5143 Heracles
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | 7 November 1991 |
| Designations | |
| 5143 | |
Named after | Heracles |
| 1991 VL | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22676 days (62.08 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.24991769 AU (486.180766 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 0.41741970 AU (62.445098 Gm) |
| 1.833668696 AU (274.3129325 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.77235817 |
| 2.48 yr (906.94 d) | |
| 215.56400° | |
| 0° 23m 48.977s / day | |
| Inclination | 9.0337772° |
| 309.55681° | |
| 227.72067° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.0583856 AU (8.73436 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.80484 AU (270.000 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.582 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.7063 h (0.11276 d) | |
| 13.9 | |
5143 Heracles (1991 VL) is an Apollo asteroid, Mercury grazer, Mars crosser and near-Earth object discovered on November 7, 1991 by Shoemaker, C. S. at Palomar Observatory.
It was discovered to be a binary asteroid by Arecibo Observatory in December 2011.[2]
References
- ^ "5143 Heracles (1991 VL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Dr. Lance A. M. Benner (2013-11-18). "Binary and Ternary near-Earth Asteroids detected by radar". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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