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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.

apoapsis (km)
4.86187e+11
orbital period (μ)
1.56755e+08
periapsis (km)
6.25216e+10
absolute magnitude
14.0
discovery date
1991-11-07
discoverer
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
epoch
August 27 2011 (JD 2455800.5)
former name
1991 VL

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