Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 15TP454

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: 15TP454   
# Created Fri Nov 22 02:10:30 2024
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting     17 observations of     19
# Arc:   4.18y
# First observation: 2014/09/25
#  Last observation: 2018/11/30
# Chi-squared of fit:     4.86 DOF:     28 RMS:  0.09
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.18    0.20
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.390748E-05  1.959913E-02 -4.259332E-06 -5.244786E-03  2.226387E-02 -1.222172E-02
# Covariance matrix:
  5.3027E-13 -2.3915E-13 -9.8055E-14  5.6098E-14 -1.6522E-13 -8.2971E-13
 -2.3915E-13  1.5716E-13  6.3164E-14 -3.9109E-14  2.2090E-13  5.7012E-13
 -9.8055E-14  6.3164E-14  2.2348E-13 -5.0846E-14  6.5427E-14  2.5123E-13
  5.6098E-14 -3.9109E-14 -5.0846E-14  1.9612E-14 -5.3357E-14 -1.5207E-13
 -1.6522E-13  2.2090E-13  6.5427E-14 -5.3357E-14  7.2347E-13  7.4456E-13
 -8.2971E-13  5.7012E-13  2.5123E-13 -1.5207E-13  7.4456E-13  2.2259E-12
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
  -19.691193    9.499487    0.134674   -0.335572   -0.938127  2456925.731968
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2456926.5000  =  2014/09/26
Mean Anomaly:          330.79342 +/-     0.013
Argument of Peri:      327.94286 +/-     0.009
Long of Asc Node:      138.15842 +/-     0.001
Inclination:            24.17438 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.58668783 +/-    0.0001
Semi-Major Axis:     66.88942334 +/-    0.0199
Time of Perihelion: 2473137.6115 +/-      82.4
Perihelion:          27.64621296 +/-    0.0109
Aphelion:           106.13263372 +/-    0.0324
Period (y)              547.0719 +/-      0.24
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           42.71165335 +/-    0.0016
Ecliptic Y            7.01291515 +/-    0.0003
Ecliptic Z          -15.13461642 +/-    0.0006
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00201241 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00210312 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00010072 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   45.85366909 +/-    0.0015
Geocenter to KBO     44.91624755 +/-    0.0017
# Hcoef:  6.80

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15TP454. 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 (15TP454) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2014 09  25.23119  01 06 20.812  -14 19 11.82  22.9i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2015 10  07.19735  01 10 19.026  -14 14 15.90  23.1r 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2015 10  07.19872  01 10 19.015  -14 14 16.00  22.9i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2015 10  22.14380  01 09 14.868  -14 20 28.16  22.6z 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2016 08  16.36483  01 18 06.469  -13 31 55.67  22.8z 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2016 10  05.19382  01 15 18.013  -14 02 07.41  23.4r 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2016 10  05.19519  01 15 18.009  -14 02 07.40  23.0i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2017 09  25.24972  01 21 01.647  -13 44 19.70  23.3r 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2017 09  25.25109  01 21 01.643  -13 44 20.03  23.0i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2017 11  16.11634  01 17 24.146  -14 02 52.05  23.0i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2017 11  18.15759  01 17 16.956  -14 03 00.15  22.4i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2017 11  26.08287  01 16 51.359  -14 03 02.25  23.2z 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2018 10  19.13126  01 24 26.885  -13 43 11.24  22.8z 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2018 11  15.20654  01 22 33.333  -13 50 13.33  23.0i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2018 11  16.08901  01 22 30.071  -13 50 18.48  22.9i 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2018 11  26.09547  01 21 55.889  -13 50 35.40  23.6r 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2018 11  30.08589  01 21 43.924  -13 50 21.22  25.0g 15TP454   W84  C~55X8      
2024 11  01.24947  01 56 59.867  -12 14 21.44  23.0G 15TP454   G37              
2024 11  01.29635  01 56 59.615  -12 14 22.30        15TP454   G37              

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    -0.04       0.00     0.10
     2   1.0321      0.00     0.07       0.00     0.13
     3   1.0321      0.00    -0.01       0.00     0.07
     4   1.0730      0.00    -0.02       0.00    -0.18
     5   1.8922      0.00     0.13       0.00    -0.06
     6   2.0286      0.00     0.01       0.00    -0.03
     7   2.0286      0.00     0.04       0.00     0.03
     8   3.0007      0.00    -0.12       0.00     0.10
     9   3.0007      0.00    -0.09       0.00    -0.18
    10   3.1427      0.00    -0.01       0.00    -0.12
    11   3.1483      0.00    -0.15       0.00    -0.10
    12   3.1700      0.00     0.20       0.00     0.07
    13   4.0654      0.00     0.12       0.00     0.06
    14   4.1396      0.00    -0.03       0.00     0.11
    15   4.1420      0.00     0.01       0.00     0.04
    16   4.1694      0.00     0.08       0.00    -0.01
    17   4.1803      0.00    -0.07       0.00     0.01
    18  10.1027      0.00 (  -3.04)      0.00 (  -0.59)
    19  10.1028      0.00 (  -3.42)      0.00 (  -0.51)

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.

15TP454    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj        67.598    67.767    67.431
ecceobj         0.587     0.589     0.586
incobj         24.118    24.118    24.119
qmin           27.214    27.074    25.460
qmax          109.284   107.657   116.703
amean          67.733    65.234    66.431
amin           66.473    62.678    61.624
amax           68.612    67.767    71.780
emean           0.590     0.577     0.601
emin            0.579     0.562     0.558
emax            0.597     0.592     0.626
imean          22.691    22.807    20.202
imin           22.537    22.634    18.685
imax           22.899    22.976    22.941
excite_mean     0.705     0.695     0.693
fracstop        0.002     0.010     0.234
cjmean          2.686     2.685     2.680

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       328.4     328.4     203.4
kozaiamp          1.0       1.3     180.0