# 2981 Chagall

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{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
 | minorplanet     = yes
 | name            = 2981 Chagall
 | background      = #D6D6D6
 | image           = 
 | image_size      = 
 | caption         = 
 | discovery_ref   = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | discovered      = 2 March 1981
 | discoverer      = [S. J. Bus](/source/Schelte_Bus)
 | discovery_site  = [Siding Spring Obs.](/source/Siding_Spring_Observatory)
 | mpc_name        = (2981) Chagall
 | alt_names       = {{mp|1981 EE|20}}{{·}}1954 LF<br />{{mp|1977 RN|3}}
 | named_after     = [Marc Chagall](/source/Marc_Chagall)<ref name="springer" />
 | mp_category     = [main-belt](/source/main-belt){{·}}[Themis](/source/Themis_family)
 | orbit_ref       = <ref name="jpldata" />
 | epoch           = 4 September 2017 ([JD](/source/Julian_day) 2458000.5)
 | uncertainty     = 0
 | observation_arc = 62.48 yr (22,822 days)
 | aphelion        = 3.6918 [AU](/source/Astronomical_unit)
 | perihelion      = 2.6122 AU
 | semimajor       = 3.1520 AU
 | eccentricity    = 0.1713
 | period          = 5.60 [yr](/source/Julian_year_(astronomy)) (2,044 days)
 | mean_anomaly    = 92.248[°](/source/Degree_(angle))
 | mean_motion     = {{Deg2DMS|0.1761|sup=ms}} / day
 | inclination     = 0.8657°
 | asc_node        = 185.87°
 | arg_peri        = 99.029°
 | dimensions      = {{val|15.489|0.617}}<ref name="Masiero-2011" />
 | rotation        = 0.11232 [h](/source/hour)
 | albedo          = {{val|0.117|0.031}}<ref name="Masiero-2011" />
 | spectral_type   = 
 | abs_magnitude   = 12.5<ref name="jpldata" />
}}

'''2981 Chagall''', provisionally designated {{mp|1981 EE|20}}, is a Themistian [asteroid](/source/asteroid) from the [asteroid belt](/source/asteroid_belt), discovered on 2 March 1981 by American astronomer [Schelte Bus](/source/Schelte_Bus) at [Siding Spring Observatory](/source/Siding_Spring_Observatory) in New South Wales, Australia.<ref name="jpldata" />

The asteroid was named after the Russian-French painter [Marc Chagall](/source/Marc_Chagall) (1887–1985).<ref name="springer" />

== References ==
{{reflist|30em|refs=

<ref name="jpldata">{{cite web
  |type       = 2016-11-30 last obs.
  |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2981 Chagall (1981 EE20)
  |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2002981
  |publisher=[Jet Propulsion Laboratory](/source/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory)
  |access-date = 15 June 2017}}</ref>

<ref name="springer">{{cite book
  |title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2981) Chagall
  |last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D.
  |publisher=[Springer Berlin Heidelberg](/source/Springer_Berlin_Heidelberg)
  |page=245
  |date=2003
  |isbn=978-3-540-29925-7
  |doi=10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2982
  |chapter = (2981) Chagall}}</ref>

<ref name="Masiero-2011">{{cite journal
  |display-authors = 6
  |first1     = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
  |first2     = A. K. |last2 = Mainzer
  |first3     = T. |last3 = Grav
  |first4     = J. M. |last4 = Bauer
  |first5     = R. M. |last5 = Cutri
  |first6     = J. |last6 = Dailey
  |first7     = P. R. M. |last7 = Eisenhardt
  |first8     = R. S. |last8 = McMillan
  |first9     = T. B. |last9 = Spahr
  |first10    = M. F. |last10 = Skrutskie
  |first11    = D. |last11 = Tholen
  |first12    = R. G. |last12 = Walker
  |first13    = E. L. |last13 = Wright
  |first14    = E. |last14 = DeBaun
  |first15    = D. |last15 = Elsbury
  |first16    = T. IV |last16 = Gautier
  |first17    = S. |last17 = Gomillion
  |first18    = A. |last18 = Wilkins
  |date       = November 2011
  |title      = Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters
  |url        = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...68M
  |journal    = The Astrophysical Journal
  |volume     = 741
  |issue      = 2
  |page       = 20
  |bibcode    = 2011ApJ...741...68M
  |doi        = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
  |arxiv      = 1109.4096
  |access-date= 15 June 2017}}</ref>

}} <!-- end of reflist -->
{{Refbegin}}
* Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
* {{AstDys|2981}}
* {{JPL small body}}

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Category:Discoveries by Schelte J. Bus
Category:Named minor planets
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Category:Marc Chagall

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