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: 15FA400
# Created Sun Feb 23 02:10:19 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting 11 observations of 11
# Arc: 7.04d
# First observation: 2015/03/18
# Last observation: 2015/03/25
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit: 0.55 DOF: 18 RMS: 0.04
# Min/Max residuals: -0.08 0.06
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.224106E-05 1.908025E-02 -9.790935E-06 -1.540521E-02 2.478732E-02 0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
6.9320E-11 1.0774E-07 -1.2563E-13 2.7679E-11 1.7097E-08 0.0000E+00
1.0774E-07 1.6806E-04 -1.9594E-10 4.3171E-08 2.6666E-05 0.0000E+00
-1.2563E-13 -1.9594E-10 2.3437E-13 -1.5210E-11 -3.1091E-11 0.0000E+00
2.7679E-11 4.3171E-08 -1.5210E-11 2.2957E-09 6.8501E-09 0.0000E+00
1.7097E-08 2.6666E-05 -3.1091E-11 6.8501E-09 4.2312E-06 0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.0041E-04
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
0.855651 179.371633 0.034769 0.014934 -0.991434 2457099.989744
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2457090.5000 = 2015/03/09
Mean Anomaly: 1.56527 +/- 51.552
Argument of Peri: 176.97650 +/- 118.038
Long of Asc Node: 0.35994 +/- 0.697
Inclination: 38.84618 +/- 18.971
Eccentricity: 0.02834225 +/- 0.5916
Semi-Major Axis: 42.54305641 +/- 22.4572
Time of Perihelion: 2456649.8163 +/- 318576.0
Perihelion: 41.33729027 +/- 33.3110
Aphelion: 43.74882255 +/- 34.1585
Period (y) 277.4925 +/- 219.72
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X -41.33052216 +/- 3.3473
Ecliptic Y 0.48797046 +/- 0.0370
Ecliptic Z 0.60208263 +/- 0.0500
Ecliptic XDOT -0.00005194 +/- 0.0016
Ecliptic YDOT -0.00211285 +/- 0.0013
Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00170128 +/- 0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 41.33778756 +/- 3.3468
Geocenter to KBO 40.34320501 +/- 3.3479
# Hcoef: 8.70
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15FA400. 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 (15FA400) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2015 03 18.488966 11 59 03.328 +01 02 05.96 24.6r 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.518557 11 59 03.182 +01 02 06.57 24.6r 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.549212 11 59 03.025 +01 02 07.32 24.5r 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.575207 11 59 02.891 +01 02 08.00 24.7r 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 20.437180 11 58 53.649 +01 02 50.56 24.3i 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 20.474493 11 58 53.456 +01 02 51.46 24.4i 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 20.516256 11 58 53.247 +01 02 52.41 24.3i 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 20.554741 11 58 53.052 +01 02 53.22 24.1i 15FA400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 25.46627 11 58 28.65 +01 04 45.1 25.6g 15FA400 T09 C~8eRZ 2015 03 25.49565 11 58 28.51 +01 04 45.8 25.4g 15FA400 T09 C~8eRZ 2015 03 25.52597 11 58 28.36 +01 04 46.5 25.9g 15FA400 T09 C~8eRZ
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 -0.01 0.00 -0.01
2 0.0001 -2.25 0.06 -0.31 -0.05
3 0.0002 -4.71 0.01 -0.56 -0.02
4 0.0002 -6.82 -0.07 -0.74 0.04
5 0.0053 -150.92 0.04 -16.83 0.01
6 0.0054 -153.94 -0.03 -17.15 0.03
7 0.0056 -157.19 -0.00 -17.53 0.04
8 0.0057 -160.20 0.02 -17.95 -0.03
9 0.0191 -540.47 -0.08 -60.88 -0.07
10 0.0192 -542.67 0.02 -61.07 0.01
11 0.0193 -545.01 0.05 -61.33 0.04
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.
15FA400 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