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: 15FQ401 # Created Tue Jun 17 01:10:28 2025 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 6 observations of 6 # Arc: 3.08d # First observation: 2015/03/22 # Last observation: 2015/03/25 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 0.39 DOF: 8 RMS: 0.05 # Min/Max residuals: -0.06 0.09 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.254045E-05 1.478202E-02 4.553182E-06 5.605740E-03 1.849666E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 2.5683E-11 2.9422E-08 2.5572E-14 -9.7682E-12 4.6781E-09 0.0000E+00 2.9422E-08 3.4367E-05 2.9879E-11 -1.1408E-08 5.4534E-06 0.0000E+00 2.5572E-14 2.9879E-11 4.0344E-13 -4.7232E-11 4.7409E-12 0.0000E+00 -9.7682E-12 -1.1408E-08 -4.7232E-11 1.4066E-08 -1.8102E-09 0.0000E+00 4.6781E-09 5.4534E-06 4.7409E-12 -1.8102E-09 8.6570E-07 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 8.3273E-05 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -1.020983 -178.940672 -0.004655 -0.017575 -0.993115 2457103.966346 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2457100.5000 = 2015/03/19 Mean Anomaly: 3.97554 +/- 279.456 Argument of Peri: 352.99167 +/- 345.807 Long of Asc Node: 183.71163 +/- 1.046 Inclination: 20.74506 +/- 7.511 Eccentricity: 0.02367956 +/- 0.5553 Semi-Major Axis: 56.39202245 +/- 29.2750 Time of Perihelion: 2455392.3777 +/- 584098.8 Perihelion: 55.05668424 +/- 42.3962 Aphelion: 57.72736067 +/- 43.3430 Period (y) 423.4818 +/- 329.77 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -55.04214617 +/- 2.7187 Ecliptic Y -1.02264155 +/- 0.0500 Ecliptic Z -0.96307315 +/- 0.0484 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00002229 +/- 0.0014 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00219371 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00082971 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 55.06006865 +/- 2.7178 Geocenter to KBO 54.06382411 +/- 2.7196 # Hcoef: 7.65
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15FQ401. 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 (15FQ401) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2015 03 22.465568 12 02 15.785 -01 21 29.15 24.5i 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK 2015 03 22.473979 12 02 15.755 -01 21 29.01 24.4i 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK 2015 03 22.501868 12 02 15.651 -01 21 28.25 24.3i 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK 2015 03 25.506759 12 02 05.340 -01 20 10.72 25.9g 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK 2015 03 25.534739 12 02 05.249 -01 20 10.12 25.6g 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK 2015 03 25.543291 12 02 05.212 -01 20 09.83 25.6g 15FQ401 568 C~2TuK
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 -0.47 0.04 -0.05 -0.02
3 0.0001 -2.20 -0.06 0.03 -0.03
4 0.0083 -174.91 -0.05 9.64 0.04
5 0.0084 -176.40 0.09 9.65 -0.03
6 0.0084 -177.02 -0.04 9.70 -0.01
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.
15FQ401 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