Discovered by E. Bowell Discovery date 30 December 1981 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 30 December 1981 Discoverer Edward L. G. Bowell Asteroid family Nysa family | MPC designation 2984 Chaucer Orbital period 1,417 days Orbits Sun | |
Alternative names 1981 YD · 1963 FB1965 UK1 · 1971 FZ1971 JA Similar Asteroid belt, Sun, 135 Hertha | ||
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.
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