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
1997-08-11 02:13:43 C 22 15 42.19 -05 50 10.5 557
1997-08-11 22:22:58 C 22 14 04.71 -05 56 57.9 z 046
1997-08-11 22:27:33 C 22 14 04.34 -05 56 59.6 z 046
1997-08-11 22:30:43 C 22 14 04.08 -05 57 00.4 z 046
1997-08-12 21:37:05 C 22 12 12.31 -06 04 50.1 557
1997-08-12 22:45:08 C 22 12 06.75 -06 05 13.1 557
1997-08-12 23:57:33 C 22 12 00.81 -06 05 37.7 557
1997-08-13 01:00:27 C 22 11 55.68 -06 05 58.7 557
1997-08-13 02:00:24 C 22 11 50.76 -06 06 19.0 557
1997-08-15 00:34:43 C 22 08 06.64 -06 22 07.6 z 118
1997-08-15 00:43:45 C 22 08 05.89 -06 22 10.6 z 118
1997-08-27 00:51:13 C 21 46 17.38 -07 57 17.5 z 118
1997-08-27 00:55:20 C 21 46 17.09 -07 57 18.9 z 118
1997-08-31 21:34:26 C 21 38 29.93 -08 32 27.5 z 118
1997-08-31 21:44:34 C 21 38 29.27 -08 32 30.3 z 118
1997-09-08 21:54:20 C 21 27 27.27 -09 23 40.6 z 118
1997-09-08 22:04:40 C 21 27 26.73 -09 23 43.1 z 118
1997-09-09 09:49:17 C 21 26 50.86 -09 26 29.2 18.0 625
1997-09-09 10:42:17 C 21 26 48.10 -09 26 41.9 17.9 625
1997-09-24 19:52:35 C 21 12 52.81 -10 36 40.9 z 118
1997-09-24 19:56:38 C 21 12 52.74 -10 36 41.7 z 118
1997-09-25 19:28:33 C 21 12 17.83 -10 39 55.9 z 046
1997-09-25 19:34:45 C 21 12 17.67 -10 39 56.5 z 046
1997-09-25 19:37:44 C 21 12 17.61 -10 39 56.9 z 046
1997-09-28 19:20:50 C 21 10 44.17 -10 48 57.3 z 118
1997-09-28 19:25:54 C 21 10 44.06 -10 48 58.2 z 118
1998-09-19 07:45:01 C 00 21 30.11 +14 20 15.4 c 699
1998-09-19 08:20:44 C 00 21 28.22 +14 20 06.5 c 699
1998-09-19 08:54:29 C 00 21 26.46 +14 19 58.9 c 699
1998-09-25 09:04:50 C 00 13 49.52 +13 42 25.0 a 699
1998-09-25 09:40:34 C 00 13 47.51 +13 42 15.2 a 699
1998-09-25 10:16:22 C 00 13 45.59 +13 42 03.2 a 699
1998-10-18 02:04:55 C 23 45 32.83 +10 42 18.9 18.8 a 704
1998-10-18 03:02:21 C 23 45 30.09 +10 41 59.5 18.7 a 704
1998-10-18 03:31:27 C 23 45 28.73 +10 41 50.6 19.2 a 704
1998-10-18 04:00:11 C 23 45 27.34 +10 41 40.0 18.6 a 704
2000-09-01 06:12:46 C 23 28 58.38 +05 54 04.3 17.9 c 704
2000-09-01 06:32:21 C 23 28 57.37 +05 53 59.8 18.1 c 704
2000-09-01 06:51:27 C 23 28 56.39 +05 53 54.8 17.9 c 704
2000-09-01 07:10:26 C 23 28 55.45 +05 53 50.9 18.5 c 704
2000-09-01 07:29:25 C 23 28 54.48 +05 53 45.9 18.1 c 704
2000-09-03 06:22:14 C 23 26 33.21 +05 41 58.2 18.7 c 704
2000-09-03 06:41:36 C 23 26 32.28 +05 41 51.7 19.1 c 704
2000-09-03 07:00:38 C 23 26 31.23 +05 41 48.2 18.8 c 704
2000-09-03 07:20:05 C 23 26 30.23 +05 41 43.1 18.6 c 704
2000-09-03 07:39:06 C 23 26 29.31 +05 41 36.8 18.6 c 704
2000-09-04 05:36:57 C 23 25 22.73 +05 35 56.6 17.9 c 704
2000-09-04 05:56:25 C 23 25 21.70 +05 35 51.5 18.9 c 704
2000-09-04 06:15:51 C 23 25 20.70 +05 35 46.3 18.3 c 704
2000-09-04 06:35:22 C 23 25 19.66 +05 35 40.7 18.4 c 704
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)