5143 Heracles (1991 VL)

NEO ⇩ IMP ⇩ COV ★ EPH ⇩ OBS ⇩ Radar ⇩ Gaia
Orbital Elements
Epoch (TDB)2025-11-21 (JD 2461000.5)
Eccentricity (e)0.7711709670 ± 6.95e-09
Semi-major axis (a)1.8347564263 AU ± 8.81e-10
Inclination (i)8.97896809° ± 6.58e-07
Long. of Asc. Node (Ω)309.09682018° ± 6.17e-06
Arg. of Perihelion (ω)228.20701038° ± 5.99e-06
Mean Anomaly (M)204.11730697° ± 8.55e-07
Mean Motion (n)0.3965926397°/day ± 2.86e-10
Perihelion dist (q)0.41984554 AU ± 1.28e-08
Aphelion dist (Q)3.24966731 AU ± 1.28e-08
Orbital Period2.48523594 yr ± 1.79e-09
Physical Parameters
H (abs. magnitude)14.04
G (slope)0.15
Orbit Solution
SourceIAA
Solution Date2026-05-31
RMS Residual0.196″
Uncertainty0
Orbit TypeApollo
MOID0.057437 AU
Observations Used4548
Radar Obs Used1
Gaia Obs Used175
Oppositions38
Arc Total1953-2026
First Observation Used1953-11-30
Last Observation Used2026-01-01
Observations (4888)
Date Type RA Dec Mag Band Observatory
2008-10-26 05:30:18 C 23 47 54.17 +11 23 42.1 18.5 c 704
2008-10-26 05:46:50 C 23 47 53.43 +11 23 35.6 18.6 c 704
2008-10-26 07:43:45 C 23 47 48.16 +11 22 52.9 o G58
2008-10-26 07:51:24 C 23 47 47.93 +11 22 48.4 o G58
2008-10-26 07:59:04 C 23 47 47.48 +11 22 45.6 o G58
2008-10-28 03:13:56 C 23 45 56.60 +11 06 58.2 18.2 c 704
2008-10-28 03:31:58 C 23 45 55.84 +11 06 51.4 18.4 c 704
2008-10-28 03:48:40 C 23 45 55.13 +11 06 45.5 18.6 c 704
2008-10-28 04:05:20 C 23 45 54.40 +11 06 39.4 18.6 c 704
2008-10-28 04:22:03 C 23 45 53.67 +11 06 33.5 18.5 c 704
2008-10-30 01:29:55 C 23 44 03.01 +10 50 17.8 c H61
2008-10-30 01:58:59 C 23 44 01.92 +10 50 05.3 c H61
2008-10-30 02:15:40 C 23 44 01.12 +10 49 59.5 c H61
2008-10-30 23:41:24 C 23 43 10.53 +10 42 22.1 c H61
2008-10-31 00:45:17 C 23 43 08.08 +10 41 59.3 c H61
2008-10-31 02:00:31 C 23 43 05.05 +10 41 32.3 c H61
2008-11-03 04:24:07 C 23 40 19.68 +10 15 38.8 18.4 c 704
2008-11-03 05:16:48 C 23 40 17.75 +10 15 20.4 18.6 c 704
2008-11-03 05:33:38 C 23 40 17.13 +10 15 14.4 18.9 c 704
2008-11-05 21:35:48 C 23 38 07.76 +09 53 43.8 r B67
2008-11-05 21:42:35 C 23 38 07.52 +09 53 41.4 r B67
2008-11-05 21:49:28 C 23 38 07.33 +09 53 39.0 r B67
2008-11-07 02:20:48 C 23 37 13.72 +09 44 22.0 r 703
2008-11-07 02:21:40 C 23 37 13.69 +09 44 21.5 r 703
2008-11-07 02:37:31 C 23 37 13.18 +09 44 16.8 r 703
2008-11-07 02:38:24 C 23 37 13.18 +09 44 16.5 r 703
2008-11-07 02:54:14 C 23 37 12.72 +09 44 11.5 r 703
2008-11-07 02:55:06 C 23 37 12.61 +09 44 10.6 r 703
2008-11-07 03:10:59 C 23 37 12.14 +09 44 06.1 r 703
2008-11-07 03:11:51 C 23 37 12.10 +09 44 05.9 r 703
2008-11-07 22:02:10 C 23 36 37.83 +09 38 02.2 v 204
2008-11-07 22:34:28 C 23 36 36.85 +09 37 51.8 v 204
2008-11-07 23:43:24 C 23 36 34.78 +09 37 29.6 v 204
2008-11-21 03:15:21 C 23 29 44.25 +08 09 53.2 18.7 c 704
2008-11-21 03:34:08 C 23 29 43.91 +08 09 48.1 18.9 c 704
2008-11-21 03:52:18 C 23 29 43.68 +08 09 43.7 19.2 c 704
2008-11-21 04:10:31 C 23 29 43.44 +08 09 38.3 19.0 c 704
2008-11-21 04:28:50 C 23 29 43.12 +08 09 34.0 18.9 c 704
2008-12-30 01:45:15 C 23 36 26.04 +06 45 01.9 18.8 c 704
2008-12-30 02:02:32 C 23 36 26.52 +06 45 02.0 18.7 c 704
2008-12-30 02:19:42 C 23 36 26.95 +06 45 02.2 19.0 c 704
2008-12-30 02:37:02 C 23 36 27.29 +06 45 03.8 19.3 c 704
2008-12-30 02:44:50 C 23 36 27.54 +06 45 03.7 r 703
2008-12-30 02:53:19 C 23 36 27.79 +06 45 03.6 r 703
2008-12-30 03:01:59 C 23 36 27.97 +06 45 04.3 r 703
2008-12-30 03:10:34 C 23 36 28.22 +06 45 04.8 r 703
2009-09-26 20:30:33 C 16 20 56.36 -23 37 55.7 c J24
2009-09-26 20:34:10 C 16 20 57.14 -23 37 57.1 c J24
2009-09-26 20:37:58 C 16 20 57.97 -23 37 57.9 c J24
2009-12-01 15:12:39 C 19 57 32.48 -19 26 41.2 19.2 o C20
Radar Observations (1)
Epoch (UTC)ValueSigmaUnitsFreq (MHz)ReceiverTransmitter
2016-12-03 14:46:00 163730800.42 4 us 2380 -1 -1
Station codes
-1 Arecibo (305-m, 1963–2020)