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K2-90
K2-90 (EPIC 210968143) is a K5 dwarf star 134 pc away hosting two confirmed transiting planets found in 2016: K2-90 c, a 1.3-Earth-radius super Earth in a 2.9-day orbit, and K2-90 b, a Neptune-like planet in a 13.7-day orbit.
K2-99
K2-99 (EPIC 212803289) is an 11th-magnitude subgiant in Virgo, about 519 pc away, hosting K2-99 b, a transiting non-inflated warm Jupiter in an eccentric 18.25-day orbit, and K2-99 c, an 8.4-Jupiter-mass giant on a 522-day radial-velocity orbit.
K2016470260 (SOUTH AFRICA) Ltd
K2016470260 (SOUTH AFRICA) Ltd is a South African retailing company, incorporated in 2016 and based in Johannesburg, tied in SEC records to Edcon and Bain Capital.
K21
The K21 is a South Korean amphibious infantry fighting vehicle, in service with the Republic of Korea Army since 2009 and armed with a 40 mm cannon.
K239 Chunmoo
The K239 Chunmoo is a South Korean wheeled multiple launch rocket system built by Hanwha Aerospace, in South Korean service since 2015 and exported to Poland.
K2M
K2M Group Holdings was a Leesburg, Virginia medical device company making spinal implants for complex and minimally invasive spine surgery, acquired by Stryker in 2018 for $1.4 billion.
K3 Aquarius
K3 Aquarius Fund IV LP is a Cayman Islands venture capital fund managed by Meng Xiong Kuok and Zheng Xiang Chan that closed at $119.5 million in 2024.
K3 surface
A K3 surface, also called a K3 manifold, is a compact complex surface with trivial canonical bundle and vanishing irregularity, making it a two-dimensional Calabi-Yau manifold central to string theory.
K3 tank
The K3 tank, also called the NG-MBT, is a next-generation main battle tank under development by South Korea's Hyundai Rotem as successor to the K2 Black Panther.
K31
The K31, or Karabiner 31, is a Swiss straight-pull bolt-action carbine chambered in 7.5×55mm Swiss that served as the Swiss Army's standard rifle from 1933 to 1958.
K3s
K3s is a lightweight, CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution packaged as a single binary under 100 MB, announced by Rancher Labs in 2019 for edge computing and IoT.
K5 Global Technology
K5 Global Technology is a Miami Beach, Florida venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Michael Kives and Bryan Baum, investing from early stage to pre-IPO.
K5 Hs Holdco
K5 HS HoldCo is a Delaware venture capital fund based in Miami Beach, Florida, managed by K5 HS GP, the investment vehicle of Michael Kives and Bryan Baum.
K5 Tech
K5 Tech is a Miami Beach, Florida venture capital fund manager whose funds began filing with the SEC in 2024, run by Bryan Baum and Michael Kives.
k6 (software)
k6 is an open-source load testing tool by Load Impact, released in 2017, written in Go and scripted in JavaScript to test APIs, microservices, and websites.
K9 Thunder
The K9 Thunder, also known as the K-9 self-propelled howitzer, is a South Korean tracked 155 mm self-propelled howitzer in production since 1999 and exported to seven countries.
Kà
KÀ (Kà) is a Cirque du Soleil resident show directed by Robert Lepage at the MGM Grand Las Vegas; announced 2002, opened 2005, costing about 165 million USD, with a pivoting mobile stage platform.
KA (film)
KA (క) is a 2024 Telugu period mystery thriller directed by debutants Sujeeth and Sandeep, starring Kiran Abbavaram as a letter-reading postman; released 31 October 2024, grossed ₹50 crore, streamed on ETV Win.
Ka band
Ka band is the portion of the microwave spectrum used for satellite communications, spanning roughly 27-40 GHz, offering wide bandwidth and small antennas but suffering heavy rain fade.
Ka Mate
Ka Mate: famous Māori haka composed in the 1820s by Ngāti Toa chief Te Rauparaha after escaping enemies by hiding in a kumara pit; ceremonial haka taparahi performed by the All Blacks, protected as Ngāti Toa taonga by the 2014 Attribution Act.
Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi
Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi, known in English as Hawaiian Antiquities, is an 1838 Hawaiian-language account of pre-Christian Hawaiian life, cosmology, and government attributed to Davida Malo.
Ka Moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele
Ka Moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele is a Hawaiian epic telling how Hiʻiaka, youngest sister of the goddess Pele, journeys to Kauaʻi to fetch Pele's lover Lohiʻau.
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (The Independent Newspaper) was a Hawaiian-language weekly published in Honolulu from 1861 to 1927 by Henry Martyn Whitney, the longest-running Hawaiian-language newspaper and a central archive of Native Hawaiian writing.
Ka Pae Ranasingam (கா பே ரணசிங்கம்)
Ka Pae Ranasingam (க/பெ ரணசிங்கம்) is a 2020 Tamil political drama, P. Virumandi's directorial debut, starring Aishwarya Rajesh and Vijay Sethupathi; released October 2, 2020 on Zee Plex pay-per-view at Rs 199.
Ka statue of Hor
The Ka statue of Hor is a wooden ka statue of the 13th Dynasty king Hor Awibre, found at Dahshur in 1894 and now in Cairo.
Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End
Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Struggle Without End is a 1990 history of New Zealand from a Māori perspective by Ranginui Walker, revised in 2004 with chapters covering 1990 onward.
Ka Ying Rising
Ka Ying Rising (嘉應高昇), NZ-bred 2020 gelding by Shamexpress trained by David Hayes in Hong Kong, record 22 wins from 24 starts, two Hong Kong Sprints, The Everest 2025, and a Hong Kong-record 18+ consecutive wins.
Ka-Bar
Ka-Bar is an American knife brand founded in Olean, New York, in 1898, best known for the USMC Fighting/Utility Knife it supplied in World War II.
Ka-Nefer-Nefer
Ka-Nefer-Nefer was a 19th Dynasty Egyptian noblewoman whose funerary mask, excavated at Saqqara in 1952, is held by the Saint Louis Art Museum amid an unresolved repatriation dispute with Egypt.
Ka-priest
A ka-priest (Egyptian ḥm-k3, "ka-servant") maintained the funerary cult of a dead person in ancient Egypt, performing offerings of bread, water, beer, and meat before the deceased's statue.