8347 Lallaward
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Discovery and designation
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Discovered by | C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker |
Discovery site | Palomar |
Discovery date | April 21, 1987 |
Designations
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MPC designation | 8347 |
Alternative names[1] | 1987 HK |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Ap | 2.7780117 |
Peri | 2.3352695 |
Eccentricity | 0.0865867 |
Orbital period | 1493.1483157 |
Mean anomaly | 0.37519 |
Inclination | 1.05238 |
Longitude of ascending node | 312.97297 |
Argument of peri | 339.82413 |
Absolute magnitude | 13.5 |
8347 Lallaward (1987 HK) is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on April 21, 1987 by C. S. Shoemaker and E. M. Shoemaker at Palomar. It was named in honor of Lalla Ward, an actress best known for her role as Romana in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is married to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins.
[edit] External links
- NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 8347 Lallaward