(66934) Kalalova Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 November 1999 by Ticha, J., Tichy, M. at Klet.

Vlasta Kálalová-Di Lotti (1896-1971), a Czech physician interested in tropical diseases and entomology, came from the southern Bohemian town of Bernartice. In 1925, she founded a hospital in Baghdad (Mustausaf Cechoslovak), with a special focus on health services for women.Naming citation (20050721/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kalalova is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kalalova is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number66934
Provisional designation1999 WF1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.51 km (#11,605 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.262
Absolute magnitude (H)14.03
Orbital period3.81 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.18 – 2.70 au
Eccentricity0.105
Inclination6.14°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.21 au

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

Also discovered on 26 November 1999

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