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: 14TU85 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:10:00 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 9 observations of 9 # Arc: 17.09d # First observation: 2014/10/13 # Last observation: 2014/10/30 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 0.000000 0.035259 -0.000001 -0.000081 0.029248 0.000000 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # Chi-squared of fit: 2.66 DOF: 13 RMS: 0.10 # Min/Max residuals: -0.13 0.23 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.909508E-05 3.491829E-02 -7.084417E-07 -8.421773E-05 2.917954E-02 -8.140816E-03 # Covariance matrix: 2.1197E-12 3.0226E-09 1.8298E-13 2.9957E-11 4.8508E-10 2.6594E-09 3.0226E-09 5.5788E-06 3.3631E-10 5.5117E-08 8.8994E-07 2.8898E-06 1.8298E-13 3.3631E-10 4.8063E-13 -7.7282E-12 5.3663E-11 1.8451E-10 2.9957E-11 5.5117E-08 -7.7282E-12 9.5544E-10 8.7911E-09 2.6634E-08 4.8508E-10 8.8994E-07 5.3663E-11 8.7911E-09 1.4210E-07 5.8812E-07 2.6594E-09 2.8898E-06 1.8451E-10 2.6634E-08 5.8812E-07 1.2505E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -16.822418 30.354611 0.190405 -0.283904 -0.939551 2456943.618897 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456940.5000 = 2014/10/10 Mean Anomaly: 340.20286 +/- 15.409 Argument of Peri: 317.82819 +/- 41.709 Long of Asc Node: 120.56714 +/- 0.545 Inclination: 16.36141 +/- 0.006 Eccentricity: 0.41012516 +/- 0.3064 Semi-Major Axis: 53.87087673 +/- 17.6060 Time of Perihelion: 2464882.4910 +/- 4801.6 Perihelion: 31.77707494 +/- 19.5003 Aphelion: 75.96467852 +/- 29.8122 Period (y) 395.4024 +/- 193.84 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 29.24740532 +/- 0.3657 Ecliptic Y 16.91104371 +/- 0.2141 Ecliptic Z -9.91817856 +/- 0.1281 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00229310 +/- 0.0009 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00245181 +/- 0.0005 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00021360 +/- 0.0003 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 35.21028803 +/- 0.3227 Geocenter to KBO 34.27059294 +/- 0.4427 # Hcoef: 8.38
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14TU85. 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 (14TU85) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 10 13.118119 02 16 20.49 -04 11 33.6 24.7g 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 13.120336 02 16 20.49 -04 11 33.9 24.0r 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 13.126481 02 16 20.45 -04 11 34.0 23.9z 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 26.081267 02 15 12.79 -04 18 10.9 24.3g 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 26.083461 02 15 12.77 -04 18 11.0 23.5r 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 26.089618 02 15 12.76 -04 18 11.1 23.5z 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 30.201273 02 14 50.78 -04 20 00.1 23.5r 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 30.203634 02 14 50.76 -04 20 00.1 23.0i 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr 2014 10 30.207431 02 14 50.74 -04 20 00.4 23.8z 14TU85 W84 C~1IXr
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 0.14
2 0.0000 -0.10 0.05 -0.28 -0.13
3 0.0000 -0.70 -0.04 -0.17 0.01
4 0.0355 -1087.59 0.00 -24.68 -0.00
5 0.0355 -1087.90 -0.12 -24.67 0.00
6 0.0355 -1088.08 0.23 -24.72 -0.05
7 0.0468 -1434.29 0.05 -14.05 0.01
8 0.0468 -1434.57 -0.03 -13.95 0.11
9 0.0468 -1434.95 -0.09 -14.13 -0.09
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.
14TU85 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