2981 Chagall

2981 Chagall

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	S. J. Bus
Discovery site	Siding Spring Obs.
Discovery date	2 March 1981
Designations
MPC designation	2981 Chagall
Named after	Marc Chagall[2]
Alternative names	1981 EE20 · 1954 LF 1977 RN3
Minor planet category	main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	22340 days (61.16 yr)
Aphelion	3.6889 AU (551.85 Gm)
Perihelion	2.6123 AU (390.79 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.1506 AU (471.32 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.17085
Orbital period	5.59 yr (2042.6 d)
Mean anomaly	346.60°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 34.464^s / day
Inclination	0.86544°
Longitude of ascending node	185.88°
Argument of perihelion	98.983°
Earth MOID	1.59441 AU (238.520 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.46498 AU (219.158 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.185
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	0.11232 h
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.5

2981 Chagall, provisionally designated 1981 EE₂₀, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 2, 1981 by American astronomer Schelte Bus at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

The asteroid was named after the Russian-French painter Marc Chagall (1887–1985).^[2]

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2981 Chagall (1981 EE20)" (2015-08-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2981) Chagall. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 245. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.

• Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• 2981 Chagall at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters