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: 06QC181 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:08:50 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 6 observations of 6 # Arc: 60.06d # First observation: 2006/08/21 # Last observation: 2006/10/20 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000000 0.016185 0.000001 -0.006594 0.020662 0.000000 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # Chi-squared of fit: 33.83 DOF: 7 RMS: 0.42 # Min/Max residuals: -0.89 0.67 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.130289E-05 1.415896E-02 -4.476091E-06 -6.603132E-03 2.032699E-02 1.350542E-02 # Covariance matrix: 5.5986E-12 7.9767E-09 1.5655E-13 3.1388E-11 1.3283E-09 -2.2004E-09 7.9767E-09 1.2481E-05 2.4453E-10 4.9792E-08 2.0757E-06 -4.0882E-06 1.5655E-13 2.4453E-10 4.9546E-13 -2.0752E-12 4.0709E-11 -6.5758E-11 3.1388E-11 4.9792E-08 -2.0752E-12 2.6978E-10 8.1902E-09 -4.7421E-08 1.3283E-09 2.0757E-06 4.0709E-11 8.1902E-09 3.4545E-07 -5.9609E-07 -2.2004E-09 -4.0882E-06 -6.5758E-11 -4.7421E-08 -5.9609E-07 3.0098E-05 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.101150 3.422946 0.583846 -0.030205 -0.826597 2453968.726834 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2453960.5000 = 2006/08/13 Mean Anomaly: 28.18999 +/- 28.252 Argument of Peri: 74.43351 +/- 21.871 Long of Asc Node: 178.30149 +/- 1.119 Inclination: 24.94715 +/- 5.417 Eccentricity: 0.68844031 +/- 0.2515 Semi-Major Axis: 72.19544210 +/- 46.7429 Time of Perihelion: 2436415.4109 +/- 4342.2 Perihelion: 22.49318928 +/- 23.2750 Aphelion: 121.89769492 +/- 80.9840 Period (y) 613.4411 +/- 595.76 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 49.93236628 +/- 1.4190 Ecliptic Y 2.39892391 +/- 0.0848 Ecliptic Z -1.80392896 +/- 0.0522 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00167270 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00200536 +/- 0.0004 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00095552 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 50.02249692 +/- 1.4164 Geocenter to KBO 49.19567261 +/- 1.4225 # Hcoef: 6.59
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 06QC181. 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 (06QC181) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2006 08 21.22608 00 15 54.12 -00 34 03.0 23.0R 06QC181 807 Cs5502 2006 08 21.29974 00 15 53.90 -00 34 04.6 06QC181 807 Cs5502 2006 08 22.20621 00 15 51.20 -00 34 27.3 06QC181 807 Cs5502 2006 10 19.23187 00 12 22.01 -01 01 14.9 23.5R 06QC181 695 Ct0530 2006 10 19.32416 00 12 21.71 -01 01 16.6 06QC181 695 Ct0530 2006 10 20.28926 00 12 18.45 -01 01 42.2 06QC181 695 Ct0530
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 -0.06 0.00 -0.14
2 0.0002 -3.66 0.07 -0.16 0.06
3 0.0027 -49.85 0.00 -4.91 0.06
4 0.1615 -3568.11 -0.63 -234.83 0.23
5 0.1618 -3572.92 -0.00 -234.60 0.67
6 0.1644 -3627.97 0.62 -238.70 -0.89
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.
06QC181 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