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'''132524 APL''' (previously known by its provisional designation, '''{{mp|2002 JF|56}}''') 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]]. |
'''132524 APL''' (previously known by its provisional designation, '''{{mp|2002 JF|56}}''') 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]]. |
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[[Alan Stern]], principal investigator for New Horizons, named the asteroid in reference to the [[Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab]], which runs the mission.<ref name=mpml>{{Cite news | title = APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab | last = Buckley | first = Michael | date = [[2007-03-05]] | publisher = The JHU Gazette | url = http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/05mar07/05aplroc.html}}</ref> |
[[Alan Stern]], principal investigator for New Horizons, named the asteroid in reference to the [[Applied Physics Laboratory|Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab]], which runs the mission.<ref name=mpml>{{Cite news | title = APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab | last = Buckley | first = Michael | date = [[2007-03-05]] | publisher = The JHU Gazette | url = http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2007/05mar07/05aplroc.html|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5gQKbZW04|archivedate=2009-04-30|deadurl=no|accessdate=2009-04-20}}</ref> |
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==Further reading== |
==Further reading== |
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Revision as of 17:28, 30 April 2009
 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[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Designations | |
Designation | 132524 |
| 2002 JF56 | |
| Main-belt Asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Aphelion | 3.3121454 ± 1.0168e-07 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8992325 ± 2.3211e-07 AU |
| 2.60568901 ± 7.9994e-08 AU | |
| Eccentricity | .27112079 ± 9.8728e-08 |
| 1536.32217 d 4.21 yr | |
| 195.08567 ± 7.0352e-05° | |
| Inclination | 4.16169 ± 3.309e-05° |
| 51.7694 ± 0.00014874° | |
| 262.1769 ± 0.0001653° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.15 km | |
Spectral type | S[3] |
| 15.107 | |
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.[4]
Further reading
- Olkin, Catherine B. "The New Horizons Distant Flyby of Asteroid 2002 JF56". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 38: 597.
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References
- ^ Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- ^ 132524 APL at the JPL Small-Body Database
- ^ CBET 547
- ^ Buckley, Michael (2007-03-05). "APL Rocks! Asteroid Named After JHU Applied Physics Lab". The JHU Gazette. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
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External links
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