(132524) APL
Asteroid (132524) APL |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.606 AU |
eccentricity | 0.272 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.898 AU - 3.313 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.164 ° |
Sidereal period | 4 a 75 d |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.452 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | ~ 2.5 km |
Absolute brightness | 15.06 mag |
Spectral class | S type |
history | |
Explorer | LINEAR |
Date of discovery | May 9, 2002 |
Another name | 2002 JF56 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(132524) APL (previously known under the provisional designation 2002 JF 56 ) is a small asteroid about 2.5 km in diameter. It was discovered on May 9th, 2002 by the LINEAR sky surveillance in New Mexico , USA .
The New Horizons spacecraft flew past the asteroid at a distance of 101,867 km on its way to the dwarf planet Pluto on June 13, 2006 at 4:05 UTC . The two "points" in the adjacent picture are photos of the asteroid that were taken on June 11 (below, from a distance of 3.36 million kilometers) and on June 12, 2006 (above, from a distance of 1.34 million kilometers) were picked up by the spacecraft.
At the suggestion of Dr. Alan Stern , head of the New Horizons project, in March 2007 the IAU named the asteroid after the “Applied Physics Lab” (APL) at Johns Hopkins University .