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: 14TB116 # Created Tue Apr 1 01:10:08 2025 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 14 observations of 14 # Arc: 4.17y # First observation: 2014/10/03 # Last observation: 2018/12/03 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000372 0.033331 -0.000118 0.007686 0.026842 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 7.57 DOF: 22 RMS: 0.13 # Min/Max residuals: -0.26 0.20 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.912815E-05 3.273099E-02 4.859363E-06 7.495103E-03 2.704394E-02 -6.040937E-03 # Covariance matrix: 6.3676E-13 -3.0732E-13 -1.0402E-14 -5.6797E-14 3.3354E-13 -1.9952E-12 -3.0732E-13 4.3627E-13 -5.1745E-14 1.1352E-13 -9.3554E-15 3.5444E-12 -1.0402E-14 -5.1745E-14 2.7708E-13 -1.0878E-13 -5.0061E-14 -4.7765E-13 -5.6797E-14 1.1352E-13 -1.0878E-13 8.6966E-14 6.1990E-15 1.0500E-12 3.3354E-13 -9.3554E-15 -5.0061E-14 6.1990E-15 4.2752E-13 -9.5231E-14 -1.9952E-12 3.5444E-12 -4.7765E-13 1.0500E-12 -9.5231E-14 3.2789E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -25.350545 30.583479 0.355939 -0.401258 -0.847337 2456933.885988 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456930.5000 = 2014/09/30 Mean Anomaly: 352.27117 +/- 0.007 Argument of Peri: 326.06699 +/- 0.026 Long of Asc Node: 91.60931 +/- 0.001 Inclination: 27.64638 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.54724064 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 79.46128623 +/- 0.0211 Time of Perihelion: 2462484.9730 +/- 4.1 Perihelion: 35.97684145 +/- 0.0137 Aphelion: 122.94573100 +/- 0.0341 Period (y) 708.3397 +/- 0.28 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 29.75308748 +/- 0.0007 Ecliptic Y 17.17446703 +/- 0.0004 Ecliptic Z -15.83172088 +/- 0.0004 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00188663 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00273208 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00094767 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 37.82660331 +/- 0.0006 Geocenter to KBO 36.97686371 +/- 0.0009 # Hcoef: 7.64
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14TB116. 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 (14TB116) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 10 03.38521 02 29 06.389 -12 07 05.11 23.7i 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2014 12 12.18730 02 23 34.986 -12 19 32.13 22.7z 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2014 12 12.19558 02 23 34.956 -12 19 32.01 23.5i 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2014 12 20.17424 02 23 08.849 -12 16 36.80 24.1g 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2015 01 08.12099 02 22 29.722 -12 06 12.40 22.8z 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2015 11 21.24128 02 31 39.598 -11 19 06.90 22.4z 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2016 09 14.40311 02 43 23.460 -09 46 27.88 22.9i 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2016 09 24.30754 02 42 51.257 -09 52 36.25 23.2r 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2016 11 25.19376 02 37 52.676 -10 14 14.07 23.0r 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2016 12 02.14405 02 37 20.435 -10 13 43.66 23.0i 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2016 12 02.14544 02 37 20.427 -10 13 43.81 24.5g 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2017 11 25.14615 02 44 31.507 -09 08 05.95 23.6i 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2018 11 29.21790 02 50 52.106 -08 00 42.08 23.6r 14TB116 W84 C~55SP 2018 12 03.12715 02 50 33.541 -08 00 27.62 24.2g 14TB116 W84 C~55SP
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 0.00 0.00 -0.10 2 0.1911 -4815.71 0.16 989.87 0.06 3 0.1911 -4816.09 0.15 990.13 0.02 4 0.2130 -5114.87 -0.15 1286.79 0.20 5 0.2648 -5438.35 -0.26 2071.06 0.15 6 1.1331 3118.27 0.15 1904.40 -0.19 7 1.9494 14824.65 0.03 3397.63 -0.23 8 1.9765 14244.74 -0.19 3225.20 0.03 9 2.1460 9646.94 -0.03 3595.98 -0.17 10 2.1650 9212.34 0.12 3794.37 0.13 11 2.1650 9212.17 0.04 3794.27 -0.01 12 3.1451 16607.81 -0.02 5187.11 -0.11 13 4.1556 23406.60 -0.01 6919.12 0.05 14 4.1663 23152.10 0.01 7033.79 0.17
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.
14TB116 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 80.847 80.905 80.789 ecceobj 0.554 0.554 0.554 incobj 27.655 27.655 27.656 qmin 34.289 34.021 34.304 qmax 127.720 128.939 127.484 amean 79.544 79.859 79.491 amin 78.327 78.498 78.242 amax 81.385 81.910 81.275 emean 0.548 0.553 0.549 emin 0.532 0.535 0.531 emax 0.570 0.576 0.569 imean 25.992 25.738 25.930 imin 24.823 24.504 24.831 imax 26.982 26.952 27.006 excite_mean 0.702 0.703 0.702 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.822 2.822 2.821 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 148.7 158.1 148.6 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0