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Discovery
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| Discovered by | Charles de Saint-Aignan |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1994 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 1994 JK9 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| 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° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Dimensions | unknown |
| Mass | unknown |
| Mean density | unknown |
| Equatorial 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.
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. †.
This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser
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