2984 Chaucer

2984 Chaucer is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1981. It is named after Geoffrey Chaucer, the medieval English poet.

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Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

    Now welcom, somer, with thy sonne softe,
    That hast this wintres wedres overshake,
    And driven away the longe nyghtes blake.
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)