132524 APL

132524 APL

The two "spots" in this image are two images of asteroid 2002 JF56 taken on June 11 (bottom, at a distance of 3.36 million kilometers) and June 12, 2006 (the top, taken at 1.34 million kilometers)
Discovery
Discovered by	Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team
Discovery site	Socorro
Designations
MPC designation	132524
Alternative names	2002 JF56
Minor planet category	Main-belt asteroid
Orbital characteristics
Aphelion	3.3121454 ± 1.0168e-07 AU
Perihelion	1.8992325 ± 2.3211e-07 AU
Semi-major axis	2.60568901 ± 7.9994e-08 AU
Eccentricity	.27112079 ± 9.8728e-08
Orbital period	4.21 yr 1536.32217 d
Mean anomaly	195.08567 ± 7.0352e-05°
Inclination	4.16169 ± 3.309e-05°
Longitude of ascending node	51.7694 ± 0.00014874°
Longitude of periastron	262.1769 ± 0.0001653°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	1.15 km
Spectral type	S

132524 APL (previously known by its provisional designation, 2002 JF₅₆) is a small asteroid about 2.3 kilometers across visited by the New Horizons probe, which passed it at about 101,867 km at 04:05 UTC on June 13, 2006. The spectra obtained by New Horizons shows that APL is an S-type asteroid.

Alan Stern, principal investigator for New Horizons, named the asteroid in reference to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, which runs the mission.

Further reading

• Olkin, Catherine B.; Reuter; Lunsford; Binzel; Stern; et al. (2006). "The New Horizons Distant Flyby of Asteroid 2002 JF56". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 38: 597. Bibcode:2006DPS....38.5922O. 

External links

• 132524 APL at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters