(8710) Hawley Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 May 1994 by C. P. de Saint-Aignan 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.Naming citation (19981005/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hawley is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hawley is 2.75 au from the Sun and 2.62 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8710 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 JK9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.4 km (#4,356 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0470 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 4.22 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.61 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.20 – 3.02 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 15.1° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.22 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 May 1994
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