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
2020-09-26 05:32:56 C 23 20 34.65 +06 06 47.1 V 703
2020-09-26 05:40:30 C 23 20 34.32 +06 06 44.7 V 703
2020-09-26 05:48:03 C 23 20 33.93 +06 06 42.2 V 703
2020-09-28 08:40:29 C 23 18 09.22 +05 50 53.7 V T08
2020-09-28 08:43:09 C 23 18 09.10 +05 50 52.3 V T08
2020-09-28 08:49:56 C 23 18 08.81 +05 50 50.7 V T08
2020-09-28 09:08:44 C 23 18 07.87 +05 50 45.4 V T08
2020-10-03 08:55:26 C 23 12 40.77 +05 13 25.4 V T08
2020-10-03 09:17:55 C 23 12 39.76 +05 13 18.8 V T08
2020-10-03 09:22:34 C 23 12 39.59 +05 13 16.8 V T08
2020-10-03 09:41:31 C 23 12 38.70 +05 13 11.4 V T08
2020-10-04 07:56:23 C 23 11 40.30 +05 06 15.4 V 703
2020-10-04 08:04:19 C 23 11 40.06 +05 06 14.0 V 703
2020-10-04 08:20:12 C 23 11 39.35 +05 06 08.3 V 703
2020-10-04 09:45:12 C 23 11 35.71 +05 05 43.8 V T05
2020-10-04 09:49:50 C 23 11 35.52 +05 05 42.2 V T05
2020-10-04 09:59:45 C 23 11 35.03 +05 05 39.2 V T05
2020-10-04 10:15:04 C 23 11 34.39 +05 05 34.2 V T05
2020-10-05 07:15:37 C 23 10 40.09 +04 59 04.3 V 703
2020-10-05 07:31:49 C 23 10 39.51 +04 59 00.0 V 703
2020-10-05 07:39:55 C 23 10 39.12 +04 58 56.1 V 703
2020-10-06 05:47:29 C 23 09 43.03 +04 52 08.5 V 703
2020-10-06 05:55:11 C 23 09 42.71 +04 52 07.2 V 703
2020-10-06 06:10:34 C 23 09 42.04 +04 52 03.3 V 703
2020-10-07 09:54:07 C 23 08 32.84 +04 43 34.4 V T08
2020-10-07 10:20:58 C 23 08 31.66 +04 43 26.1 V T08
2020-10-07 10:30:16 C 23 08 31.32 +04 43 23.1 V T08
2020-10-07 10:34:56 C 23 08 31.13 +04 43 21.9 V T08
2020-10-08 03:37:21 C 23 07 49.57 +04 38 10.4 V G96
2020-10-08 03:45:25 C 23 07 49.23 +04 38 07.9 V G96
2020-10-08 03:53:30 C 23 07 48.90 +04 38 05.5 V G96
2020-10-08 04:01:34 C 23 07 48.56 +04 38 03.1 V G96
2020-10-08 04:44:11 C 23 07 46.84 +04 37 51.1 V 703
2020-10-08 04:52:21 C 23 07 46.46 +04 37 47.7 V 703
2020-10-08 05:00:31 C 23 07 46.09 +04 37 45.3 V 703
2020-10-08 05:08:41 C 23 07 45.69 +04 37 42.2 V 703
2020-10-08 09:42:45 C 23 07 34.62 +04 36 20.7 V T05
2020-10-08 09:47:09 C 23 07 34.40 +04 36 19.2 V T05
2020-10-08 09:57:03 C 23 07 33.99 +04 36 16.5 V T05
2020-10-08 10:11:18 C 23 07 33.46 +04 36 12.0 V T05
2020-10-09 03:27:59 C 23 06 52.05 +04 30 58.2 t V19
2020-10-09 04:11:58 C 23 06 50.36 +04 30 43.9 t V19
2020-10-09 04:58:07 C 23 06 48.40 +04 30 31.4 t V19
2020-10-10 08:25:23 C 23 05 43.68 +04 22 18.3 V T08
2020-10-10 08:29:29 C 23 05 43.56 +04 22 17.9 V T08
2020-10-10 08:42:32 C 23 05 43.01 +04 22 12.9 V T08
2020-10-10 09:29:48 C 23 05 41.16 +04 21 59.3 V T08
2020-10-11 05:02:53 C 23 04 56.20 +04 16 10.4 V 703
2020-10-11 05:10:24 C 23 04 55.88 +04 16 09.1 V 703
2020-10-11 05:17:57 C 23 04 55.62 +04 16 06.0 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)