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
2011-11-29 14:13:24 C 00 02 28.10 +47 58 35.2 r 168
2011-11-29 14:14:25 C 00 02 27.51 +47 58 33.2 r 168
2011-11-29 14:15:25 C 00 02 26.94 +47 58 31.2 r 168
2011-11-29 18:08:47 C 00 00 11.54 +47 50 44.0 u A81
2011-11-29 19:20:47 C 23 59 28.93 +47 48 13.6 u A81
2011-11-29 20:32:59 C 23 58 46.25 +47 45 39.4 u A81
2011-11-29 21:30:13 C 23 58 12.48 +47 43 35.0 u A81
2011-11-30 16:06:09 C 23 47 24.42 +47 01 14.6 u C73
2011-11-30 16:06:48 C 23 47 24.00 +47 01 12.9 u C73
2011-11-30 16:07:28 C 23 47 23.63 +47 01 11.4 u C73
2011-11-30 16:08:10 C 23 47 23.19 +47 01 09.6 u C73
2011-11-30 16:08:49 C 23 47 22.82 +47 01 08.2 u C73
2011-11-30 16:09:29 C 23 47 22.39 +47 01 06.4 u C73
2011-11-30 16:10:10 C 23 47 22.00 +47 01 04.9 u C73
2011-11-30 16:10:50 C 23 47 21.60 +47 01 03.3 u C73
2011-11-30 16:11:30 C 23 47 21.21 +47 01 01.7 u C73
2011-11-30 16:12:11 C 23 47 20.81 +47 01 00.0 u C73
2011-11-30 16:12:51 C 23 47 20.42 +47 00 58.5 u C73
2011-11-30 16:13:31 C 23 47 20.01 +47 00 56.8 u C73
2011-11-30 16:14:12 C 23 47 19.60 +47 00 55.2 u C73
2011-11-30 16:14:51 C 23 47 19.21 +47 00 53.6 u C73
2011-11-30 16:15:33 C 23 47 18.82 +47 00 52.0 u C73
2011-11-30 16:16:13 C 23 47 18.40 +47 00 50.3 u C73
2011-11-30 16:16:52 C 23 47 18.01 +47 00 48.7 u C73
2011-11-30 16:17:32 C 23 47 17.61 +47 00 47.1 u C73
2011-11-30 20:24:39 C 23 44 50.37 +46 50 33.2 o A92
2011-11-30 20:28:24 C 23 44 48.37 +46 50 24.0 o A92
2011-11-30 20:34:29 C 23 44 44.67 +46 50 08.7 o A92
2011-11-30 20:39:38 C 23 44 41.56 +46 49 54.9 o A92
2011-11-30 20:45:25 C 23 44 38.07 +46 49 39.0 o A92
2011-11-30 20:50:00 C 23 44 35.38 +46 49 28.1 o A92
2011-11-30 20:57:18 C 23 44 31.12 +46 49 09.2 o A92
2011-11-30 21:02:43 C 23 44 27.89 +46 48 55.8 o A92
2011-11-30 21:08:41 C 23 44 24.37 +46 48 40.1 o A92
2011-11-30 21:18:30 C 23 44 18.57 +46 48 15.5 o A92
2011-12-04 03:03:48 C 22 58 54.17 +42 41 53.4 15.2 c 704
2011-12-04 03:22:37 C 22 58 43.10 +42 40 41.3 15.2 c 704
2011-12-04 03:41:21 C 22 58 32.09 +42 39 28.3 15.0 c 704
2011-12-04 04:00:05 C 22 58 21.11 +42 38 15.2 15.0 c 704
2011-12-04 04:18:52 C 22 58 10.17 +42 37 01.7 15.0 c 704
2011-12-05 18:26:20 C 22 36 35.35 +39 58 11.6 d B66
2011-12-05 19:34:25 C 22 35 56.80 +39 53 04.0 d B66
2011-12-07 18:38:19 C 22 10 29.48 +36 05 35.6 u A81
2011-12-07 19:11:15 C 22 10 11.92 +36 02 43.8 u A81
2011-12-07 20:01:23 C 22 09 45.29 +35 58 21.3 u A81
2011-12-07 20:29:08 C 22 09 30.62 +35 55 55.6 u A81
2011-12-17 17:34:50 C 20 27 49.01 +12 33 05.3 d B66
2011-12-17 18:39:41 C 20 27 26.67 +12 26 42.2 d B66
2012-05-18 18:37:41 C 23 16 54.80 -03 17 05.3 r E12
2012-05-18 18:52:18 C 23 16 55.30 -03 16 59.7 r E12
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)