8710 Hawley

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8710 Hawley
Discovery A
Discoverer Charles de Saint-Aignan
Discovery date May 15, 1994
Alternate
designations
B
1994 JK9
Category Main belt
Orbital elements C
Epoch September 22, 2006 (JD 2454000.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.159
Semi-major axis (a) 2.611 AU
Perihelion (q) 2.195 AU
Aphelion (Q) 3.026 AU
Orbital period (P) 1541.15 d (4.22 a)
Mean orbital speed unknown
Inclination (i) 15.166°
Longitude of the
ascending node
(Ω)
78.532°
Argument of
perihelion
(ω)
133.384°
Mean anomaly (M) 347.368°
Physical characteristics D
Dimensions unknown
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface gravity unknown
Escape velocity unknown
Rotation period unknown
Spectral class unknown
Absolute magnitude 13.9
Albedo (geometric) unknown
Mean surface
temperature
unknown
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[edit] General

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

[edit] 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. .

[edit] Orbital Diagram

This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser Image:Hawley Orbit.jpg

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