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: 15FV397 # Created Tue Apr 1 01:10:21 2025 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 34 observations of 34 # Arc: 16.17y # First observation: 2003/12/25 # Last observation: 2020/02/27 # Chi-squared of fit: 9.47 DOF: 62 RMS: 0.09 # Min/Max residuals: -0.32 0.14 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.534843E-05 2.092364E-02 5.892981E-07 7.484839E-04 2.250642E-02 1.000877E-03 # Covariance matrix: 4.8832E-13 -7.8213E-14 2.0882E-15 -1.4374E-15 -5.8727E-14 -1.3869E-13 -7.8213E-14 1.3221E-13 -5.6882E-15 3.0155E-15 4.6608E-13 3.4678E-13 2.0882E-15 -5.6882E-15 4.4136E-13 -3.6081E-14 -1.9922E-14 -1.5461E-14 -1.4374E-15 3.0155E-15 -3.6081E-14 3.3010E-15 9.6303E-15 8.4447E-15 -5.8727E-14 4.6608E-13 -1.9922E-14 9.6303E-15 1.9490E-12 1.1825E-12 -1.3869E-13 3.4678E-13 -1.5461E-14 8.4447E-15 1.1825E-12 9.5115E-13 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 1.434291 169.569122 0.953420 0.005795 -0.228861 2452999.038093 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2452998.5000 = 2003/12/25 Mean Anomaly: 113.63958 +/- 0.250 Argument of Peri: 277.75472 +/- 0.228 Long of Asc Node: 133.83855 +/- 0.003 Inclination: 2.51710 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.03033455 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 44.10476405 +/- 0.0092 Time of Perihelion: 2419226.7319 +/- 75.1 Perihelion: 42.76686578 +/- 0.0099 Aphelion: 45.44266231 +/- 0.0104 Period (y) 292.9115 +/- 0.09 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -43.73986012 +/- 0.0027 Ecliptic Y 9.02313984 +/- 0.0005 Ecliptic Z 1.11216981 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00058253 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00248795 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00009422 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 44.67468784 +/- 0.0027 Geocenter to KBO 44.43176178 +/- 0.0028 # Hcoef: 7.02
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15FV397. 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 (15FV397) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2003 12 25.537350 11 23 54.78 +05 26 56.4 15FV397 T14 C~8iaa 2003 12 25.568548 11 23 54.78 +05 26 56.4 15FV397 T14 C~8iaa 2003 12 25.599731 11 23 54.76 +05 26 56.8 15FV397 T14 C~8iaa 2014 04 22.099380 12 02 42.751 +01 44 43.22 23.5r 15FV397 W84 C~8iaa 2015 03 18.494773 12 09 32.344 +01 02 50.29 23.4r 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 18.505509 12 09 32.299 +01 02 50.57 23.3r 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 18.522848 12 09 32.223 +01 02 51.05 23.4r 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 20.483035 12 09 23.977 +01 03 45.83 23.1i 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 20.496906 12 09 23.921 +01 03 46.21 23.0i 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 20.521711 12 09 23.814 +01 03 46.90 23.0i 15FV397 568 C~2TuH 2015 03 29.26630 12 08 46.97 +01 07 49.2 22.9y 15FV397 T09 C~8iaa 2015 03 29.29365 12 08 46.85 +01 07 50.0 22.9y 15FV397 T09 C~8iaa 2015 03 29.30452 12 08 46.82 +01 07 50.2 22.7y 15FV397 T09 C~8iaa 2015 03 29.36170 12 08 46.55 +01 07 51.8 22.9y 15FV397 T09 C~8iaa 2016 04 02.39692 12 12 56.37 +00 43 07.0 23.1i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 02.42290 12 12 56.28 +00 43 07.8 23.2i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 02.43920 12 12 56.19 +00 43 08.3 23.1i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 02.47448 12 12 56.05 +00 43 09.2 23.2i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 02.49633 12 12 55.97 +00 43 09.7 23.3i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 02.52059 12 12 55.86 +00 43 10.4 23.3i 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 04.35168 12 12 48.31 +00 43 59.2 24.7g 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 04.39165 12 12 48.13 +00 44 00.4 24.4g 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 04.39376 12 12 48.13 +00 44 00.4 24.6g 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 04.41084 12 12 48.05 +00 44 00.9 24.5g 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 08.50734 12 12 31.34 +00 45 48.1 23.8r 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 08.52003 12 12 31.28 +00 45 48.6 23.8r 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 08.52637 12 12 31.26 +00 45 48.6 23.7r 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 15.35150 12 12 04.35 +00 48 39.5 23.0y 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 15.40815 12 12 04.13 +00 48 40.5 23.0y 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 15.44032 12 12 04.00 +00 48 41.7 23.2y 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 15.45127 12 12 03.96 +00 48 41.9 23.3y 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2016 04 15.45934 12 12 03.93 +00 48 42.0 22.8y 15FV397 T09 C~8AhT 2020 02 26.374917 12 33 15.86 -01 20 16.3 15FV397 W84 C~8iaa 2020 02 27.219980 12 33 12.93 -01 19 55.8 15FV397 W84 C~8iaa
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 -0.13 0.00 0.04 2 0.0001 0.00 0.09 0.00 -0.12 3 0.0002 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.11 4 10.3232 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.10 5 11.2278 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.06 6 11.2278 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.04 7 11.2279 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 8 11.2333 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.04 9 11.2333 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.03 10 11.2334 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.03 11 11.2573 0.00 -0.07 0.00 -0.01 12 11.2574 0.00 -0.13 0.00 0.04 13 11.2574 0.00 0.12 0.00 -0.06 14 11.2576 0.00 -0.28 0.00 -0.03 15 12.2707 0.00 -0.22 0.00 -0.08 16 12.2707 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.02 17 12.2708 0.00 -0.23 0.00 0.09 18 12.2709 0.00 -0.10 0.00 0.04 19 12.2709 0.00 0.08 0.00 -0.05 20 12.2710 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.00 21 12.2760 0.00 0.12 0.00 -0.08 22 12.2761 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.05 23 12.2761 0.00 0.07 0.00 -0.00 24 12.2762 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.04 25 12.2874 0.00 0.13 0.00 -0.03 26 12.2874 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.14 27 12.2874 0.00 0.10 0.00 -0.02 28 12.3061 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.05 29 12.3063 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.32 30 12.3064 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.10 31 12.3064 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.04 32 12.3064 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.06 33 16.1720 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.04 34 16.1744 0.00 -0.05 0.00 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.
15FV397 quality flag:3 Type: CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL axisobj 43.670 43.670 43.670 ecceobj 0.037 0.037 0.037 incobj 2.523 2.523 2.523 qmin 41.237 41.241 41.243 qmax 46.685 46.706 46.683 amean 43.863 43.863 43.863 amin 43.523 43.523 43.520 amax 44.208 44.212 44.209 emean 0.041 0.041 0.041 emin 0.025 0.024 0.025 emax 0.057 0.057 0.056 imean 1.928 1.928 1.928 imin 1.209 1.209 1.209 imax 2.588 2.588 2.589 excite_mean 0.053 0.053 0.053 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.096 3.096 3.096 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 190.2 190.3 190.2 kozaiamp 179.9 180.0 180.0