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: 04EJ96
# Created Sun Dec 22 02:08:37 2024
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting 24 observations of 24
# Arc: 9.16y
# First observation: 2004/03/15
# Last observation: 2013/05/14
# Chi-squared of fit: 23.51 DOF: 42 RMS: 0.17
# Min/Max residuals: -0.38 0.61
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.808787E-05 3.429602E-02 -2.021714E-06 -5.516934E-03 3.050650E-02 -6.567151E-03
# Covariance matrix:
2.5120E-13 -1.8341E-13 -2.0318E-14 3.0971E-14 1.3293E-13 -5.4751E-13
-1.8341E-13 2.1874E-13 2.5602E-14 -3.7943E-14 -7.2242E-14 6.6815E-13
-2.0318E-14 2.5602E-14 9.7783E-14 -2.0891E-14 -8.5154E-15 8.1536E-14
3.0971E-14 -3.7943E-14 -2.0891E-14 1.5988E-14 1.5401E-14 -1.2139E-13
1.3293E-13 -7.2242E-14 -8.5154E-15 1.5401E-14 2.6868E-13 -2.7811E-13
-5.4751E-13 6.6815E-13 8.1536E-14 -1.2139E-13 -2.7811E-13 2.1389E-12
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
1.949053 -172.517117 0.210972 0.032968 -0.967476 2453079.881483
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2453080.5000 = 2004/03/16
Mean Anomaly: 319.73803 +/- 0.010
Argument of Peri: 231.05834 +/- 0.018
Long of Asc Node: 18.73535 +/- 0.000
Inclination: 9.32220 +/- 0.000
Eccentricity: 0.24162950 +/- 0.0000
Semi-Major Axis: 39.79989082 +/- 0.0036
Time of Perihelion: 2463337.3446 +/- 11.3
Perihelion: 30.18306296 +/- 0.0030
Aphelion: 49.41671868 +/- 0.0046
Period (y) 251.0909 +/- 0.03
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X -33.47284006 +/- 0.0006
Ecliptic Y -4.18158534 +/- 0.0001
Ecliptic Z 1.11483252 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT 0.00096468 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT -0.00298399 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00051474 +/- 0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 33.75155135 +/- 0.0005
Geocenter to KBO 32.78004119 +/- 0.0006
# Hcoef: 7.97
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 04EJ96. 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 (04EJ96) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2004 03 15.38074 12 30 33.92 -01 10 42.8 22.9R 04EJ96 695 Ck9976 2004 03 16.31229 12 30 28.94 -01 10 12.8 04EJ96 695 Ck9976 2004 03 16.41168 12 30 28.37 -01 10 09.6 04EJ96 695 Ck9976 2004 04 21.35570 12 27 14.50 -00 51 35.7 23.0R 04EJ96 568 Ck9980 2004 04 21.39880 12 27 14.29 -00 51 34.6 04EJ96 568 Ck9980 2004 04 22.32135 12 27 09.74 -00 51 10.1 04EJ96 568 Ck9980 2004 07 15.00660 12 25 12.73 -00 47 30.2 22.6R 04EJ96 807 Cl0712 2004 07 15.99540 12 25 15.54 -00 47 54.9 04EJ96 807 Cl0712 2004 07 16.04023 12 25 15.67 -00 47 56.2 04EJ96 807 Cl0712 2005 03 09.45666 12 37 53.58 -02 18 20.0 23.1R 04EJ96 695 Cn0228 2005 03 10.36086 12 37 48.98 -02 17 52.2 04EJ96 695 Cn0228 2005 03 10.49706 12 37 48.27 -02 17 47.7 04EJ96 695 Cn0228 2005 04 10.24652 12 35 00.10 -02 01 28.5 23.2R 04EJ96 695 Cn3122 2005 04 11.24352 12 34 54.69 -02 00 58.0 04EJ96 695 Cn3122 2005 04 11.32000 12 34 54.26 -02 00 55.1 04EJ96 695 Cn3122 2006 01 31.479011 12 47 05.57 -03 37 02.1 04EJ96 645 C~1S6q 2006 01 31.479841 12 47 05.57 -03 37 02.1 04EJ96 645 C~1S6q 2006 01 31.482328 12 47 05.56 -03 37 02.0 04EJ96 645 C~1S6q 2006 04 26.07659 12 40 30.35 -02 58 58.9 22.0R 04EJ96 807 Cr3590 2006 04 26.15995 12 40 29.93 -02 58 56.8 04EJ96 807 Cr3590 2006 04 27.10099 12 40 25.26 -02 58 32.1 04EJ96 807 Cr3590 2006 04 27.16917 12 40 24.92 -02 58 30.0 04EJ96 807 Cr3590 2013 05 14.22443 13 30 00.91 -10 40 39.3 23.3R 04EJ96 G37 C~0snk 2013 05 14.28995 13 30 00.57 -10 40 37.6 04EJ96 G37 C~0snk
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 -0.13 0.00 -0.13
2 0.0026 0.00 0.15 0.00 -0.03
3 0.0028 0.00 -0.23 0.00 -0.03
4 0.1012 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.16
5 0.1013 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.09
6 0.1039 0.00 -0.05 0.00 -0.15
7 0.3330 0.00 0.13 0.00 -0.04
8 0.3357 0.00 -0.11 0.00 0.02
9 0.3358 0.00 -0.07 0.00 -0.15
10 0.9831 0.00 -0.23 0.00 -0.20
11 0.9856 0.00 0.13 0.00 -0.02
12 0.9859 0.00 0.17 0.00 0.30
13 1.0701 0.00 -0.22 0.00 -0.14
14 1.0729 0.00 0.07 0.00 -0.38
15 1.0731 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.17
16 1.8812 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.00
17 1.8812 0.00 0.04 0.00 -0.01
18 1.8812 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.06
19 2.1128 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.61
20 2.1130 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.44
21 2.1156 0.00 0.06 0.00 -0.32
22 2.1158 0.00 0.11 0.00 -0.06
23 9.1632 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.04
24 9.1633 0.00 -0.07 0.00 -0.08
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.
04EJ96 quality flag:3 Type: 3:2E 3:2E 3:2E axisobj 39.323 39.323 39.323 ecceobj 0.236 0.236 0.236 incobj 9.364 9.364 9.364 qmin 29.091 29.089 29.094 qmax 50.420 50.402 50.430 amean 39.456 39.455 39.455 amin 38.960 38.967 38.956 amax 40.025 40.030 40.026 emean 0.238 0.238 0.238 emin 0.210 0.209 0.210 emax 0.261 0.261 0.261 imean 9.509 9.503 9.508 imin 8.485 8.469 8.486 imax 11.194 11.204 11.189 excite_mean 0.290 0.290 0.290 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.955 2.955 2.955 libcent 0 180.0 180.1 179.8 libamp 0 100.4 101.2 101.5 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 272.2 272.2 272.2 kozaiamp 33.5 33.4 33.5