(5143) Heracles Apollo
Discovered on 7 November 1991 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar.
Where Heracles is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Heracles is 1.27 au from the Sun and 0.736 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5143 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 VL |
| Orbit class | Apollo · near-Earth |
| Diameter | 4.84 km (#10,927 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.227 |
| Rotation period | 2.71 hours |
| Spectral type | O |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.04 |
| Orbital period | 2.49 years |
| Semi-major axis | 1.83 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 0.420 – 3.25 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.771 |
| Inclination | 8.98° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.0575 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 7 November 1991
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- (2459) Spellmann
- (2511) Patterson
- (2532) Sutton
- (2586) Matson
- (2614) Torrence
- (2686) Linda Susan
- (2705) Wu
- (2742) Gibson
- (2748) Patrick Gene
- (2773) Brooks
- (2834) Christy Carol
- (2891) McGetchin
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