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
2016-08-23 01:39:56 C 03 43 49.68 +30 14 06.3 q 160
2016-09-04 08:58:48 C 04 00 53.94 +32 10 59.4 q 703
2016-09-04 09:06:02 C 04 00 54.35 +32 11 01.9 q 703
2016-09-04 09:13:17 C 04 00 54.69 +32 11 04.8 q 703
2016-09-04 09:20:30 C 04 00 55.16 +32 11 09.3 q 703
2016-09-21 13:01:25 C 04 24 33.42 +35 16 54.5 L T05
2016-09-21 13:19:48 C 04 24 34.47 +35 17 03.3 L T05
2016-09-21 13:37:57 C 04 24 35.47 +35 17 12.5 L T05
2016-09-21 13:56:24 C 04 24 36.48 +35 17 21.9 L T05
2016-09-25 13:00:08 C 04 30 04.07 +36 06 31.9 L T05
2016-09-25 13:19:14 C 04 30 05.13 +36 06 42.7 L T05
2016-09-25 13:38:01 C 04 30 06.16 +36 06 52.3 L T05
2016-09-25 13:57:00 C 04 30 07.15 +36 07 02.3 L T05
2016-09-29 13:45:12 C 04 35 37.89 +37 00 06.0 L T05
2016-09-29 14:06:07 C 04 35 39.01 +37 00 17.6 L T05
2016-09-29 14:25:47 C 04 35 40.08 +37 00 29.3 L T05
2016-09-29 14:45:35 C 04 35 41.20 +37 00 40.5 L T05
2016-10-04 00:32:55 C 04 41 48.78 +38 04 09.7 q K38
2016-10-04 00:45:19 C 04 41 49.48 +38 04 17.6 q K38
2016-10-04 01:02:21 C 04 41 50.44 +38 04 28.5 q K38
2016-10-04 01:13:43 C 04 41 51.08 +38 04 35.8 q K38
2016-10-04 01:25:05 C 04 41 51.71 +38 04 43.0 q K38
2016-10-04 01:36:26 C 04 41 52.36 +38 04 50.2 q K38
2016-10-04 01:47:47 C 04 41 52.99 +38 04 57.4 q K38
2016-10-04 03:29:33 C 04 41 58.65 +38 06 01.5 c A24
2016-10-04 03:30:36 C 04 41 58.72 +38 06 02.1 c A24
2016-10-04 23:27:28 C 04 43 08.87 +38 18 42.1 q K74
2016-10-04 23:28:54 C 04 43 08.94 +38 18 42.9 q K74
2016-10-04 23:47:15 C 04 43 09.98 +38 18 54.9 q K74
2016-10-06 10:23:55 C 04 45 11.01 +38 41 35.5 q H15
2016-10-06 10:37:44 C 04 45 11.78 +38 41 44.8 q H15
2016-10-06 10:52:23 C 04 45 12.62 +38 41 54.8 q H15
2016-10-07 12:16:39 C 04 46 42.54 +38 59 01.9 L T05
2016-10-07 12:42:47 C 04 46 43.99 +38 59 19.8 L T05
2016-10-07 13:00:58 C 04 46 45.01 +38 59 32.4 L T05
2016-10-07 13:19:06 C 04 46 46.01 +38 59 44.9 L T05
2016-10-13 11:37:45 C 04 55 18.55 +40 44 40.8 L T05
2016-10-13 12:03:55 C 04 55 20.07 +40 45 02.0 L T05
2016-10-13 12:19:12 C 04 55 20.96 +40 45 14.3 L T05
2016-10-13 12:36:57 C 04 55 21.97 +40 45 28.7 L T05
2016-10-17 11:40:01 C 05 01 20.40 +42 06 18.4 L T05
2016-10-17 11:42:51 C 05 01 20.61 +42 06 21.0 L T05
2016-10-17 11:54:53 C 05 01 21.29 +42 06 32.1 L T05
2016-10-17 12:06:52 C 05 01 22.06 +42 06 43.0 L T05
2016-10-17 12:09:30 C 05 01 22.24 +42 06 45.7 L T05
2016-10-17 12:25:17 C 05 01 23.16 +42 07 00.2 L T05
2016-10-17 12:27:55 C 05 01 23.40 +42 07 02.1 L T05
2016-10-17 12:43:43 C 05 01 24.35 +42 07 16.4 L T05
2016-10-24 09:38:54 C 05 12 44.41 +44 56 37.1 q H15
2016-10-24 09:52:54 C 05 12 45.37 +44 56 53.5 q H15
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)