Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 17BJ231

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: 17BJ231   
# Created Fri Nov 22 02:10:48 2024
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     89 observations of     90
# Arc:   2.45y
# First observation: 2016/11/25
#  Last observation: 2019/05/09
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000035   0.028944   0.000014   0.000231   0.026435   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    74.76 DOF:    172 RMS:  0.16
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.50    0.38
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.774594E-05  2.827242E-02 -1.684133E-06  2.302796E-04  2.575271E-02 -1.861985E-04
# Covariance matrix:
  3.6568E-14  7.1066E-14  7.0441E-15 -1.0004E-15  8.5107E-14  1.3280E-12
  7.1066E-14  1.5744E-12  6.6510E-14 -4.7644E-14  8.3683E-13  3.2907E-11
  7.0441E-15  6.6510E-14  2.3048E-14 -1.5687E-14  4.6815E-14  1.3086E-12
 -1.0004E-15 -4.7644E-14 -1.5687E-14  6.3021E-14 -2.1251E-14 -1.1063E-12
  8.5107E-14  8.3683E-13  4.6815E-14 -2.1251E-14  5.7833E-13  1.6612E-11
  1.3280E-12  3.2907E-11  1.3086E-12 -1.1063E-12  1.6612E-11  7.3749E-10
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -9.059319  151.187305    0.991149   -0.005838   -0.037862  2457718.062129
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457710.5000  =  2016/11/18
Mean Anomaly:          352.06130 +/-     0.220
Argument of Peri:      283.29289 +/-     0.335
Long of Asc Node:      238.32948 +/-     0.003
Inclination:             9.04996 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.19388064 +/-    0.0002
Semi-Major Axis:     48.06511247 +/-    0.0039
Time of Perihelion: 2460394.5470 +/-      74.5
Perihelion:          38.74621790 +/-    0.0087
Aphelion:            57.38400704 +/-    0.0094
Period (y)              333.2369 +/-      0.04
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -33.15886608 +/-    0.0010
Ecliptic Y           19.36361124 +/-    0.0005
Ecliptic Z           -6.11429301 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00143252 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00264793 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00002725 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   38.88244358 +/-    0.0009
Geocenter to KBO     38.83086333 +/-    0.0011
# Hcoef:  9.65

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17BJ231. 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 (17BJ231) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2016 11  25.56134  10 00 03.20   +02 34 14.6   25.9g 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.60304  10 00 03.21   +02 34 13.4   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.61072  10 00 03.21   +02 34 13.4   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.61456  10 00 03.21   +02 34 13.1   24.6i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.61838  10 00 03.22   +02 34 13.4   25.5i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.62614  10 00 03.22   +02 34 12.9   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.62997  10 00 03.22   +02 34 12.9   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.63407  10 00 03.22   +02 34 13.1   24.8i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  25.63792  10 00 03.21   +02 34 12.8   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.59145  10 00 03.87   +02 33 23.5   25.3r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.59529  10 00 03.86   +02 33 23.7   26.1r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.59911  10 00 03.86   +02 33 23.9   25.7r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.60294  10 00 03.87   +02 33 23.5   25.5r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.60679  10 00 03.87   +02 33 23.5   25.7r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  28.61062  10 00 03.87   +02 33 23.4   25.7r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.53506  10 00 03.90   +02 33 09.3   25.4i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.53891  10 00 03.90   +02 33 09.1   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.54278  10 00 03.89   +02 33 09.1   26.0i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.54660  10 00 03.87   +02 33 08.9   25.2i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.55428  10 00 03.86   +02 33 09.3   25.2i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.55811  10 00 03.88   +02 33 08.6   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.56198  10 00 03.89   +02 33 08.6   25.6i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 11  29.58575  10 00 03.87   +02 33 08.3   25.0z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 12  25.50742  09 59 30.52   +02 29 55.6   25.3r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 12  25.51058  09 59 30.51   +02 29 56.0   25.0r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 12  25.52138  09 59 30.46   +02 29 55.8   25.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTl      
2016 12  25.53531  09 59 30.43   +02 29 55.8   25.8r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.53845  09 59 30.43   +02 29 56.1   25.1r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.54929  09 59 30.40   +02 29 56.0   25.2r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.57937  09 59 30.32   +02 29 56.3   25.2i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.58308  09 59 30.32   +02 29 56.5   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.60159  09 59 30.25   +02 29 56.0   25.4i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.60536  09 59 30.24   +02 29 56.1   25.0i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2016 12  25.62385  09 59 30.21   +02 29 56.1   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.43785  09 59 08.24   +02 30 19.2   24.6z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.44565  09 59 08.23   +02 30 18.9   25.2z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.45714  09 59 08.18   +02 30 19.4   25.1z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.46097  09 59 08.18   +02 30 19.5   25.0z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.49315  09 59 08.07   +02 30 19.4   25.2i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.50080  09 59 08.03   +02 30 19.7   25.0i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.51228  09 59 07.99   +02 30 19.9   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.51993  09 59 07.98   +02 30 19.7   25.6i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.53399  09 59 07.95   +02 30 19.7   25.9i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.55218  09 59 07.89   +02 30 19.9   24.8i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.58611  09 59 07.78   +02 30 20.2   25.3g 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.60039  09 59 07.73   +02 30 20.0   25.7g 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.60370  09 59 07.71   +02 30 19.9   25.5g 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  02.61463  09 59 07.69   +02 30 20.0   25.7g 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  21.45233  09 57 56.79   +02 33 44.7   25.4z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  21.47486  09 57 56.68   +02 33 44.8   25.1z 17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2017 01  21.48947  09 57 56.63   +02 33 45.4   25.5z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  21.49713  09 57 56.59   +02 33 45.3   24.9z 17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2017 01  21.50089  09 57 56.58   +02 33 45.7   25.6z 17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2017 01  21.51563  09 57 56.51   +02 33 45.7   25.1z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  21.51947  09 57 56.48   +02 33 45.8   25.5z 17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2017 01  21.52708  09 57 56.47   +02 33 45.7   25.4z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  21.54935  09 57 56.35   +02 33 46.4   25.6z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.37416  09 57 48.40   +02 34 16.7   25.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.37982  09 57 48.38   +02 34 16.3   25.7r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.38565  09 57 48.37   +02 34 16.5   26.3r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.39955  09 57 48.30   +02 34 17.0   25.9r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.40271  09 57 48.29   +02 34 16.7   26.2r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.41678  09 57 48.24   +02 34 17.2   25.5r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.43372  09 57 48.17   +02 34 17.2   26.1r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.44310  09 57 48.13   +02 34 17.4   26.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.49071  09 57 47.91   +02 34 18.4   25.4i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.50215  09 57 47.85   +02 34 18.7   26.0i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.50600  09 57 47.85   +02 34 18.7   25.1i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.50979  09 57 47.82   +02 34 18.7   25.3i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.53190  09 57 47.72   +02 34 19.1   25.7i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.55094  09 57 47.62   +02 34 19.3   25.4i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.56544  09 57 47.58   +02 34 19.3   24.8i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.56929  09 57 47.55   +02 34 19.7   25.8i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  23.58131  09 57 47.49   +02 34 20.0   25.6i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  30.40627  09 57 16.52   +02 36 26.8   25.8i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  30.42829  09 57 16.41   +02 36 27.5   25.7i 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  30.52066  09 57 15.98   +02 36 29.3   26.3z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  30.55762  09 57 15.81   +02 36 30.3   25.6z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 01  30.58347  09 57 15.67   +02 36 30.7   25.3z 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  02.43265  09 57 02.25   +02 37 30.2   26.3r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  02.44732  09 57 02.20   +02 37 30.5   25.9r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  02.46207  09 57 02.12   +02 37 30.9   26.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  23.47596  09 55 19.67   +02 46 18.7   25.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  23.48959  09 55 19.65   +02 46 19.1   25.4r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2017 02  23.50705  09 55 19.53   +02 46 19.2   25.1r 17BJ231   T09  C~7xTm      
2019 02  05.366397 10 09 20.47   +01 30 10.4         17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2019 02  05.409268 10 09 20.26   +01 30 11.2         17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2019 02  05.422693 10 09 20.18   +01 30 11.6         17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2019 05  09.356870 10 04 03.21   +02 11 02.7         17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      
2019 05  09.378507 10 04 03.20   +02 11 03.1         17BJ231   T09  C~81Bm      

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    -0.08       0.00     0.38
     2   0.0001      0.56     0.05      -1.07    -0.08
     3   0.0001      0.56    -0.02      -1.07     0.04
     4   0.0001      0.66     0.04      -1.35    -0.19
     5   0.0002      0.70     0.04      -1.02     0.20
     6   0.0002      0.87     0.14      -1.49    -0.15
     7   0.0002      0.87     0.10      -1.49    -0.09
     8   0.0002      0.80    -0.01      -1.30     0.15
     9   0.0002      0.77    -0.09      -1.63    -0.12
    10   0.0083     27.24     0.23     -44.39    -0.26
    11   0.0083     27.03     0.00     -44.25    -0.07
    12   0.0083     26.96    -0.09     -44.06     0.17
    13   0.0083     27.24     0.17     -44.39    -0.09
    14   0.0083     27.24     0.15     -44.39    -0.04
    15   0.0083     27.27     0.17     -44.48    -0.07
    16   0.0109     32.61     0.18     -57.54     0.17
    17   0.0109     32.68     0.23     -57.72     0.04
    18   0.0109     32.54     0.08     -57.78     0.04
    19   0.0109     32.33    -0.15     -58.07    -0.19
    20   0.0109     32.05    -0.46     -57.75     0.24
    21   0.0109     32.58     0.05     -58.30    -0.25
    22   0.0110     32.72     0.18     -58.25    -0.14
    23   0.0110     32.54    -0.09     -58.63    -0.18
    24   0.0820   -368.61     0.30    -413.56    -0.19
    25   0.0820   -368.89     0.14    -413.24     0.17
    26   0.0820   -369.52    -0.10    -413.69    -0.14
    27   0.0821   -369.95    -0.02    -413.85    -0.11
    28   0.0821   -370.05    -0.01    -413.56     0.21
    29   0.0821   -370.44    -0.01    -413.82     0.10
    30   0.0822   -371.66    -0.14    -413.95     0.35
    31   0.0822   -371.73 (  -0.08)   -413.76 (   0.59)
    32   0.0822   -372.54    -0.21    -414.60    -0.01
    33   0.0823   -372.72    -0.25    -414.56     0.08
    34   0.0823   -373.14     0.00    -414.71     0.16
    35   0.1037   -689.76    -0.14    -507.89    -0.08
    36   0.1037   -689.80     0.18    -508.22    -0.32
    37   0.1038   -690.68    -0.16    -508.01     0.02
    38   0.1038   -690.71    -0.01    -507.92     0.16
    39   0.1039   -692.22    -0.01    -508.59    -0.14
    40   0.1039   -692.89    -0.32    -508.52     0.02
    41   0.1039   -693.52    -0.41    -508.54     0.14
    42   0.1039   -693.59    -0.12    -508.78    -0.01
    43   0.1040   -694.01     0.12    -508.93    -0.01
    44   0.1040   -694.92     0.06    -509.06     0.08
    45   0.1041   -696.57     0.01    -509.35     0.19
    46   0.1041   -697.21     0.05    -509.80    -0.09
    47   0.1042   -697.45    -0.04    -510.00    -0.25
    48   0.1042   -697.77     0.16    -510.01    -0.14
    49   0.1558  -1764.98     0.08    -688.55     0.04
    50   0.1558  -1766.56     0.02    -689.03    -0.26
    51   0.1559  -1767.48     0.09    -688.73     0.15
    52   0.1559  -1768.00     0.08    -689.03    -0.09
    53   0.1559  -1768.28     0.05    -688.71     0.26
    54   0.1559  -1769.27     0.06    -689.07     0.02
    55   0.1559  -1769.72    -0.13    -689.14    -0.02
    56   0.1560  -1769.83     0.27    -689.28    -0.10
    57   0.1560  -1771.76    -0.15    -689.25     0.11
    58   0.1610  -1893.99    -0.50    -702.37     0.24
    59   0.1610  -1894.13    -0.25    -702.85    -0.20
    60   0.1611  -1894.34    -0.06    -702.71    -0.02
    61   0.1611  -1895.50    -0.27    -702.61     0.18
    62   0.1611  -1895.54    -0.08    -702.94    -0.13
    63   0.1611  -1896.41     0.01    -702.74     0.19
    64   0.1612  -1897.40     0.19    -703.10    -0.05
    65   0.1612  -1898.03     0.20    -703.12    -0.00
    66   0.1613  -1901.47     0.05    -703.34     0.14
    67   0.1614  -1902.41    -0.11    -703.37     0.20
    68   0.1614  -1902.41     0.16    -703.37     0.23
    69   0.1614  -1902.83    -0.00    -703.52     0.10
    70   0.1615  -1904.38    -0.02    -703.67     0.12
    71   0.1615  -1905.85    -0.18    -704.01    -0.08
    72   0.1615  -1906.41     0.26    -704.22    -0.17
    73   0.1616  -1906.98    -0.04    -704.00     0.07
    74   0.1616  -1907.92    -0.16    -704.03     0.13
    75   0.1803  -2387.15     0.20    -746.88    -0.30
    76   0.1803  -2388.94     0.03    -746.80    -0.09
    77   0.1806  -2395.61     0.19    -747.35    -0.10
    78   0.1807  -2398.35     0.18    -747.30     0.16
    79   0.1808  -2400.45    -0.02    -747.66    -0.04
    80   0.1886  -2609.71    -0.18    -761.94    -0.17
    81   0.1886  -2610.51     0.12    -761.92    -0.08
    82   0.1886  -2611.78    -0.03    -761.96    -0.05
    83   0.2462  -4235.01    -0.31    -801.68    -0.03
    84   0.2462  -4235.43     0.35    -801.41     0.24
    85   0.2463  -4237.15     0.01    -801.94    -0.30
    86   2.1952   9176.55     0.10    -681.47     0.20
    87   2.1953   9173.31     0.09    -681.83     0.03
    88   2.1954   9172.05    -0.17    -681.87     0.05
    89   2.4498   3857.11     0.06     -48.06    -0.15
    90   2.4499   3856.83    -0.05     -47.74    -0.12

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.

17BJ231    quality flag:3

Type:           2:1E      2:1E      2:1E

axisobj        47.802    47.822    47.783
ecceobj         0.188     0.188     0.188
incobj          9.040     9.040     9.040
qmin           36.436    36.852    36.180
qmax           59.911    59.644    60.172
amean          47.797    47.796    47.796
amin           47.210    47.246    47.207
amax           48.459    48.453    48.457
emean           0.213     0.191     0.217
emin            0.174     0.148     0.177
emax            0.237     0.231     0.243
imean           7.858     9.189     7.525
imin            7.086     6.451     6.548
imax           10.166    10.522    10.168
excite_mean     0.254     0.250     0.254
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.068     3.070     3.067

libcent 0       103.4     179.5     101.7
libamp  0        64.2     142.2      63.5
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       322.6     193.3     322.1
kozaiamp         32.6     180.0      34.0