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
2020-08-17 10:38:44 C 00 04 51.15 +09 45 32.4 V T05
2020-08-17 10:39:23 C 00 04 51.13 +09 45 32.3 V T05
2020-08-17 10:46:43 C 00 04 50.83 +09 45 31.2 V T05
2020-08-17 10:52:14 C 00 04 50.52 +09 45 30.1 V G96
2020-08-17 11:08:40 C 00 04 50.00 +09 45 29.0 V T05
2020-08-17 11:09:19 C 00 04 49.98 +09 45 29.1 V T05
2020-08-17 11:14:40 C 00 04 49.86 +09 45 28.5 V T05
2020-08-17 11:24:35 C 00 04 49.46 +09 45 27.5 V T05
2020-08-17 11:29:12 C 00 04 49.29 +09 45 27.0 V T05
2020-08-19 10:25:15 C 00 03 05.97 +09 40 09.7 V T08
2020-08-19 10:35:13 C 00 03 05.61 +09 40 08.5 V T08
2020-08-19 10:38:33 C 00 03 05.49 +09 40 07.9 V T08
2020-08-19 11:21:47 C 00 03 03.79 +09 40 03.2 V T08
2020-08-21 11:21:36 C 00 01 13.24 +09 33 55.8 V T05
2020-08-21 11:25:36 C 00 01 12.99 +09 33 56.3 V T05
2020-08-21 11:29:39 C 00 01 12.87 +09 33 55.2 V T05
2020-08-21 11:36:54 C 00 01 12.60 +09 33 54.5 V T05
2020-08-22 11:19:51 C 00 00 16.20 +09 30 37.9 V T05
2020-08-22 11:24:31 C 00 00 16.03 +09 30 36.6 V T05
2020-08-22 11:29:10 C 00 00 15.83 +09 30 37.0 V T05
2020-08-22 12:07:00 C 00 00 14.27 +09 30 30.5 V T05
2020-08-23 09:33:37 C 23 59 22.48 +09 27 24.9 V T08
2020-08-23 10:11:33 C 23 59 20.87 +09 27 18.9 V T08
2020-08-23 10:31:29 C 23 59 20.01 +09 27 16.2 V T08
2020-08-23 10:42:47 C 23 59 19.55 +09 27 14.2 V T08
2020-08-26 11:24:59 C 23 56 16.83 +09 15 39.2 V T05
2020-08-26 11:29:03 C 23 56 16.58 +09 15 38.2 V T05
2020-08-26 12:07:15 C 23 56 14.93 +09 15 32.3 V T05
2020-08-26 12:15:06 C 23 56 14.62 +09 15 30.6 V T05
2020-08-27 09:35:27 C 23 55 19.18 +09 11 47.8 U I41
2020-08-27 10:29:13 C 23 55 16.79 +09 11 38.4 U I41
2020-08-27 12:59:11 C 23 55 10.253 +09 11 12.69 U F52
2020-08-27 13:15:55 C 23 55 09.508 +09 11 09.68 U F52
2020-08-27 13:32:41 C 23 55 08.758 +09 11 06.76 U F52
2020-08-27 13:49:26 C 23 55 08.012 +09 11 03.67 U F52
2020-08-28 12:24:02 C 23 54 08.50 +09 06 58.8 V T08
2020-08-28 12:28:03 C 23 54 08.33 +09 06 58.5 V T08
2020-08-28 13:09:25 C 23 54 06.44 +09 06 50.7 V T08
2020-08-28 13:22:23 C 23 54 05.86 +09 06 48.0 V T08
2020-08-29 07:52:01 C 23 53 16.55 +09 03 20.0 U I41
2020-08-29 07:58:45 C 23 53 16.24 +09 03 18.8 U I41
2020-08-29 11:53:52 C 23 53 05.63 +09 02 35.1 V T05
2020-08-29 12:34:45 C 23 53 03.76 +09 02 27.1 V T05
2020-08-29 13:15:28 C 23 53 01.92 +09 02 19.5 V T05
2020-08-29 13:51:05 C 23 53 00.27 +09 02 12.6 V T05
2020-09-06 08:18:41 C 23 44 14.92 +08 21 56.0 V 703
2020-09-06 08:27:13 C 23 44 14.54 +08 21 53.0 V 703
2020-09-06 08:44:18 C 23 44 13.57 +08 21 49.4 V 703
2020-09-06 17:01:37 C 23 43 49.40 +08 19 48.8 q D29
2020-09-06 17:02:23 C 23 43 49.36 +08 19 49.4 q D29
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)