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: 14UB277 # Created Sun Dec 22 02:10:09 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 17 observations of 17 # Arc: 4.90y # First observation: 2013/11/23 # Last observation: 2018/10/18 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000126 0.034639 0.000015 -0.003426 0.027599 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 5.70 DOF: 28 RMS: 0.10 # Min/Max residuals: -0.18 0.25 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.979529E-05 3.430572E-02 -1.693325E-06 -3.389462E-03 2.751299E-02 1.431863E-03 # Covariance matrix: 4.0495E-13 -3.0565E-13 -1.0846E-14 2.0602E-14 -3.3183E-14 -1.2629E-12 -3.0565E-13 5.5020E-13 2.0866E-14 -4.4154E-14 -1.6421E-13 2.5788E-12 -1.0846E-14 2.0866E-14 2.9077E-13 -8.2489E-14 4.0676E-15 1.1843E-13 2.0602E-14 -4.4154E-14 -8.2489E-14 3.5613E-14 5.4230E-15 -2.3137E-13 -3.3183E-14 -1.6421E-13 4.0676E-15 5.4230E-15 6.7613E-13 3.9260E-14 -1.2629E-12 2.5788E-12 1.1843E-13 -2.3137E-13 3.9260E-14 1.4001E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -5.652697 5.892558 -0.805342 -0.055865 -0.565819 2456619.617018 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456610.5000 = 2013/11/14 Mean Anomaly: 3.45843 +/- 0.006 Argument of Peri: 214.29631 +/- 0.018 Long of Asc Node: 142.16063 +/- 0.002 Inclination: 7.84608 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.47266759 +/- 0.0002 Semi-Major Axis: 69.60372405 +/- 0.0235 Time of Perihelion: 2454572.8786 +/- 3.3 Perihelion: 36.70429942 +/- 0.0171 Aphelion: 102.50314867 +/- 0.0366 Period (y) 580.7068 +/- 0.29 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 36.46066243 +/- 0.0011 Ecliptic Y 4.57583649 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic Z -3.58017422 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00024863 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00340503 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00034954 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 36.92066944 +/- 0.0011 Geocenter to KBO 36.34646311 +/- 0.0011 # Hcoef: 7.77
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14UB277. 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 (14UB277) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2013 11 23.11624 00 30 35.409 -02 51 02.15 23.5r 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2013 11 23.11761 00 30 35.408 -02 51 02.01 23.6i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2013 11 23.14465 00 30 35.336 -02 51 02.43 24.1i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2014 10 29.21483 00 39 33.835 -02 07 48.25 22.7i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2014 11 13.12689 00 38 36.764 -02 12 49.70 24.1r 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2014 11 14.08439 00 38 33.584 -02 13 05.04 22.6i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2016 09 01.38116 00 58 51.800 -00 25 45.93 23.6r 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2016 09 01.38254 00 58 51.795 -00 25 45.69 24.7g 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2016 10 23.12854 00 54 59.378 -00 53 00.49 23.0r 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2016 11 05.17136 00 54 02.562 -00 58 20.10 23.1i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2017 08 27.40419 01 06 33.010 +00 12 34.97 23.4i 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2017 08 28.34884 01 06 30.058 +00 12 07.71 23.5r 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2017 08 28.35021 01 06 30.058 +00 12 07.97 24.2g 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2017 09 14.31539 01 05 27.105 +00 03 25.35 22.1z 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2017 09 27.24187 01 04 29.774 -00 03 37.18 23.1z 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2018 09 14.34839 01 12 50.184 +00 39 12.26 23.6g 14UB277 W84 C~52UR 2018 10 18.20600 01 10 14.591 +00 21 20.42 23.3z 14UB277 W84 C~52UR
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 -0.05
2 0.0000 0.04 0.08 0.13 0.07
3 0.0001 -1.12 -0.06 0.18 -0.06
4 0.9311 8440.15 0.04 -822.87 0.09
5 0.9720 7534.01 -0.04 -759.17 0.05
6 0.9746 7484.10 -0.01 -754.28 -0.14
7 2.7742 26953.79 0.04 -2144.04 -0.01
8 2.7742 26953.82 0.15 -2143.79 0.25
9 2.9158 23048.18 -0.05 -2248.56 0.06
10 2.9516 22128.33 -0.04 -2200.48 -0.15
11 3.7599 34377.40 -0.18 -2812.21 0.08
12 3.7624 34324.49 -0.07 -2819.56 -0.17
13 3.7624 34324.59 0.12 -2819.32 0.09
14 3.8089 33221.35 -0.10 -2921.27 0.04
15 3.8443 32240.03 0.08 -2964.43 -0.15
16 4.8083 40395.46 -0.05 -3629.40 0.15
17 4.9010 37735.33 0.11 -3676.12 -0.14
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.
14UB277 quality flag:3 Type: 7:2EEEEE 7:2EEEEE 7:2EEEEE axisobj 70.470 70.545 70.395 ecceobj 0.479 0.480 0.479 incobj 7.832 7.832 7.832 qmin 36.044 36.029 36.031 qmax 105.216 105.231 105.182 amean 69.409 69.410 69.409 amin 68.299 68.154 68.290 amax 70.973 70.964 70.935 emean 0.470 0.470 0.470 emin 0.459 0.460 0.459 emax 0.482 0.483 0.483 imean 6.732 6.618 6.764 imin 6.554 6.495 6.480 imax 6.868 6.752 7.094 excite_mean 0.485 0.484 0.485 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.095 3.095 3.095 libcent 0 180.9 179.1 178.7 libamp 0 140.6 149.6 124.8 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 199.9 189.3 238.5 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0