(8247) Cherylhall Outer Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 September 1979 by S. J. Bus at Palomar.

Cheryl L. Hall (b. 1945) served the planetary science community from 1987 to 2012 at Cornell University as a Manuscript Editor for Icarus, an international journal of solar system studies. She facilitated publication of advances in all areas of planetary science, including minor-planet studies.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Cherylhall is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Cherylhall is 2.92 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	8247
Provisional designation	1979 SP14
Orbit class	Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	14.7 km (#3,216 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0980
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.6
Orbital period	5.78 years
Semi-major axis	3.22 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.90 – 3.54 au
Eccentricity	0.0985
Inclination	2.71°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.91 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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