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
2020-09-06 17:13:59 C 23 43 48.81 +08 19 45.8 q D29
2020-09-06 17:14:45 C 23 43 48.78 +08 19 44.7 q D29
2020-09-06 17:26:20 C 23 43 48.13 +08 19 44.2 q D29
2020-09-06 17:27:07 C 23 43 48.13 +08 19 43.3 q D29
2020-09-07 09:01:30 C 23 43 02.620 +08 15 55.96 U F52
2020-09-07 09:17:36 C 23 43 01.818 +08 15 52.04 U F52
2020-09-07 09:34:32 C 23 43 00.972 +08 15 47.84 U F52
2020-09-07 10:21:31 C 23 42 58.46 +08 15 35.7 V 703
2020-09-07 10:29:24 C 23 42 58.04 +08 15 33.0 V 703
2020-09-07 10:37:16 C 23 42 57.63 +08 15 31.3 V 703
2020-09-07 10:45:08 C 23 42 57.29 +08 15 28.4 V 703
2020-09-07 15:53:47 C 23 42 42.31 +08 14 13.8 q D29
2020-09-07 16:15:54 C 23 42 41.19 +08 14 08.4 q D29
2020-09-07 16:38:01 C 23 42 40.09 +08 14 02.7 q D29
2020-09-08 10:22:41 C 23 41 47.75 +08 09 38.0 V T08
2020-09-08 10:59:40 C 23 41 45.86 +08 09 28.9 V T08
2020-09-08 11:04:24 C 23 41 45.64 +08 09 27.5 V T08
2020-09-08 11:40:08 C 23 41 43.86 +08 09 18.8 V T08
2020-09-09 11:58:17 C 23 40 31.69 +08 03 08.0 V T08
2020-09-09 12:04:11 C 23 40 31.37 +08 03 06.4 V T08
2020-09-09 12:11:52 C 23 40 31.00 +08 03 04.3 V T08
2020-09-09 12:48:36 C 23 40 29.14 +08 02 54.7 V T08
2020-09-10 11:20:36 C 23 39 22.01 +07 57 03.8 V T05
2020-09-10 11:25:13 C 23 39 21.78 +07 57 03.0 V T05
2020-09-10 11:33:11 C 23 39 21.39 +07 57 00.6 V T05
2020-09-10 12:24:01 C 23 39 18.80 +07 56 47.3 V T05
2020-09-10 14:30:30 C 23 39 12.715 +07 56 17.16 V P07
2020-09-10 15:34:26 C 23 39 09.485 +07 56 00.17 V P07
2020-09-10 16:22:53 C 23 39 07.010 +07 55 47.60 V P07
2020-09-10 18:05:00 C 23 39 01.834 +07 55 20.82 V P07
2020-09-10 21:14:36 C 23 38 52.44 +07 54 28.0 o L52
2020-09-10 22:32:27 C 23 38 48.47 +07 54 08.1 o L52
2020-09-11 18:42:36 C 23 37 48.00 +07 48 44.2 q D29
2020-09-11 19:02:58 C 23 37 46.94 +07 48 38.7 q D29
2020-09-12 10:01:57 C 23 37 02.104 +07 44 37.23 U F52
2020-09-12 10:16:56 C 23 37 01.337 +07 44 33.16 U F52
2020-09-12 10:31:56 C 23 37 00.572 +07 44 29.08 U F52
2020-09-12 15:37:35 C 23 36 45.29 +07 43 05.2 q D29
2020-09-12 16:08:01 C 23 36 43.72 +07 42 57.0 q D29
2020-09-12 16:28:23 C 23 36 42.68 +07 42 51.2 q D29
2020-09-14 04:58:49 C 23 34 52.88 +07 32 47.3 V G96
2020-09-14 05:06:52 C 23 34 52.42 +07 32 44.6 V G96
2020-09-14 05:14:54 C 23 34 52.00 +07 32 42.8 V G96
2020-09-14 05:22:57 C 23 34 51.59 +07 32 40.5 V G96
2020-09-14 22:32:11 C 23 33 59.78 +07 27 51.1 V 130
2020-09-14 22:35:03 C 23 33 59.63 +07 27 50.4 V 130
2020-09-14 22:37:55 C 23 33 59.51 +07 27 49.3 V 130
2020-09-14 22:40:48 C 23 33 59.36 +07 27 48.5 V 130
2020-09-15 09:40:34 C 23 33 26.171 +07 24 43.27 U F51
2020-09-15 10:00:00 C 23 33 25.177 +07 24 37.77 U F51
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)