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: 14SN434 # Created Mon Jul 7 01:10:13 2025 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 28 observations of 28 # Arc: 65.98d # First observation: 2014/09/18 # Last observation: 2014/11/23 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000006 0.086486 -0.000024 0.005688 0.053001 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 8.39 DOF: 50 RMS: 0.10 # Min/Max residuals: -0.19 0.20 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 2.320356E-05 7.599199E-02 7.271995E-07 2.697994E-03 5.137947E-02 -1.068485E-02 # Covariance matrix: 1.1694E-13 2.4400E-12 1.2604E-15 4.4542E-13 1.3507E-12 9.1554E-11 2.4400E-12 8.5401E-09 -1.7634E-11 2.4190E-09 1.3168E-09 -1.8967E-07 1.2604E-15 -1.7634E-11 1.0856E-13 -5.5906E-12 -2.5775E-12 4.1818E-10 4.4542E-13 2.4190E-09 -5.5906E-12 7.0530E-10 3.6584E-10 -5.5204E-08 1.3507E-12 1.3168E-09 -2.5775E-12 3.6584E-10 2.2113E-10 -2.6177E-08 9.1554E-11 -1.8967E-07 4.1818E-10 -5.5204E-08 -2.6177E-08 4.7706E-06 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 10.262184 -23.107584 -0.312789 0.170698 -0.942296 2456918.744728 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456910.5000 = 2014/09/10 Mean Anomaly: 327.78590 +/- 3.270 Argument of Peri: 126.51291 +/- 5.919 Long of Asc Node: 258.38315 +/- 0.033 Inclination: 9.94982 +/- 0.001 Eccentricity: 0.19541134 +/- 0.0258 Semi-Major Axis: 24.04578217 +/- 0.3062 Time of Perihelion: 2460764.3981 +/- 384.2 Perihelion: 19.34696356 +/- 0.6669 Aphelion: 28.74460078 +/- 0.7198 Period (y) 117.9143 +/- 2.25 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 18.61647191 +/- 0.0051 Ecliptic Y -7.60259627 +/- 0.0022 Ecliptic Z 3.46743807 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00104566 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00394988 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00004015 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 20.40577426 +/- 0.0047 Geocenter to KBO 19.46302615 +/- 0.0056 # Hcoef: 10.96
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14SN434. 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 (14SN434) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 09 18.24395 22 19 20.81 +00 33 49.3 24.9g 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.24683 22 19 20.78 +00 33 49.2 24.7g 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.27261 22 19 20.58 +00 33 47.5 24.5g 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.33407 22 19 20.09 +00 33 44.3 23.0y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.33749 22 19 20.06 +00 33 43.9 23.3y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.34291 22 19 20.03 +00 33 43.6 23.5y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.34833 22 19 19.99 +00 33 43.6 23.4y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.36196 22 19 19.87 +00 33 42.8 23.2y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.37024 22 19 19.81 +00 33 42.1 23.4y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 18.37570 22 19 19.76 +00 33 42.1 23.4y 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.23772 22 18 50.45 +00 30 07.1 24.9r 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.24066 22 18 50.43 +00 30 07.1 24.7r 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.24493 22 18 50.41 +00 30 06.7 24.9r 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.27709 22 18 50.15 +00 30 05.0 24.0r 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.31871 22 18 49.83 +00 30 02.7 24.0r 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.34787 22 18 49.61 +00 30 01.0 23.7i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.35333 22 18 49.58 +00 30 00.8 24.3i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.35604 22 18 49.54 +00 30 00.5 24.7i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 09 22.37509 22 18 49.42 +00 29 59.5 24.1i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 10 01.21913 22 17 47.74 +00 21 49.1 23.8z 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 10 01.22468 22 17 47.71 +00 21 48.8 23.5z 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 10 01.23283 22 17 47.65 +00 21 48.3 23.6z 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 10 01.23821 22 17 47.61 +00 21 47.9 23.1z 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 10 01.33842 22 17 46.96 +00 21 42.4 24.1z 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 11 23.19439 22 15 42.00 -00 13 26.5 23.9i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 11 23.20060 22 15 42.02 -00 13 26.6 24.0i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 11 23.20611 22 15 42.03 -00 13 26.6 24.0i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0 2014 11 23.22241 22 15 42.07 -00 13 26.8 24.0i 14SN434 T09 C~8vF0
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 0.04 0.00 0.02
2 0.0000 -0.46 -0.04 0.07 0.12
3 0.0001 -3.87 -0.09 -0.41 -0.16
4 0.0002 -11.88 -0.06 -0.70 0.06
5 0.0003 -12.45 -0.18 -0.91 -0.12
6 0.0003 -12.97 0.01 -1.02 -0.19
7 0.0003 -13.53 0.16 -0.80 0.07
8 0.0003 -15.50 -0.03 -0.89 0.09
9 0.0003 -16.59 -0.03 -1.21 -0.16
10 0.0004 -17.29 -0.02 -0.94 0.16
11 0.0109 -505.11 -0.00 -40.17 -0.03
12 0.0109 -505.38 0.09 -40.06 0.11
13 0.0110 -505.81 0.20 -40.33 -0.10
14 0.0110 -510.06 0.01 -40.48 0.07
15 0.0112 -515.37 -0.04 -40.86 0.11
16 0.0112 -519.06 -0.05 -41.24 0.03
17 0.0113 -519.55 0.15 -41.26 0.07
18 0.0113 -520.22 -0.18 -41.32 0.03
19 0.0113 -522.26 0.19 -41.59 -0.05
20 0.0355 -1562.75 -0.05 -159.45 0.06
21 0.0355 -1563.28 0.05 -159.56 0.02
22 0.0356 -1564.30 -0.05 -159.70 0.01
23 0.0356 -1565.00 -0.15 -159.85 -0.07
24 0.0359 -1576.09 0.07 -161.40 -0.16
25 0.1806 -4092.76 -0.09 -1438.35 -0.04
26 0.1806 -4092.52 0.00 -1438.55 -0.07
27 0.1806 -4092.38 0.00 -1438.61 0.03
28 0.1806 -4091.89 0.09 -1439.01 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.
14SN434 quality flag:3 Type: CENTAURR CENTAURR CENTAURR axisobj 24.103 24.919 23.725 ecceobj 0.199 0.207 0.230 incobj 9.967 9.964 9.969 qmin 18.547 19.763 16.998 qmax 28.890 31.131 29.361 amean 22.637 25.028 23.457 amin 21.990 24.090 22.659 amax 24.342 25.652 23.870 emean 0.154 0.195 0.226 emin 0.095 0.156 0.212 emax 0.199 0.218 0.250 imean 11.014 12.406 11.183 imin 9.845 11.328 10.817 imax 12.813 13.491 11.505 excite_mean 0.246 0.291 0.298 fracstop 0.027 0.006 0.007 cjmean 3.014 2.953 2.973 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 183.5 139.5 185.2 kozaiamp 179.3 44.0 36.2