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: 16FT59 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:10:36 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 9 observations of 9 # Arc: 2.06d # First observation: 2016/03/29 # Last observation: 2016/03/31 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 21.99 DOF: 14 RMS: 0.28 # Min/Max residuals: -0.50 0.46 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.725677E-05 2.147078E-02 -2.714676E-06 -3.521783E-03 2.286251E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 2.9260E-11 4.1569E-08 -1.0972E-12 -1.7021E-09 6.7143E-09 0.0000E+00 4.1569E-08 5.9899E-05 -1.5778E-09 -2.4475E-06 9.6544E-06 0.0000E+00 -1.0972E-12 -1.5778E-09 3.4640E-13 -1.8128E-12 -2.5444E-10 0.0000E+00 -1.7021E-09 -2.4475E-06 -1.8128E-12 1.3112E-07 -3.9468E-07 0.0000E+00 6.7143E-09 9.6544E-06 -2.5444E-10 -3.9468E-07 1.5569E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.5725E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -14.518425 179.291606 -0.158988 -0.245911 -0.950342 2457476.565709 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2457470.5000 = 2016/03/23 Mean Anomaly: 4.69243 +/- 310.760 Argument of Peri: 232.59579 +/- 18.305 Long of Asc Node: 303.04874 +/- 7.271 Inclination: 16.89027 +/- 1.362 Eccentricity: 0.03093554 +/- 0.5596 Semi-Major Axis: 46.11613517 +/- 24.1574 Time of Perihelion: 2455979.5145 +/- 327514.2 Perihelion: 44.68950756 +/- 34.8415 Aphelion: 47.54276278 +/- 35.8628 Period (y) 313.1753 +/- 246.08 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -43.32704767 +/- 2.3108 Ecliptic Y 0.37389755 +/- 0.0288 Ecliptic Z -10.96530997 +/- 0.5984 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00007400 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00257928 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00040827 +/- 0.0004 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 44.69464041 +/- 2.2449 Geocenter to KBO 43.73973812 +/- 2.3872 # Hcoef: 7.66
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 16FT59. 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 (16FT59) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2016 03 29.06492 11 33 54.23 -13 01 02.0 24.2V 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 29.07186 11 33 54.23 -13 01 02.0 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 29.07880 11 33 54.23 -13 01 02.0 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 30.09061 11 33 49.90 -13 00 32.5 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 30.09755 11 33 49.90 -13 00 32.7 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 30.10449 11 33 49.89 -13 00 32.6 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.11593 11 33 45.60 -13 00 02.5 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.12287 11 33 45.59 -13 00 02.7 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.12981 11 33 45.59 -13 00 02.7 16FT59 W84 C~1qoK
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 -0.50 0.00 0.06
2 0.0000 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.05
3 0.0000 0.00 0.46 0.00 0.05
4 0.0028 -69.81 -0.43 1.09 0.01
5 0.0028 -69.73 0.13 0.91 -0.18
6 0.0028 -69.90 0.43 0.94 -0.15
7 0.0056 -139.43 -0.47 2.82 0.23
8 0.0056 -139.48 -0.04 2.57 -0.03
9 0.0057 -139.48 0.44 2.57 -0.03
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.
16FT59 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