23663 Kalou

Summary

23663 Kalou is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 23663 Kalou is credited with the discovery of Michel Meunier^[3].
• 23663 Kalou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 23663 Kalou's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Arbonne-la-Forêt^[5].
• 23663 Kalou's follows is recorded as 23662 Jozankei^[6].
• 23663 Kalou's followed by is recorded as (23664) 1997 EP25^[7].
• 23663 Kalou's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[8].
• 23663 Kalou's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[9].
• 23663 Kalou's provisional designation is recorded as 1997 EG18^[10].
• 23663 Kalou's provisional designation is recorded as 1999 VS223^[11].
• 23663 Kalou's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1997-03-10T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 23663 Kalou's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y5bsf^[13].
• 23663 Kalou's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20023663^[14].
• 23663 Kalou's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06'}^[16].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0619760'}^[17].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.06387476637505488'}^[18].
• 23663 Kalou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.0'}^[19].
• 23663 Kalou's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.12'}^[20].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.08327'}^[21].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+7.086627993721493'}^[22].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+3.7'}^[23].
• 23663 Kalou's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1351.861203224367'}^[24].
• 23663 Kalou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.85807'}^[25].
• 23663 Kalou's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+128.8260547596614'}^[26].
• 23663 Kalou's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.3926624'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

23663 Kalou's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

Why It Matters

23663 Kalou ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]