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: 14QM562 # Created Wed Jul 17 01:10:25 2024 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 15 observations of 15 # Arc: 5.29y # First observation: 2014/08/18 # Last observation: 2019/12/02 # Chi-squared of fit: 10.65 DOF: 24 RMS: 0.15 # Min/Max residuals: -0.21 0.56 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.768359E-05 3.043922E-02 5.379042E-07 2.500281E-03 2.761718E-02 1.471268E-03 # Covariance matrix: 8.3921E-13 -3.3779E-13 2.5433E-14 -2.7077E-14 1.7989E-13 -1.8541E-12 -3.3779E-13 4.3207E-13 -3.7606E-14 3.8401E-14 2.5569E-13 2.6774E-12 2.5433E-14 -3.7606E-14 4.5210E-13 -1.2148E-13 -1.9346E-14 -2.6273E-13 -2.7077E-14 3.8401E-14 -1.2148E-13 4.4335E-14 1.8415E-14 2.6973E-13 1.7989E-13 2.5569E-13 -1.9346E-14 1.8415E-14 5.5895E-13 1.3247E-12 -1.8541E-12 2.6774E-12 -2.6273E-13 2.6973E-13 1.3247E-12 1.8761E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.310573 0.686628 0.591020 -0.033144 -0.824505 2456887.789588 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456888.5000 = 2014/08/19 Mean Anomaly: 9.98795 +/- 0.043 Argument of Peri: 320.47438 +/- 0.059 Long of Asc Node: 25.58323 +/- 0.002 Inclination: 5.17717 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.14981660 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 43.40299717 +/- 0.0051 Time of Perihelion: 2453990.8100 +/- 12.4 Perihelion: 36.90050761 +/- 0.0059 Aphelion: 49.90548673 +/- 0.0071 Period (y) 285.9485 +/- 0.05 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 37.00725248 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic Y -0.14537634 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic Z -1.45980367 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00011466 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00301498 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00024191 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 37.03629921 +/- 0.0010 Geocenter to KBO 36.20934136 +/- 0.0010 # Hcoef: 7.96
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14QM562. 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 (14QM562) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 08 18.28881 00 06 11.827 -01 50 48.33 23.4i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2014 10 28.19819 00 00 45.528 -02 24 19.16 22.9i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2016 09 11.19965 00 16 45.577 -00 23 16.45 23.4i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2016 11 18.06482 00 11 51.354 -00 51 59.38 23.4i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2016 11 18.06619 00 11 51.335 -00 51 59.12 24.5r 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2016 12 05.07123 00 11 20.453 -00 53 58.53 24.0r 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2016 12 19.05933 00 11 16.297 -00 53 14.93 23.8i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2017 09 27.24362 00 21 37.265 +00 18 08.35 23.6i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2017 09 27.24501 00 21 37.247 +00 18 08.27 23.5r 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2017 10 27.16579 00 19 15.141 +00 04 02.56 22.2z 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2017 11 09.06013 00 18 25.350 -00 00 34.23 23.9r 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2018 09 17.30205 00 28 35.771 +01 12 40.41 23.2i 14QM562 W84 C~52Tr 2019 12 02.24174 00 29 33.66 +01 32 02.5 23.5i 14QM562 T09 C~85Ff 2019 12 02.25552 00 29 33.61 +01 32 02.4 23.7i 14QM562 T09 C~85Ff 2019 12 02.32966 00 29 33.47 +01 32 01.9 23.4i 14QM562 T09 C~85Ff
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 -0.12 0.00 0.15
2 0.1941 0.00 0.08 0.00 -0.00
3 2.0668 0.00 -0.03 0.00 -0.07
4 2.2526 0.00 0.17 0.00 -0.21
5 2.2526 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.07
6 2.2992 0.00 -0.02 0.00 -0.02
7 2.3375 0.00 -0.09 0.00 -0.07
8 3.1101 0.00 0.15 0.00 -0.11
9 3.1101 0.00 -0.02 0.00 -0.14
10 3.1920 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.56
11 3.2273 0.00 0.05 0.00 -0.19
12 4.0822 0.00 0.05 0.00 -0.04
13 5.2894 0.00 0.19 0.00 0.00
14 5.2894 0.00 -0.17 0.00 0.01
15 5.2896 0.00 -0.14 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.
14QM562 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 43.781 43.798 43.764 ecceobj 0.158 0.158 0.157 incobj 5.163 5.163 5.163 qmin 35.015 35.556 34.711 qmax 52.592 52.578 53.457 amean 43.579 43.819 43.825 amin 43.171 43.213 43.170 amax 44.045 44.298 44.370 emean 0.142 0.141 0.167 emin 0.104 0.105 0.140 emax 0.195 0.189 0.207 imean 4.613 4.557 4.730 imin 3.035 3.273 3.060 imax 5.624 5.650 5.986 excite_mean 0.163 0.162 0.186 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.063 3.066 3.056 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 178.1 180.5 179.2 kozaiamp 179.9 180.0 180.0