The following information shows the result of the orbit fit based on Gary Bernstein's method. Most of the information should be self-explanatory. Take special note that while the original Bernstein software works with barycentric coordinates, we convert these results into a heliocentric coordinate system.
# Object: 03WS184 # Created Sun Dec 22 02:08:34 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 4 observations of 4 # Arc: 4.05d # First observation: 2003/11/20 # Last observation: 2003/11/24 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 0.76 DOF: 4 RMS: 0.08 # Min/Max residuals: -0.14 0.15 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.551794E-05 2.400896E-02 3.645293E-07 6.458977E-04 2.444484E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 3.1565E-11 4.7537E-08 8.2186E-14 1.2366E-10 7.5014E-09 0.0000E+00 4.7537E-08 7.3331E-05 1.2660E-10 1.9048E-07 1.1555E-05 0.0000E+00 8.2186E-14 1.2660E-10 6.6557E-13 -6.0418E-11 1.9953E-11 0.0000E+00 1.2366E-10 1.9048E-07 -6.0418E-11 1.2872E-08 3.0020E-08 0.0000E+00 7.5014E-09 1.1555E-05 1.9953E-11 3.0020E-08 1.8211E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.9221E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.134234 64.141735 0.118296 -0.036448 -0.979550 2452963.823583 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2452960.5000 = 2003/11/17 Mean Anomaly: 348.14965 +/- 155.348 Argument of Peri: 318.77416 +/- 224.632 Long of Asc Node: 117.65396 +/- 10.011 Inclination: 2.58656 +/- 0.335 Eccentricity: 0.02597769 +/- 0.5634 Semi-Major Axis: 42.98105309 +/- 22.4769 Time of Perihelion: 2456348.4941 +/- 353174.0 Perihelion: 41.86450461 +/- 32.6447 Aphelion: 44.09760156 +/- 33.4391 Period (y) 281.7888 +/- 221.04 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 18.35984949 +/- 0.9845 Ecliptic Y 37.62083502 +/- 2.0307 Ecliptic Z -1.52344963 +/- 0.0841 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00242312 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00116908 +/- 0.0014 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00007245 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 41.88952375 +/- 1.8741 Geocenter to KBO 40.90843114 +/- 2.2583 # Hcoef: 7.39
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 03WS184. The first three columns show the date of observation. The next six columns are RA and DEC. The next column (when provided) is the observed magnitude and filter. The next column is the object name (03WS184) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2003 11 20.32284 04 10 17.53 +18 52 36.4 23.2R 03WS184 695 Cj4835 2003 11 20.40187 04 10 17.12 +18 52 35.3 03WS184 695 Cj4835 2003 11 24.30732 04 09 57.09 +18 51 42.9 23.2R 03WS184 695 Cj4835 2003 11 24.37378 04 09 56.74 +18 51 41.7 03WS184 695 Cj4835
The following table shows the residuals to the orbit fit. The first coumn is the point number. The second column is the time, in years, measured from the first observation. The third and fifth columns are the regularized positions used in the orbit fit. The fourth and sixth columns are the residuals, in arc seconds, for RA and Dec respectively.
1 0.0000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
2 0.0002 -5.92 -0.00 -0.01 -0.01
3 0.0109 -295.01 0.05 0.67 0.15
4 0.0111 -300.12 -0.05 0.41 -0.14
The following table comes from a 10My integration of the orbit of the object. Three columns are shown. The first column is the result of integrating the nominal orbit. The other two columns are based on clones of the nominal orbit that are +/- 3 sigma from the nominal orbit. If all three types agree then the classificiation is deemed secure. The basis for these calculations is described in more detail in AJ, 129, 1117 (2005). Any use made of these calculations should refer to and credit this publication and the Deep Ecliptic Survey Team.
03WS184 quality flag:0 Type: ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE axisobj 0.000 0.000 0.000 ecceobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 incobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 qmin 0.000 0.000 0.000 qmax 0.000 0.000 0.000 amean 0.000 0.000 0.000 amin 0.000 0.000 0.000 amax 0.000 0.000 0.000 emean 0.000 0.000 0.000 emin 0.000 0.000 0.000 emax 0.000 0.000 0.000 imean 0.000 0.000 0.000 imin 0.000 0.000 0.000 imax 0.000 0.000 0.000 excite_mean 0.000 0.000 0.000 fracstop 0.000 0.000 0.000 cjmean 0.000 0.000 0.000 libcent 0 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 0 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 1 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 1 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 2 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 2 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 3 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 3 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libcent 4 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 libamp 4 -180.0 -180.0 -180.0 kozaimean 0.0 0.0 0.0 kozaiamp 0.0 0.0 0.0