5143 Heracles
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Shoemaker, C. S. |
| Discovery site | Palomar Observatory |
| Discovery date | November 7, 1991 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5143 |
Named after | Heracles |
| 1991 VL | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch August 27, 2011 (JD 2455800.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.24995768 AU |
| Perihelion | 0.41793075 AU |
| 1.833944219 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.77211370 |
| 2.48363279 yr (907.146878 d) | |
| 300.40904° | |
| Inclination | 9.033253° |
| 309.58979° | |
| 227.69560° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 14.0 | |
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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
- ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5143 Heracles Retrieved 2011-09-02
- ↑ 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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