Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 16FF186

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: 16FF186   
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:10:46 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     17 observations of     17
# Arc:  81.87d
# First observation: 2016/03/16
#  Last observation: 2016/06/06
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000033   0.037476  -0.000014  -0.000463   0.028823   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    12.85 DOF:     28 RMS:  0.15
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.25    0.42
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.758985E-05  3.242783E-02 -8.536195E-07 -6.350370E-04  2.804206E-02 -2.331383E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  2.9452E-13  1.9599E-12 -1.3587E-14  8.3808E-14  1.1390E-12  1.1338E-10
  1.9599E-12  7.7900E-09 -2.4639E-11  2.7466E-10  1.2637E-09 -2.1006E-08
 -1.3587E-14 -2.4639E-11  2.9226E-13 -1.9796E-12 -4.0329E-12  6.0592E-11
  8.3808E-14  2.7466E-10 -1.9796E-12  1.9379E-11  4.4411E-11 -7.7931E-10
  1.1390E-12  1.2637E-09 -4.0329E-12  4.4411E-11  2.1041E-10 -2.4289E-09
  1.1338E-10 -2.1006E-08  6.0592E-11 -7.7931E-10 -2.4289E-09  2.4350E-07
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   11.620934 -152.327885    0.520442    0.170087   -0.826383  2457464.016809
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457460.5000  =  2016/03/13
Mean Anomaly:          346.37342 +/-     1.970
Argument of Peri:      118.69166 +/-     3.636
Long of Asc Node:      111.83313 +/-     0.047
Inclination:            11.39391 +/-     0.001
Eccentricity:         0.26099209 +/-    0.0103
Semi-Major Axis:     48.51627502 +/-    0.4099
Time of Perihelion: 2462132.6206 +/-     672.8
Perihelion:          35.85391079 +/-    0.5825
Aphelion:            61.17863925 +/-    0.7174
Period (y)              337.9398 +/-      4.28
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -31.92684756 +/-    0.0160
Ecliptic Y          -16.15515307 +/-    0.0084
Ecliptic Z            7.18334046 +/-    0.0037
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00165669 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00271315 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00010657 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   36.49538253 +/-    0.0145
Geocenter to KBO     35.66071615 +/-    0.0184
# Hcoef:  9.09

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 16FF186. 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 (16FF186) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2016 03  16.51602  13 59 20.10   +00 13 17.9   24.6z 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 03  16.54079  13 59 20.00   +00 13 18.6   24.3z 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 03  16.54349  13 59 19.96   +00 13 18.7   24.7z 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 03  16.57637  13 59 19.85   +00 13 20.1   24.3z 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 03  16.59799  13 59 19.76   +00 13 20.4   24.1z 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 04  15.47656  13 57 02.35   +00 29 17.3   24.3y 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 04  15.48536  13 57 02.30   +00 29 17.6   23.4y 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 04  15.50154  13 57 02.24   +00 29 18.5   23.4y 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 04  15.53131  13 57 02.08   +00 29 19.0   24.0y 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 04  15.54480  13 57 02.01   +00 29 19.1   23.8y 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  05.37292  13 53 12.45   +00 44 04.6   25.2r 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  05.38217  13 53 12.41   +00 44 04.6   25.2r 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  05.40134  13 53 12.34   +00 44 04.9   25.2r 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  05.41197  13 53 12.30   +00 44 04.9   25.5r 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  06.34225  13 53 09.31   +00 44 07.3   25.8g 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  06.37484  13 53 09.21   +00 44 06.9   25.5g 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      
2016 06  06.38765  13 53 09.18   +00 44 07.1   25.8g 16FF186   T09  C~89TQ      

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     0.14       0.00     0.10
     2   0.0001     -1.65     0.16       0.13    -0.02
     3   0.0001     -2.25    -0.25       0.01    -0.16
     4   0.0002     -4.28    -0.07       0.74     0.24
     5   0.0002     -5.65     0.02       0.54    -0.17
     6   0.0820  -2271.82    -0.07     170.08    -0.12
     7   0.0821  -2272.63    -0.15     170.09    -0.10
     8   0.0821  -2273.79     0.02     170.62     0.42
     9   0.0822  -2276.21     0.05     170.24     0.04
    10   0.0822  -2277.23     0.14     169.97    -0.24
    11   0.2214  -5813.14     0.20    -213.88    -0.03
    12   0.2214  -5813.71     0.08    -214.09    -0.10
    13   0.2215  -5814.79    -0.09    -214.18     0.10
    14   0.2215  -5815.36    -0.14    -214.39     0.05
    15   0.2240  -5858.21    -0.23    -227.94     0.18
    16   0.2241  -5859.47     0.03    -228.84    -0.22
    17   0.2242  -5859.97     0.14    -228.82     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.

16FF186    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj        47.792    48.880    46.833
ecceobj         0.251     0.275     0.229
incobj         11.393    11.392    11.395
qmin           34.893    34.992    35.734
qmax           62.103    64.370    59.425
amean          47.948    49.194    47.193
amin           46.970    48.585    46.743
amax           48.794    49.939    47.813
emean           0.247     0.271     0.221
emin            0.223     0.256     0.202
emax            0.273     0.289     0.244
imean          10.294     9.780     9.590
imin            9.190     9.047     8.522
imax           11.779    10.647    10.602
excite_mean     0.305     0.320     0.277
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.034     3.037     3.046

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       186.9     181.1     180.5
kozaiamp        179.9     180.0     180.0