(8624) Kaleycuoco Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 March 1981 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring.
American actress Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting (b. 1985) portrays Penny in the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Kaleycuoco is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kaleycuoco is 3.10 au from the Sun and 4.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8624 |
| Provisional designation | 1981 ES9 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.50 km (#5,412 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0850 |
| Rotation period | 8.35 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.94 |
| Orbital period | 5.64 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.17 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.07 – 3.26 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0301 |
| Inclination | 9.04° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 1 March 1981
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- (3016) Meuse
- (3029) Sanders
- (3030) Vehrenberg
- (3042) Zelinsky
- (3058) Delmary
- (3075) Bornmann
- (3135) Lauer
- (3308) Ferreri
- (3472) Upgren
- (3498) Belton
- (3503) Brandt