Tuesday 19 April 2011

(5143) Heracles, selecting healthy culture, science and technology

(5143) Heracles is an apollo asteroid discovered in November of 1991. It has a perihelion of 0.4 AU and an aphelion of 3.3 AU. The orbit is between Mercury and main asteroid belt. It has a diameter of 4 km. There is a prediscovery image back to November of 1953.

Orbital resonance:
  • 13:7 with Ceres-Pallas (99.9%)
  • 19:13 with Vesta (99.8%)
  • 9:4 with Hygiea (99.9%)
  • 11:5 with Europa (99.8%)


Greek mythology

Heracles uses the blood of Hydra to poison his arrows. This lethal weapon killed many enemies, but also reached his friends Pholus and Chiron, and finally, caused his own death.

The main theme with (5143) Heracles is to select healthy culture, science and technology, like in the movie "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" (1991), were they refuse the technology that in the future will annihilate the human race. In the every day life, (5143) Heracles looks after nourishing communication and healthy speech (in both directions), like in the Annie Marquier's book "The Power of Free-Will" (1991).