2984 Chaucer, provisionally designated , is a
main-belt asteroid
An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere.
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, 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
Geoffrey Chaucer (; – 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for ''The Canterbury Tales''. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He wa ...
(1343–1400), the
medieval English poet.
References
External links
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
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Named minor planets
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