8710 Hawley is a Main belt

Asteroid belt

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 asteroid

Asteroid

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 discovered by Charles de Saint-Aignan at Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory

Lowell Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Lowell Observatory was established in 1894, placing it among the oldest observatories in the United States, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965....

, examining films taken at Palomar

Palomar Observatory

Palomar Observatory is a privately owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, southeast of Pasadena's Mount Wilson Observatory, in the Palomar Mountain Range. At approximately elevation, it is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology...

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Citation from the MPCs

Named in honor of the discoverer's friend and mentor, Walter N. Hawley, a physics and astronomy teacher at Saint Paul's School

St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)

St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...

 in Concord, New Hampshire

Concord, New Hampshire

The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....

. 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. .

Orbital diagram

This orbital diagram is courtesy of the JPL Small-Body Database Browser

See also

• Asteroid belt
  Asteroid belt
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Category:Asteroid groups and families
Category:Asteroids

• List of asteroids
• List of asteroids named after important people
• List of asteroids named after places
• List of notable asteroids
• Meanings of asteroid names
  Meanings of asteroid names
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• Minor planet
  Minor planet
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• Minor Planet Center
  Minor Planet Center
  The Minor Planet Center operates at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory , which is part of the Center for Astrophysics along with the Harvard College Observatory ....
  
  
• Pronunciation of asteroid names
  Pronunciation of asteroid names
  This page alphabetically lists the first thousand asteroids to be numbered, which are mostly in the main belt.See also Pronunciation of Trojan asteroids.-A:...