Asteroid 8709, Kadlu, was discovered on May 14. 1994 by Carolyn S. Shoemaker and Eugene M. Shoemaker at Palomar Mountain Observatory near Pauma Mountain, California. It has a period of 4 years, 8 days.
It was named for the Inuit thunder goddess Kadlu, who, with her sisters Kweetoo and Ignirtoq, was one of the three goddesses responsible for creating thundery weather. She creates thunder by jumping on hollow ice. Originally she was a noisy little girl whose parents told her to play outside.
The meaning of asteroid Kadlu seems to be cold, thunder, "shock and awe," trouble; possibly, what children do when outside adult supervision, child or adolescent culture.