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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)
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Discovery[1]
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 132524 |
| Alternate name(s) | 2002 JF56 |
| Minor planet category |
Main-belt asteroid |
| 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° |
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Physical characteristics
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| Mean radius | 1.15 km |
| Spectral type | S[3] |
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]
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