This research work discusses the qualitative properties of Sprott MO
 chaotic system. The Lyapunov exponents of the Sprott MO5 chaotic system are obtained as L1 = 0.1387, L2 = 0, and L3 = -0.8373. Since the sum of the Lyapunov
exponents is negative, the Sprott MO5 chaotic system is dissipative. Also, the Kaplan-Yorke dimension of the Sprott MO5 chaotic system is obtained as DKY = 2.1657. The Sprott MO5 chaotic system have three unstable equilibrium points on the x–axis. The phase portraits of the Sprott MO5 chaotic system are simulated using MATLAB. Next, an adaptive backstepping controller is designed to stabilize the Sprott MO5 chaotic system with unknown parameters. MATLAB simulations have been shown to illustrate and validate all the main results derived in this work. An electronic circuit realization of the Sprott MO5 chaotic system is presented in details. Finally, the circuit experimental
results of the Sprott MO5 chaotic attractor show agreement with the numerical simulations.

Keywords: Chaos, chaotic systems, Sprott MO5 chaotic system, adaptive control, circuit simulation.