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: 06US321 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:08:53 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 3 observations of 3 # Arc: 1.06d # First observation: 2006/10/19 # Last observation: 2006/10/20 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 0.65 DOF: 2 RMS: 0.08 # Min/Max residuals: -0.14 0.13 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.566005E-05 2.467072E-02 7.888644E-10 5.855826E-05 2.489691E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 4.9716E-11 7.5553E-08 1.4087E-12 2.2149E-09 1.6833E-08 0.0000E+00 7.5553E-08 1.1830E-04 2.1908E-09 3.4446E-06 2.6179E-05 0.0000E+00 1.4087E-12 2.1908E-09 9.5966E-13 -2.7995E-10 4.8591E-10 0.0000E+00 2.2149E-09 3.4446E-06 -2.7995E-10 3.7585E-07 7.6402E-07 0.0000E+00 1.6833E-08 2.6179E-05 4.8591E-10 7.6402E-07 5.8066E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.0308E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -1.713733 71.460432 0.713889 -0.020841 -0.700242 2454027.919594 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2454020.5000 = 2006/10/12 Mean Anomaly: 303.98995 +/- 58.281 Argument of Peri: 331.63367 +/- 111.061 Long of Asc Node: 156.92571 +/- 47.377 Inclination: 1.68750 +/- 0.085 Eccentricity: 0.02194599 +/- 0.5869 Semi-Major Axis: 41.36148878 +/- 21.2904 Time of Perihelion: 2469137.1690 +/- 404205.8 Perihelion: 40.45377007 +/- 31.9830 Aphelion: 42.26920749 +/- 32.5991 Period (y) 266.0127 +/- 205.39 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 13.66159016 +/- 1.2357 Ecliptic Y 38.49778643 +/- 3.6840 Ecliptic Z -1.20118715 +/- 0.1163 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00256720 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00085830 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00000638 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 40.86760889 +/- 3.4949 Geocenter to KBO 40.16563437 +/- 3.8875 # Hcoef: 8.47
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 06US321. 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 (06US321) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2006 10 19.41884 04 40 41.06 +20 27 30.3 24.3R 06US321 695 Ct0648 2006 10 20.42290 04 40 37.56 +20 27 21.6 06US321 695 Ct0648 2006 10 20.47876 04 40 37.36 +20 27 21.4 06US321 695 Ct0648
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 0.0027 -49.91 -0.03 -1.98 -0.14
3 0.0029 -52.73 0.03 -1.80 0.13
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.
06US321 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