132524 APL

Summary

132524 APL is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #17 of 4,107).^[2]

Key Facts

• 132524 APL is credited with the discovery of Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research^[3].
• 132524 APL's image is recorded as Asteroid 2002 JF56.jpg^[4].
• 132524 APL's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].
• 132524 APL's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Socorro^[6].
• 132524 APL's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Experimental Test Site^[7].
• Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is named after 132524 APL^[8].
• 132524 APL's follows is recorded as (132523) 2002 JF55^[9].
• 132524 APL's followed by is recorded as (132525) 2002 JV57^[10].
• 132524 APL's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[11].
• 132524 APL's Commons category is recorded as 132524 APL^[12].
• 132524 APL's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[13].
• 132524 APL's provisional designation is recorded as 2002 JF56^[14].
• 132524 APL's catalog code is recorded as 2002 JF56^[15].
• 132524 APL's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2002-05-09T00:00:00Z^[16].
• 132524 APL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dwns3^[17].
• 132524 APL's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20132524^[18].
• 132524 APL's asteroid spectral type is recorded as S-type asteroid^[19].
• 132524 APL's significant event is recorded as naming^[20].
• 132524 APL's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2737'}^[21].
• 132524 APL's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2748508552127085'}^[22].
• 132524 APL's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+19.71'}^[23].
• 132524 APL's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.4'}^[24].
• 132524 APL's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+15.51'}^[25].
• 132524 APL's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.151'}^[26].
• 132524 APL's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+4.146432304397846'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

132524 APL's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[5].

History and Context

132524 APL's catalog code is recorded as 2002 JF56^[15]. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is named after it^[8].

Why It Matters

132524 APL ranks in the top 0.41% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74 views/month, #17 of 4,107).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]