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
2020-09-15 10:19:29 C 23 33 24.176 +07 24 32.22 U F51
2020-09-15 10:38:59 C 23 33 23.174 +07 24 26.71 U F51
2020-09-16 08:39:54 C 23 32 16.86 +07 18 09.1 V T08
2020-09-16 08:45:52 C 23 32 16.55 +07 18 07.2 V T08
2020-09-16 08:54:30 C 23 32 16.12 +07 18 05.1 V T08
2020-09-16 09:09:11 C 23 32 15.35 +07 18 00.5 V T08
2020-09-17 06:14:58 C 23 31 11.73 +07 11 54.1 V 703
2020-09-17 06:22:32 C 23 31 11.33 +07 11 52.5 V 703
2020-09-17 06:30:04 C 23 31 10.99 +07 11 49.1 V 703
2020-09-17 06:37:38 C 23 31 10.57 +07 11 47.5 V 703
2020-09-18 08:28:39 C 23 29 52.86 +07 04 14.3 V T05
2020-09-18 08:39:13 C 23 29 52.32 +07 04 11.0 V T05
2020-09-18 08:44:32 C 23 29 52.05 +07 04 09.3 V T05
2020-09-18 09:19:53 C 23 29 50.20 +07 03 59.1 V T05
2020-09-18 09:49:29 C 23 29 48.705 +07 03 50.47 U F52
2020-09-18 10:23:01 C 23 29 46.990 +07 03 40.60 U F52
2020-09-18 10:39:50 C 23 29 46.130 +07 03 35.68 U F52
2020-09-20 05:59:29 C 23 27 36.33 +06 50 42.2 V 703
2020-09-20 06:07:06 C 23 27 35.90 +06 50 39.9 V 703
2020-09-20 06:14:45 C 23 27 35.55 +06 50 37.2 V 703
2020-09-20 06:22:23 C 23 27 35.16 +06 50 35.5 V 703
2020-09-20 08:57:26 C 23 27 27.50 +06 49 49.4 V T08
2020-09-20 09:01:26 C 23 27 27.28 +06 49 48.5 V T08
2020-09-20 09:09:23 C 23 27 26.89 +06 49 46.1 V T08
2020-09-20 09:53:49 C 23 27 24.61 +06 49 32.5 V T08
2020-09-21 10:06:02 C 23 26 12.51 +06 42 14.8 V T08
2020-09-21 10:27:15 C 23 26 11.41 +06 42 08.7 V T08
2020-09-21 10:43:36 C 23 26 10.60 +06 42 03.3 V T08
2020-09-21 10:58:16 C 23 26 09.85 +06 41 59.0 V T08
2020-09-22 08:06:44 C 23 25 07.18 +06 35 33.1 V G96
2020-09-22 08:14:49 C 23 25 06.78 +06 35 30.2 V G96
2020-09-22 08:22:55 C 23 25 06.37 +06 35 28.1 V G96
2020-09-22 08:31:00 C 23 25 05.97 +06 35 25.7 V G96
2020-09-22 09:39:54 C 23 25 02.69 +06 35 05.4 V T05
2020-09-22 09:45:55 C 23 25 02.37 +06 35 03.9 V T05
2020-09-22 09:55:59 C 23 25 01.87 +06 35 00.3 V T05
2020-09-22 10:12:36 C 23 25 01.03 +06 34 55.4 V T05
2020-09-23 07:10:04 C 23 23 59.28 +06 28 30.1 V 703
2020-09-23 07:18:15 C 23 23 58.84 +06 28 27.8 V 703
2020-09-23 07:26:27 C 23 23 58.46 +06 28 26.0 V 703
2020-09-23 07:34:39 C 23 23 57.89 +06 28 23.6 V 703
2020-09-25 09:02:11 C 23 21 33.79 +06 13 09.3 V T05
2020-09-25 09:16:47 C 23 21 33.08 +06 13 05.0 V T05
2020-09-25 09:28:56 C 23 21 32.46 +06 13 01.0 V T05
2020-09-25 09:36:15 C 23 21 32.10 +06 12 59.1 V T05
2020-09-26 04:29:44 C 23 20 37.73 +06 07 06.8 V G96
2020-09-26 04:37:26 C 23 20 37.36 +06 07 04.4 V G96
2020-09-26 04:45:08 C 23 20 36.99 +06 07 02.0 V G96
2020-09-26 04:52:50 C 23 20 36.61 +06 06 59.7 V G96
2020-09-26 05:25:23 C 23 20 35.02 +06 06 49.4 V 703
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)