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
2019-01-11 05:29:14 C 23 50 45.26 +08 01 00.7 V T05
2019-01-11 05:32:43 C 23 50 45.38 +08 01 00.7 V T05
2019-01-11 05:44:29 C 23 50 45.74 +08 01 02.9 V T05
2019-01-11 05:52:42 C 23 50 46.04 +08 01 02.7 V T05
2019-01-15 02:39:33 C 23 54 03.05 +08 11 31.7 V 703
2019-01-15 02:46:27 C 23 54 03.28 +08 11 31.8 V 703
2019-01-15 02:53:22 C 23 54 03.66 +08 11 32.6 V 703
2019-01-15 03:00:17 C 23 54 03.92 +08 11 32.9 V 703
2019-01-22 05:07:30 C 00 00 44.13 +08 36 06.9 V T08
2019-01-22 05:10:49 C 00 00 44.20 +08 36 07.8 V T08
2019-01-22 05:36:38 C 00 00 45.22 +08 36 12.5 V T08
2019-01-22 05:38:37 C 00 00 45.28 +08 36 13.7 V T08
2019-01-23 05:11:10 C 00 01 44.49 +08 40 07.9 V T05
2019-01-23 05:12:34 C 00 01 44.60 +08 40 08.7 V T05
2019-01-23 05:22:30 C 00 01 44.99 +08 40 10.1 V T05
2019-01-23 05:23:55 C 00 01 45.05 +08 40 10.9 V T05
2019-01-23 05:32:07 C 00 01 45.42 +08 40 11.7 V T05
2019-01-23 05:40:34 C 00 01 45.74 +08 40 13.2 V T05
2019-01-25 05:12:35 C 00 03 48.01 +08 48 31.4 V T08
2019-01-25 05:23:43 C 00 03 48.49 +08 48 31.9 V T08
2019-01-25 05:24:23 C 00 03 48.51 +08 48 32.9 V T08
2019-01-25 05:33:34 C 00 03 48.90 +08 48 34.1 V T08
2019-01-25 05:34:14 C 00 03 48.96 +08 48 34.9 V T08
2019-01-25 05:43:13 C 00 03 49.30 +08 48 36.5 V T08
2019-01-29 05:12:02 C 00 08 05.79 +09 06 42.6 V T08
2019-01-29 05:22:34 C 00 08 06.29 +09 06 44.0 V T08
2019-01-29 05:32:19 C 00 08 07.04 +09 06 41.2 V T08
2019-01-29 05:40:50 C 00 08 07.12 +09 06 48.1 V T08
2019-02-04 05:24:01 C 00 14 59.90 +09 37 34.7 V T05
2019-02-04 05:32:53 C 00 15 00.32 +09 37 36.3 V T05
2019-02-04 05:43:03 C 00 15 00.79 +09 37 38.5 V T05
2019-02-04 05:55:13 C 00 15 01.49 +09 37 41.8 V T05
2019-08-28 05:47:10 C 15 02 49.14 -21 16 11.1 V T08
2019-08-28 05:52:40 C 15 02 50.82 -21 16 15.6 V T08
2019-08-28 06:01:35 C 15 02 53.56 -21 16 23.0 V T08
2019-08-28 06:19:32 C 15 02 59.05 -21 16 37.7 V T08
2019-09-15 06:16:55 C 16 51 06.84 -23 56 02.1 V T05
2019-09-15 06:21:33 C 16 51 07.75 -23 56 02.2 V T05
2019-09-15 06:30:20 C 16 51 09.47 -23 56 02.8 V T05
2019-09-15 06:45:10 C 16 51 12.36 -23 56 03.4 V T05
2019-10-21 05:39:32 C 18 51 53.32 -21 56 37.2 V T05
2019-10-21 05:47:36 C 18 51 54.17 -21 56 35.4 V T05
2019-10-21 05:52:13 C 18 51 54.60 -21 56 34.0 V T05
2019-10-31 05:57:22 C 19 15 27.74 -20 59 58.5 V T08
2019-10-31 06:01:36 C 19 15 28.17 -20 59 57.3 V T08
2019-10-31 06:12:23 C 19 15 29.16 -20 59 54.5 V T08
2019-10-31 06:32:13 C 19 15 30.97 -20 59 49.7 V T08
2019-11-10 05:00:22 C 19 36 50.12 -19 59 22.7 V T05
2019-11-10 05:05:44 C 19 36 50.55 -19 59 21.6 V T05
2019-11-10 05:14:26 C 19 36 51.37 -19 59 20.3 V T05
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)