2985 Shakespeare

Infobox Planet | discovery=yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=2985 Shakespeare
discoverer=Edward L. G. Bowell
discovered=October 12, 1983
alt_names=1962 JJ; 1976 GV;
1978 RY₄; 1978 TM₃;
1980 BT₃; 1983 TV₁
mp_category=Koronis family
epoch=July 14, 2004 (JD 2453200.5)
semimajor=426.008 Gm (2.848 AU)
perihelion=406.916 Gm (2.720 AU)
aphelion=445.100 Gm (2.975 AU)
eccentricity=0.045
period=1755.241 d (4.81 a)
inclination=2.658°
asc_node=34.467°
arg_peri=271.099°
mean_anomaly=190.012°
avg_speed=17.65 km/s
dimensions=? km
mass=?×10¹⁶ kg
density=2 ? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
rotation=? d
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=12.1
albedo=0.1 ?
single_temperature=~165 K

2985 Shakespeare is a small main belt asteroid, which was discovered by Edward L. G. Bowell in 1983. It is named after William Shakespeare, the English renaissance dramatist and poet.