowell
| discovery_site = Anderson Mesa Stn.
| mpc_name = (2984) Chaucer
| alt_names = 1981 YD{{·}}1963 FB
{{mp|1965 UK|1}}{{·}}1971 FZ
1971 JA
| named_after = Geoffrey Chaucer
| mp_category = main-belt
| 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 = {{Deg2DMS|0.2539|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 3.0533°
| asc_node = 81.815°
| arg_peri = 46.551°
| dimensions = {{val|15.422|0.078}}
27.2 km{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
| rotation =
| albedo = {{val|0.045|0.006}}
0.10{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
| spectral_type =
| abs_magnitude = 13.1
| single_temperature = ~ 177 K{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
}}
2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated {{mp|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.
References
{{reflist|refs=
|type = 2017-03-29 last obs.
|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2984 Chaucer (1981 YD)
|url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2002984
|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 14 June 2017}}
|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2984) Chaucer
|last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D.
|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page=246
|date=2003
|isbn=978-3-540-29925-7
|doi=10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2985
|chapter = (2984) Chaucer}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|first3 = A. K. |last3 = Mainzer
|first4 = C. R. |last4 = Nugent
|first5 = J. M. |last5 = Bauer
|first6 = R. |last6 = Stevenson
|first7 = S. |last7 = Sonnett
|date = August 2014
|title = Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 791
|issue = 2
|page = 11
|bibcode = 2014ApJ...791..121M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
|arxiv = 1406.6645
|s2cid = 119293330 |access-date= 14 June 2017}}
}}
External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
- {{AstDys|2984}}
- {{JPL small body}}
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