132524 APL

132524 APL
APL seen by New Horizons from 1.3 million kilometers in June 2006
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLINEAR
Discovery siteLincoln Lab ETS
Discovery date9 May 2002
Designations
(132524) APL
Named after
Applied Physics Laboratory
2002 JF56
main-belt[1][2] · (middle)
background[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc27.41 yr (10,012 d)
Aphelion3.3163 AU
Perihelion1.8904 AU
2.6033 AU
Eccentricity0.2738
4.20 yr (1,534 d)
320.13°
0° 14m 4.56s / day
Inclination4.1585°
51.698°
261.87°
Physical characteristics
2.5 km[5]
S[6]
15.3[1][2]

132524 APL (provisional designation 2002 JF56) is a small background asteroid in the intermediate asteroid belt. It was discovered by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research in May 2002,[1] and imaged by the New Horizons space probe on its flyby in June 2006, when it was passing through the asteroid belt. The stony S-type asteroid measures approximately 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter.[5][6]

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