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: 14FE72 # Created Sun Dec 22 02:09:54 2024 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 20 observations of 20 # Arc: 6.98y # First observation: 2014/03/26 # Last observation: 2021/03/18 # Chi-squared of fit: 42.36 DOF: 34 RMS: 0.26 # Min/Max residuals: -0.44 0.53 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.259824E-05 1.448955E-02 -4.529056E-06 -4.581387E-03 1.705417E-02 1.221062E-02 # Covariance matrix: 1.3452E-13 -6.9497E-14 -6.9182E-15 1.4328E-14 6.6268E-15 -5.4223E-13 -6.9497E-14 1.3599E-13 1.4403E-14 -3.8399E-14 3.2653E-14 1.4614E-12 -6.9182E-15 1.4403E-14 1.1949E-13 -2.9822E-14 -1.2972E-14 1.7656E-13 1.4328E-14 -3.8399E-14 -2.9822E-14 2.8433E-14 -9.2965E-15 -4.6821E-13 6.6268E-15 3.2653E-14 -1.2972E-14 -9.2965E-15 2.0844E-13 3.8659E-13 -5.4223E-13 1.4614E-12 1.7656E-13 -4.6821E-13 3.8659E-13 1.7817E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -10.988660 -172.675342 0.035342 -0.189649 -0.977363 2456742.613198 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456742.5000 = 2014/03/26 Mean Anomaly: 0.10878 +/- 0.005 Argument of Peri: 134.12619 +/- 0.005 Long of Asc Node: 336.76245 +/- 0.001 Inclination: 20.59560 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.98773791 +/- 0.0004 Semi-Major Axis: 2944.81399416 +/- 84.6914 Time of Perihelion: 2439104.7936 +/- 1077.8 Perihelion: 36.10957387 +/- 1.4738 Aphelion: 5853.51841445 +/- 168.3476 Period (y) 159806.7078 +/- 6893.95 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -58.08517927 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic Y -7.42917087 +/- 0.0002 Ecliptic Z -11.17730118 +/- 0.0003 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00147861 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00253779 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00109553 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 59.61487768 +/- 0.0015 Geocenter to KBO 58.63607157 +/- 0.0016 # Hcoef: 6.11
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14FE72. 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 (14FE72) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 03 26.11242 12 09 10.566 -12 59 00.28 14FE72 807 C~1x8j 2014 03 26.17955 12 09 10.350 -12 58 59.36 23.9r 14FE72 807 C~1x8j 2014 03 26.17955 12 09 10.30 -12 58 59.3 24.3V 14FE72 W84 C~2J9u 2014 03 26.24892 12 09 10.105 -12 58 58.12 14FE72 807 C~1x8j 2014 03 26.24892 12 09 10.07 -12 58 58.1 14FE72 W84 C~2J9u 2014 05 01.01810 12 07 20.554 -12 46 56.00 14FE72 304 C~1x8j 2014 05 01.10303 12 07 20.334 -12 46 54.05 23.6r 14FE72 304 C~1x8j 2014 05 02.12025 12 07 17.756 -12 46 33.52 14FE72 304 C~1x8j 2014 07 19.97907 12 06 51.593 -12 33 19.07 14FE72 I11 C~1x8j 2014 07 20.04487 12 06 51.719 -12 33 19.13 23.7r 14FE72 I11 C~1x8j 2015 01 18.29839 12 14 42.953 -13 40 26.48 14FE72 I11 C~1x8j 2015 01 21.28680 12 14 39.469 -13 40 47.50 14FE72 I11 C~1x8j 2015 03 02.129842 12 13 08.91 -13 39 04.4 14FE72 W84 C~5ZZr 2015 12 09.31751 12 17 06.518 -14 02 02.66 14FE72 304 C~1x8j 2015 12 09.34646 12 17 06.536 -14 02 03.32 14FE72 304 C~1x8j 2018 05 14.25498 12 17 12.347 -14 54 11.79 23.9r 14FE72 G37 C~2fC5 2018 05 14.26226 12 17 12.332 -14 54 11.86 24.0r 14FE72 G37 C~2fC5 2018 05 15.29040 12 17 10.309 -14 53 52.02 14FE72 G37 C~2fC5 2021 03 18.247327 12 27 09.95 -16 41 41.1 14FE72 W84 C~5ZZr 2021 03 18.250082 12 27 09.91 -16 41 41.0 14FE72 W84 C~5ZZr
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 0.19 0.00 -0.02
2 0.0002 0.00 -0.36 0.00 -0.26
3 0.0002 0.00 0.39 0.00 -0.32
4 0.0004 0.00 -0.25 0.00 -0.33
5 0.0004 0.00 0.27 0.00 -0.35
6 0.0983 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.08
7 0.0985 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.31
8 0.1013 0.00 -0.13 0.00 0.20
9 0.3172 0.00 -0.00 0.00 0.30
10 0.3174 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.53
11 0.8164 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.14
12 0.8246 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.17
13 0.9337 0.00 -0.42 0.00 -0.17
14 1.7062 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.08
15 1.7063 0.00 -0.42 0.00 0.12
16 4.1345 0.00 -0.15 0.00 -0.23
17 4.1346 0.00 -0.16 0.00 -0.44
18 4.1374 0.00 0.12 0.00 -0.18
19 6.9792 0.00 0.36 0.00 0.18
20 6.9792 0.00 -0.11 0.00 0.24
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.
14FE72 quality flag:3 Type: CENTAURS CENTAURS CENTAURS axisobj 1994.681 1995.494 1993.869 ecceobj 0.982 0.982 0.982 incobj 20.663 20.663 20.663 qmin 19.491 19.990 17.126 qmax 7034.059 7443.947 ******** amean 2090.312 2056.612 2088.196 amin 1640.600 1465.301 1504.492 amax 3535.165 3740.075 5319.960 emean 0.982 0.982 0.982 emin 0.971 0.972 0.969 emax 0.991 0.991 0.994 imean 21.938 21.931 21.950 imin 18.223 18.382 17.797 imax 27.389 27.359 29.465 excite_mean 1.051 1.051 1.051 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.881 2.881 2.881 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 134.6 134.6 134.8 kozaiamp 11.6 11.1 13.2