8710 Hawley

8710 Hawley

Discovery
Discovered by	Charles de Saint-Aignan
Discovery date	May 15, 1994
Designations
Alternative names	1994 JK9
Minor planet category	Main belt
Orbital characteristics
Epoch September 22, 2006 (JD 2454000.5)
Aphelion	3.026 AU
Perihelion	2.195 AU
Semi-major axis	2.611 AU
Eccentricity	0.159
Orbital period	1541.15 d (4.22 a)
Average orbital speed	unknown
Mean anomaly	347.368°
Inclination	15.166°
Longitude of ascending node	78.532°
Argument of perihelion	133.384°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	unknown
Mass	unknown
Mean density	unknown
Surface gravity	unknown
Escape velocity	unknown
Rotation period	unknown
Albedo	unknown
Temperature	unknown
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.9

8710 Hawley is a Main belt asteroid discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory, examining films taken at Palomar.

Citation from the MPCs

Named in honor of the discoverer's friend and mentor, Walter N. Hawley, a physics and astronomy teacher at Saint Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He is also the director of the Saint Paul's Astronomy Center, an observatory of unequaled quality at the high-school level. Hawley has observed the night sky with his students since 1972, acquainting them with such wonders as the Aurora Borealis and Messier Objects, as well as lesser wonders, such as Murphy's Law---and frostbite. †.

Orbital diagram

This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser

See also

• Asteroid belt
• Category:Asteroid groups and families
• Category:Asteroids
• List of asteroids
• List of asteroids named after important people
• List of asteroids named after places
• List of notable asteroids
• Meanings of asteroid names
• Minor planet
• Minor Planet Center
• Pronunciation of asteroid names