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: 14RS63 # Created Mon Apr 28 01:10:04 2025 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 14 observations of 14 # Arc: 54.83d # First observation: 2014/09/04 # Last observation: 2014/10/29 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000016 0.033120 0.000031 0.002351 0.026879 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 5.24 DOF: 22 RMS: 0.11 # Min/Max residuals: -0.27 0.27 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.858343E-05 3.093326E-02 2.601225E-06 3.759103E-03 2.665470E-02 -4.270968E-03 # Covariance matrix: 7.2991E-13 7.8403E-12 3.5078E-15 -5.2228E-12 3.9452E-12 3.3691E-10 7.8403E-12 2.4788E-09 1.9932E-11 -1.4181E-09 4.4240E-10 -5.0483E-08 3.5078E-15 1.9932E-11 6.9203E-13 -1.6122E-11 2.7257E-12 -6.9142E-10 -5.2228E-12 -1.4181E-09 -1.6122E-11 8.7459E-10 -2.4213E-10 3.4026E-08 3.9452E-12 4.4240E-10 2.7257E-12 -2.4213E-10 9.7982E-11 -3.5518E-09 3.3691E-10 -5.0483E-08 -6.9142E-10 3.4026E-08 -3.5518E-09 2.8058E-06 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -28.825962 -36.511349 -0.310112 -0.463956 -0.843304 2456904.686253 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456900.5000 = 2014/08/31 Mean Anomaly: 347.91798 +/- 3.885 Argument of Peri: 310.81305 +/- 9.629 Long of Asc Node: 38.87884 +/- 0.098 Inclination: 28.98296 +/- 0.011 Eccentricity: 0.36765135 +/- 0.0361 Semi-Major Axis: 58.82276068 +/- 1.9517 Time of Perihelion: 2462430.8607 +/- 1756.9 Perihelion: 37.19649349 +/- 2.4540 Aphelion: 80.44902788 +/- 3.4094 Period (y) 451.1556 +/- 22.45 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 27.37358605 +/- 0.0098 Ecliptic Y -19.87736206 +/- 0.0073 Ecliptic Z -18.08868929 +/- 0.0067 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00172639 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00266722 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00054991 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 38.36174417 +/- 0.0086 Geocenter to KBO 37.51683061 +/- 0.0139 # Hcoef: 6.81
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14RS63. 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 (14RS63) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 09 04.185475 22 31 27.10 -40 31 10.7 22.2z 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 09 04.185995 22 31 27.10 -40 31 10.5 22.2z 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 09 26.125046 22 29 16.26 -40 32 52.5 22.7i 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 09 26.125567 22 29 16.25 -40 32 52.2 22.7i 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 10 02.213206 22 28 44.32 -40 31 57.6 22.4z 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 10 02.213727 22 28 44.31 -40 31 57.4 22.4z 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 10 23.174248 22 27 18.43 -40 24 16.2 22.6i 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 10 23.174769 22 27 18.42 -40 24 15.9 22.6i 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 10 23.175613 22 27 18.43 -40 24 16.4 23.0r 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 10 23.176134 22 27 18.42 -40 24 16.1 23.0r 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 10 29.006030 22 27 02.58 -40 20 56.7 22.3z 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 10 29.006551 22 27 02.58 -40 20 56.7 22.3z 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni 2014 10 29.019676 22 27 02.56 -40 20 56.1 22.5i 14RS63 W84 C~352Q 2014 10 29.020197 22 27 02.54 -40 20 56.0 22.5i 14RS63 W84 C~2Bni
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 -0.05 0.00 -0.08
2 0.0000 0.08 0.07 0.18 0.10
3 0.0601 -1397.77 -0.05 530.66 -0.16
4 0.0601 -1397.75 0.00 530.98 0.15
5 0.0767 -1706.43 -0.03 731.47 -0.12
6 0.0767 -1706.45 -0.02 731.70 0.09
7 0.1341 -2409.76 0.08 1555.58 -0.03
8 0.1341 -2409.74 0.11 1555.90 0.27
9 0.1341 -2409.84 0.03 1555.40 -0.27
10 0.1341 -2409.82 0.06 1555.72 0.02
11 0.1501 -2493.31 -0.10 1811.80 -0.04
12 0.1501 -2493.31 -0.10 1811.80 -0.06
13 0.1501 -2493.27 0.08 1812.44 -0.01
14 0.1501 -2493.44 -0.08 1812.63 0.15
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.
14RS63 quality flag:1 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 59.346 67.399 57.193 ecceobj 0.374 0.491 0.333 incobj 28.994 28.986 29.020 qmin 35.999 32.757 37.593 qmax 83.527 103.626 77.521 amean 59.229 67.127 57.154 amin 58.569 66.090 56.567 amax 60.077 68.556 57.868 emean 0.369 0.489 0.323 emin 0.349 0.464 0.308 emax 0.390 0.513 0.340 imean 28.439 28.206 28.699 imin 27.743 27.114 28.235 imax 29.190 29.447 29.159 excite_mean 0.603 0.680 0.579 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.801 2.744 2.814 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 172.9 173.5 203.7 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0