132524 APL
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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) | |
| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Team |
| Discovery site | Socorro |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 132524 |
| 2002 JF56 | |
| Main-belt asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Aphelion |
3.3121454 ± 1.0168e-07 AU |
| Perihelion |
1.8992325 ± 2.3211e-07 AU |
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2.60568901 ± 7.9994e-08 AU | |
| Eccentricity |
.27112079 ± 9.8728e-08 |
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4.21 yr 1536.32217 d | |
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195.08567 ± 7.0352e-05° | |
| Inclination |
4.16169 ± 3.309e-05° |
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51.7694 ± 0.00014874° | |
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262.1769 ± 0.0001653° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.15 km |
Spectral type | S[3] |
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132524 APL (previously known by its provisional designation, 2002 JF56) is a small asteroid about 2.3 kilometers across that was 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 show 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]
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.
Further reading
- Olkin, Catherine B.; Reuter; Lunsford; Binzel; Stern (2006). "The New Horizons Distant Flyby of Asteroid 2002 JF56". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 38: 597. Bibcode:2006DPS....38.5922O.
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