(132524) APL Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 9 May 2002 by LINEAR at Socorro.
APL is the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, developers of numerous space missions, including planetary missions like NEAR to (433) Eros, MESSENGER to Mercury and New Horizons to (134340) Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (20070106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where APL is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: APL is 3.09 au from the Sun and 3.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 132524 |
| Provisional designation | 2002 JF56 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.51 |
| Orbital period | 4.20 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.60 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 3.32 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.276 |
| Inclination | 4.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.875 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.