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: 14VK43 # Created Tue Apr 1 01:10:13 2025 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 14 observations of 14 # Arc: 5.04y # First observation: 2013/10/04 # Last observation: 2018/10/18 # Chi-squared of fit: 6.31 DOF: 22 RMS: 0.12 # Min/Max residuals: -0.24 0.28 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.534410E-05 2.300716E-02 5.554933E-07 1.668642E-04 2.381290E-02 1.386358E-03 # Covariance matrix: 6.7124E-13 -4.9767E-13 -2.0922E-15 -2.4022E-15 7.2579E-14 -3.3167E-12 -4.9767E-13 7.2811E-13 -1.6626E-15 5.4067E-15 1.0180E-13 6.2957E-12 -2.0922E-15 -1.6626E-15 4.4926E-13 -1.2399E-13 -2.1595E-14 -3.6410E-14 -2.4022E-15 5.4067E-15 -1.2399E-13 4.4779E-14 4.7531E-15 5.3710E-14 7.2579E-14 1.0180E-13 -2.1595E-14 4.7531E-15 9.2733E-13 1.8391E-12 -3.3167E-12 6.2957E-12 -3.6410E-14 5.3710E-14 1.8391E-12 5.8889E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -10.340663 5.333002 -0.096133 -0.178617 -0.979545 2456569.750808 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456570.5000 = 2013/10/05 Mean Anomaly: 69.01646 +/- 0.097 Argument of Peri: 196.32367 +/- 0.119 Long of Asc Node: 93.16494 +/- 0.003 Inclination: 10.11040 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.06309159 +/- 0.0003 Semi-Major Axis: 43.80675886 +/- 0.0081 Time of Perihelion: 2436267.4970 +/- 29.0 Perihelion: 41.04292074 +/- 0.0167 Aphelion: 46.57059698 +/- 0.0172 Period (y) 289.9478 +/- 0.08 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 42.11510038 +/- 0.0017 Ecliptic Y 4.03104735 +/- 0.0002 Ecliptic Z -7.53795887 +/- 0.0003 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00009247 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00264729 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00000960 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 42.97381220 +/- 0.0016 Geocenter to KBO 41.99404360 +/- 0.0017 # Hcoef: 7.10
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14VK43. 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 (14VK43) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2013 10 04.25003 00 36 02.098 -07 22 20.64 23.5r 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2013 10 04.25141 00 36 02.091 -07 22 20.49 23.3i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2014 11 14.12837 00 38 11.178 -07 02 47.80 22.9i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2014 11 16.04460 00 38 05.328 -07 03 02.43 23.1z 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2016 08 31.27584 00 52 45.086 -05 29 14.82 23.7r 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2016 08 31.27720 00 52 45.070 -05 29 14.86 23.1i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2016 09 30.19783 00 50 45.483 -05 44 04.98 23.8r 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2016 09 30.19920 00 50 45.463 -05 44 04.98 23.1i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2017 08 28.40085 00 57 39.563 -04 55 30.21 23.3r 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2017 08 28.40222 00 57 39.566 -04 55 30.37 23.5i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2017 09 24.24221 00 55 57.996 -05 08 48.76 23.3r 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2017 09 24.24359 00 55 58.000 -05 08 48.66 23.2i 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2017 09 24.32739 00 55 57.649 -05 08 51.39 22.9z 14VK43 W84 C~52UT 2018 10 18.26448 00 58 58.777 -04 47 03.09 22.9z 14VK43 W84 C~52UT
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 -0.09
2 0.0000 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.10
3 1.1112 0.00 -0.00 0.00 0.09
4 1.1165 0.00 -0.10 0.00 -0.02
5 2.9077 0.00 0.28 0.00 -0.06
6 2.9077 0.00 0.12 0.00 -0.06
7 2.9896 0.00 0.10 0.00 -0.06
8 2.9896 0.00 -0.11 0.00 -0.02
9 3.8991 0.00 -0.24 0.00 0.14
10 3.8991 0.00 -0.13 0.00 0.02
11 3.9726 0.00 -0.17 0.00 0.01
12 3.9726 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.15
13 3.9728 0.00 0.15 0.00 -0.13
14 5.0377 0.00 0.17 0.00 -0.02
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.
14VK43 quality flag:3 Type: CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL axisobj 44.067 44.067 44.067 ecceobj 0.067 0.067 0.067 incobj 10.114 10.114 10.114 qmin 40.397 40.396 40.398 qmax 47.528 47.526 47.530 amean 43.850 43.850 43.850 amin 43.508 43.512 43.515 amax 44.215 44.213 44.210 emean 0.060 0.060 0.060 emin 0.045 0.045 0.045 emax 0.076 0.076 0.076 imean 8.251 8.251 8.251 imin 7.644 7.646 7.645 imax 8.896 8.894 8.898 excite_mean 0.156 0.156 0.156 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.071 3.071 3.071 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 180.6 180.6 180.6 kozaiamp 179.9 180.0 179.9