Kadlu is asteroid #8709 and also known as 1994 JF1. Kadlu was discovered by the American astronomer Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker and the American geologist Eugene Merle Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory. Kadlu belongs to the group Amor and is a Mars-orbit-crosser.

Kadlu is named after a goddess of the mythology of the Inuit. Kadlu originally was a little girl, one of three sisters. Her sisters could be named Ignirtoq and Kweetoo, but I recommend to be not too sure about this because Ignirtoq also is claimed as the name of a male god of light. The three sisters often had to play outdoors because they were so vivid and noisy that it was too much to handle for their parents. The three sisters playing outdoors made friends with Sedna, who could have taught them the one or other thing about nature or supernatural powers, and invented a game, which was to cause thunderstorms. Kweetoo caused lightning by striking stones at each other, Ignirtoq caused rain by urinating, Kadlu caused thunder by jumping on hollow ice and cracking it. So the three girls became weather goddesses. All three sisters together are referred to as the Kadlu too. Only Kadlu is represented in the sky yet, so Kadlu could also refer to the whole group of three sisters. This depends on whether Kadlu’s sisters’ names will be used as names of asteroids too.

Having besides Jupiter also Donar, Taranis, Perun, ǂKá̦gára, or Ukko in the sky obviously still aren’t enough gods of thunder. Kadlu has to be added to this theme. Kadlu is different from Jupiter and his other counterparts in the regard that Kadlu is female. Thus Kadlu rather describes results or preconditions instead of the active drives, which are described by male planets. So Kadlu describes that thunder or some similar big noise is or should be the result of something.