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
2019-11-10 05:29:06 C 19 36 52.59 -19 59 15.5 V T05
2019-11-17 04:56:29 C 19 50 53.916 -19 14 37.16 U F51
2019-11-17 05:03:00 C 19 50 54.445 -19 14 35.35 U F51
2019-11-17 05:09:29 C 19 50 54.966 -19 14 33.63 U F51
2019-11-17 05:15:58 C 19 50 55.495 -19 14 31.83 U F51
2020-06-30 13:41:50 C 00 20 11.23 +08 53 47.7 V T05
2020-06-30 13:47:48 C 00 20 11.27 +08 53 49.3 V T05
2020-06-30 13:57:43 C 00 20 11.38 +08 53 51.1 V T05
2020-06-30 14:26:13 C 00 20 11.58 +08 53 56.0 V T05
2020-07-18 13:37:48 C 00 20 22.64 +09 49 02.6 V T08
2020-07-18 13:41:47 C 00 20 22.61 +09 49 02.8 V T08
2020-07-18 13:45:47 C 00 20 22.59 +09 49 03.5 V T08
2020-07-18 14:03:55 C 00 20 22.40 +09 49 05.3 V T08
2020-07-21 12:52:44 C 00 19 45.33 +09 54 32.8 V T05
2020-07-21 13:27:27 C 00 19 44.95 +09 54 35.4 V T05
2020-07-21 13:32:04 C 00 19 44.92 +09 54 35.7 V T05
2020-07-21 13:39:18 C 00 19 44.83 +09 54 36.5 V T05
2020-07-31 11:58:26 C 00 16 11.74 +10 04 14.3 V T08
2020-07-31 12:01:09 C 00 16 11.62 +10 04 14.7 V T08
2020-07-31 12:34:53 C 00 16 10.90 +10 04 14.9 V T08
2020-07-31 13:02:53 C 00 16 10.36 +10 04 14.7 V T08
2020-07-31 21:36:26 C 00 16 00.17 +10 04 17.7 o 069
2020-07-31 22:05:52 C 00 15 59.58 +10 04 18.4 o 069
2020-07-31 22:34:20 C 00 15 58.99 +10 04 18.6 o 069
2020-08-10 12:46:45 C 00 10 16.23 +09 58 53.4 V T05
2020-08-10 13:19:01 C 00 10 15.28 +09 58 52.2 V T05
2020-08-10 13:37:15 C 00 10 14.76 +09 58 51.3 V T05
2020-08-10 14:13:19 C 00 10 13.58 +09 58 48.7 V T05
2020-08-12 13:34:07 C 00 08 47.18 +09 55 48.6 V T08
2020-08-12 13:38:46 C 00 08 47.04 +09 55 48.7 V T08
2020-08-12 14:16:45 C 00 08 45.84 +09 55 45.9 V T08
2020-08-12 14:26:17 C 00 08 45.50 +09 55 45.2 V T08
2020-08-13 13:14:00 C 00 08 02.01 +09 54 03.6 V T05
2020-08-13 13:18:02 C 00 08 01.87 +09 54 03.9 V T05
2020-08-13 14:03:59 C 00 08 00.41 +09 54 00.3 V T05
2020-08-13 14:11:22 C 00 08 00.09 +09 53 59.8 V T05
2020-08-13 15:08:32 C 00 07 58.22 +09 53 54.9 V T05
2020-08-14 18:41:55 C 00 07 03.90 +09 51 38.9 q D29
2020-08-14 19:02:17 C 00 07 03.21 +09 51 37.0 q D29
2020-08-14 19:22:40 C 00 07 02.51 +09 51 35.4 q D29
2020-08-16 12:01:53 C 00 05 39.11 +09 47 50.6 V T08
2020-08-16 12:02:32 C 00 05 39.09 +09 47 50.5 V T08
2020-08-16 12:05:51 C 00 05 38.97 +09 47 50.1 V T08
2020-08-16 12:06:31 C 00 05 38.94 +09 47 50.5 V T08
2020-08-16 12:37:37 C 00 05 37.86 +09 47 47.1 V T08
2020-08-16 12:46:11 C 00 05 37.52 +09 47 46.3 V T08
2020-08-16 12:57:52 C 00 05 37.10 +09 47 44.7 V T08
2020-08-16 13:17:31 C 00 05 36.42 +09 47 43.0 V T08
2020-08-17 10:16:46 C 00 04 51.79 +09 45 33.7 V G96
2020-08-17 10:28:07 C 00 04 51.38 +09 45 32.5 V G96
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)