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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1 General
2 Citation from the MPCs
3 Orbital Diagram
4 See also

[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. †.