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: 14UQ229
# Created Sun Dec 22 02:10:08 2024
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting 43 observations of 43
# Arc: 11.29y
# First observation: 2004/08/23
# Last observation: 2015/12/07
# Chi-squared of fit: 15.87 DOF: 80 RMS: 0.11
# Min/Max residuals: -0.31 0.35
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
3.894996E-05 2.393821E-01 2.088545E-06 3.939561E-03 9.666101E-02 2.684641E-02
# Covariance matrix:
3.2872E-13 -7.4177E-14 2.1675E-15 -9.8653E-16 -3.1382E-15 -6.2332E-15
-7.4177E-14 2.5863E-14 -9.2424E-16 4.3257E-16 5.7120E-16 2.8281E-15
2.1675E-15 -9.2424E-16 2.0833E-13 -2.1487E-14 -1.0933E-16 -1.0560E-16
-9.8653E-16 4.3257E-16 -2.1487E-14 2.4318E-15 2.3986E-17 5.1276E-17
-3.1382E-15 5.7120E-16 -1.0933E-16 2.3986E-17 1.8183E-15 -5.4102E-17
-6.2332E-15 2.8281E-15 -1.0560E-16 5.1276E-17 -5.4102E-17 3.4962E-16
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
6.127019 -51.980953 -0.386065 0.100284 -0.933734 2453240.670893
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2453240.5000 = 2004/08/23
Mean Anomaly: 1.52705 +/- 0.006
Argument of Peri: 62.63926 +/- 0.000
Long of Asc Node: 228.20199 +/- 0.000
Inclination: 5.67464 +/- 0.000
Eccentricity: 0.77816834 +/- 0.0000
Semi-Major Axis: 49.62618004 +/- 0.0000
Time of Perihelion: 2452698.8524 +/- 2.3
Perihelion: 11.00865793 +/- 0.0015
Aphelion: 88.24370216 +/- 0.0015
Period (y) 349.6025 +/- 0.00
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X 7.21434225 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic Y -8.60419978 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic Z 1.10426077 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT 0.00579805 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT 0.00358290 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00019222 +/- 0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 11.28259973 +/- 0.0000
Geocenter to KBO 10.34541951 +/- 0.0000
# Hcoef: 9.60
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14UQ229. 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 (14UQ229) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2004 08 23.17015 20 35 16.88 -12 20 12.0 20.4V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2004 08 23.19819 20 35 16.53 -12 20 13.3 20.0V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2004 08 23.22491 20 35 16.24 -12 20 15.0 20.0V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2006 08 29.20375 22 11 15.44 -04 49 34.2 20.2V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2006 08 29.22111 22 11 15.23 -04 49 35.7 20.3V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2006 08 29.23853 22 11 15.00 -04 49 37.3 20.7V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2008 09 05.19284 23 23 53.53 +01 38 50.8 20.8V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2008 09 05.21387 23 23 53.32 +01 38 49.0 20.6V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2008 09 05.23147 23 23 53.11 +01 38 47.8 20.5V 14UQ229 691 C~2SDk 2011 09 04.43611 00 42 13.557 +08 26 59.37 22.6w 14UQ229 F51 C~2SDk 2011 09 04.45097 00 42 13.415 +08 26 58.37 22.3w 14UQ229 F51 C~2SDk 2011 09 04.46587 00 42 13.313 +08 26 57.78 22.6w 14UQ229 F51 C~2SDk 2011 09 04.48090 00 42 13.162 +08 26 56.95 22.3w 14UQ229 F51 C~2SDk 2013 08 08.56731 01 21 35.775 +11 30 58.92 22.5r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2013 08 08.61611 01 21 35.668 +11 30 58.49 22.5r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2013 09 01.53734 01 19 55.078 +11 22 27.30 22.4r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2013 09 01.57621 01 19 54.833 +11 22 26.09 22.6r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2013 09 02.52461 01 19 48.985 +11 21 53.43 22.3r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2013 09 02.57416 01 19 48.666 +11 21 51.70 22.4r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 07 25.50098 01 37 01.714 +12 35 40.27 23.1r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 07 25.54031 01 37 01.752 +12 35 40.75 22.8r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 07 25.58207 01 37 01.798 +12 35 41.11 22.6r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 08 23.54089 01 36 19.408 +12 33 14.82 23.4r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 08 23.58776 01 36 19.213 +12 33 13.88 22.9r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 08 27.43321 01 36 02.801 +12 31 49.35 22.7r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 08 27.52904 01 36 02.345 +12 31 47.09 22.9r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 09 18.36363 01 33 49.079 +12 19 30.85 22.5r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 09 18.40832 01 33 48.744 +12 19 28.97 22.7r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 09 23.44649 01 33 10.080 +12 15 45.75 22.2r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 10 22.42102 01 28 59.806 +11 50 26.25 23.1r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 10 22.46044 01 28 59.449 +11 50 24.03 22.6r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 10 22.49986 01 28 59.092 +11 50 21.81 22.4r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 10 23.41580 01 28 51.001 +11 49 30.54 23.6r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 10 25.42089 01 28 33.318 +11 47 38.12 23.0r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDk 2014 11 19.36118 01 25 13.919 +11 25 30.00 22.8r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2014 11 21.21074 01 25 01.466 +11 24 01.82 23.1r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2014 11 21.37324 01 25 00.365 +11 23 54.23 22.7r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 02 18.22724 01 26 12.820 +11 16 29.72 22.9r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 02 18.24786 01 26 12.990 +11 16 30.53 22.9r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 10 10.57597 01 45 14.756 +13 01 29.06 22.7r 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 10 15.48343 01 44 32.878 +12 57 22.75 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 10 15.54980 01 44 32.297 +12 57 19.35 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl 2015 12 07.44507 01 37 57.727 +12 15 17.53 23.0w 14UQ229 568 C~2SDl
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 0.12 0.00 -0.28
2 0.0001 0.00 -0.18 0.00 0.00
3 0.0001 0.00 0.20 0.00 -0.20
4 2.0152 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.28
5 2.0152 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.08
6 2.0152 0.00 -0.09 0.00 -0.22
7 4.0357 0.00 -0.31 0.00 0.35
8 4.0357 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.07
9 4.0358 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.15
10 7.0315 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.22
11 7.0316 0.00 -0.18 0.00 -0.05
12 7.0316 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.08
13 7.0317 0.00 -0.24 0.00 -0.02
14 8.9593 0.00 0.04 0.00 -0.04
15 8.9595 0.00 0.14 0.00 -0.08
16 9.0250 0.00 0.07 0.00 -0.08
17 9.0251 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.03
18 9.0277 0.00 -0.01 0.00 -0.08
19 9.0278 0.00 -0.02 0.00 -0.08
20 9.9201 0.00 0.05 0.00 -0.04
21 9.9202 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02
22 9.9204 0.00 0.08 0.00 -0.05
23 9.9996 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
24 9.9998 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.01
25 10.0103 0.00 0.04 0.00 -0.00
26 10.0106 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
27 10.0703 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.10
28 10.0705 0.00 0.06 0.00 -0.09
29 10.0843 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02
30 10.1636 0.00 0.03 0.00 -0.01
31 10.1637 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.01
32 10.1638 0.00 -0.00 0.00 -0.02
33 10.1663 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.04
34 10.1718 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.01
35 10.2401 0.00 0.07 0.00 -0.05
36 10.2451 0.00 0.03 0.00 -0.03
37 10.2456 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02
38 10.4889 0.00 -0.00 0.00 -0.04
39 10.4889 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.04
40 11.1305 0.00 -0.04 0.00 0.01
41 11.1439 0.00 -0.11 0.00 -0.01
42 11.1441 0.00 -0.11 0.00 -0.02
43 11.2889 0.00 -0.16 0.00 -0.00
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.
14UQ229 quality flag:3 Type: CENTAURR CENTAURR CENTAURR axisobj 49.599 49.598 49.601 ecceobj 0.778 0.778 0.778 incobj 5.679 5.679 5.679 qmin 10.680 10.648 10.821 qmax 115.741 95.892 90.854 amean 52.631 47.324 48.262 amin 48.055 43.681 45.985 amax 63.300 53.475 50.838 emean 0.791 0.768 0.773 emin 0.772 0.748 0.760 emax 0.828 0.793 0.787 imean 6.845 7.026 6.595 imin 6.613 6.624 6.490 imax 7.149 7.397 6.683 excite_mean 0.800 0.778 0.781 fracstop 0.006 0.005 0.001 cjmean 2.180 2.231 2.222 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 87.1 78.0 66.4 kozaiamp 27.6 13.5 3.8