(8347) Lallaward Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 April 1987 by Shoemaker, C. S., Shoemaker, E. M. at Palomar.
Lalla Ward (b. 1951) is a British stage, film and TV actress and artist. She played Ophelia in the BBC TV production of Hamlet (1980) and is best known for her work as Romana, a companion of the Doctor in the British TV series Doctor Who. She is the wife of writer Richard Dawkins.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #13, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Lallaward is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Lallaward is 2.77 au from the Sun and 3.02 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8347 |
| Provisional designation | 1987 HK |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.41 km (#9,872 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.219 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.95 |
| Orbital period | 4.09 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.56 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.34 – 2.77 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0838 |
| Inclination | 1.05° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.33 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.