2981 Chagall

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

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 designations	1981 EE20 · 1954 LF 1977 RN3
Minor planet category	main-belt · Themis
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	62.48 yr (22,822 days)
Aphelion	3.6918 AU
Perihelion	2.6122 AU
Semi-major axis	3.1520 AU
Eccentricity	0.1713
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.60 yr (2,044 days)
Mean anomaly	92.248°
Mean motion	0° 10m 33.96s / day
Inclination	0.8657°
Longitude of ascending node	185.87°
Argument of perihelion	99.029°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	15.489±0.617[3]
Synodic rotation period	0.11232 h
Geometric albedo	0.117±0.031[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.5[1]

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