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: 14SJ350 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:09:58 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 7 observations of 7 # Arc: 59.03d # First observation: 2014/09/21 # Last observation: 2014/11/19 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000001 0.014080 0.000004 0.000399 0.018504 0.000000 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # Chi-squared of fit: 4.71 DOF: 9 RMS: 0.15 # Min/Max residuals: -0.24 0.23 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.135057E-05 1.334802E-02 7.227838E-07 7.015949E-04 1.843182E-02 -3.083804E-03 # Covariance matrix: 5.1087E-13 2.5358E-12 -1.0568E-16 -1.8619E-12 2.3327E-12 1.2083E-10 2.5358E-12 4.1195E-09 1.5348E-11 -1.6490E-09 4.0116E-10 -5.1031E-07 -1.0568E-16 1.5348E-11 5.1013E-13 -1.0398E-11 8.1596E-13 -2.3135E-09 -1.8619E-12 -1.6490E-09 -1.0398E-11 7.4437E-10 -1.4185E-10 2.1910E-07 2.3327E-12 4.0116E-10 8.1596E-13 -1.4185E-10 8.8880E-11 -2.3736E-08 1.2083E-10 -5.1031E-07 -2.3135E-09 2.1910E-07 -2.3736E-08 7.8765E-05 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -10.355948 -35.860292 -0.556174 -0.150697 -0.825386 2456921.513758 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456920.5000 = 2014/09/20 Mean Anomaly: 234.24078 +/- 91.916 Argument of Peri: 75.78377 +/- 78.189 Long of Asc Node: 37.46559 +/- 0.336 Inclination: 10.66926 +/- 0.019 Eccentricity: 0.31285472 +/- 0.2395 Semi-Major Axis: 44.71645374 +/- 8.3856 Time of Perihelion: 2495074.2128 +/- 25738.1 Perihelion: 30.72670018 +/- 12.1603 Aphelion: 58.70620730 +/- 15.3580 Period (y) 299.0262 +/- 84.11 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 44.25752962 +/- 0.0221 Ecliptic Y -31.30375070 +/- 0.0160 Ecliptic Z -9.75282010 +/- 0.0050 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00080681 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00185532 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00018497 +/- 0.0002 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 55.07968079 +/- 0.0200 Geocenter to KBO 54.25399546 +/- 0.0278 # Hcoef: 6.95
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14SJ350. 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 (14SJ350) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 09 21.01298 22 00 39.910 -23 12 47.92 24.3r 14SJ350 807 C~1x8l 2014 09 21.10439 22 00 39.589 -23 12 49.09 14SJ350 807 C~1x8l 2014 09 22.01494 22 00 36.616 -23 12 57.04 14SJ350 807 C~1x8l 2014 10 22.07141 21 59 21.012 -23 14 28.24 14SJ350 304 C~1x8l 2014 10 23.08150 21 59 19.417 -23 14 24.81 14SJ350 304 C~1x8l 2014 10 24.08362 21 59 17.887 -23 14 20.50 14SJ350 304 C~1x8l 2014 11 19.04667 21 59 04.204 -23 10 06.56 14SJ350 304 C~1x8l
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 0.02 0.00 -0.02
2 0.0003 -4.55 -0.24 0.46 -0.23
3 0.0027 -45.72 0.23 7.39 0.23
4 0.0850 -1053.97 0.06 286.35 0.09
5 0.0878 -1073.38 0.01 297.23 -0.15
6 0.0905 -1091.64 -0.10 308.62 0.13
7 0.1616 -1180.00 0.01 612.38 -0.04
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.
14SJ350 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