Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 17CD60

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: 17CD60    
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:11:03 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     16 observations of     16
# Arc:  95.75d
# First observation: 2017/01/21
#  Last observation: 2017/04/27
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000016   0.029283   0.000023   0.001692   0.024798   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    10.74 DOF:     26 RMS:  0.14
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.27    0.40
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.492986E-05  2.227166E-02  2.600700E-06  2.139005E-03  2.367905E-02 -8.345213E-04
# Covariance matrix:
  2.2202E-13 -1.0138E-11 -2.5639E-14  7.1410E-13 -6.8431E-13  2.0941E-10
 -1.0138E-11  5.6425E-09  1.7261E-11 -3.6542E-10  7.9863E-10 -4.8162E-08
 -2.5639E-14  1.7261E-11  1.9014E-13 -1.8853E-12  2.4775E-12 -1.4192E-10
  7.1410E-13 -3.6542E-10 -1.8853E-12  3.6970E-11 -5.0857E-11  3.3238E-09
 -6.8431E-13  7.9863E-10  2.4775E-12 -5.0857E-11  1.1929E-10 -5.6309E-09
  2.0941E-10 -4.8162E-08 -1.4192E-10  3.3238E-09 -5.6309E-09  6.5292E-07
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
  -11.750147  151.759612    0.501083   -0.172743   -0.831340  2457775.092927
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457770.5000  =  2017/01/17
Mean Anomaly:          250.11732 +/-    20.219
Argument of Peri:       50.10278 +/-    19.593
Long of Asc Node:      216.05690 +/-     0.102
Inclination:            12.67600 +/-     0.010
Eccentricity:         0.05462758 +/-    0.0304
Semi-Major Axis:     42.17584800 +/-    0.2987
Time of Perihelion: 2488307.1150 +/-    5609.4
Perihelion:          39.87188355 +/-    1.3111
Aphelion:            44.47981246 +/-    1.3185
Period (y)              273.9075 +/-      2.91
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -36.93957409 +/-    0.0168
Ecliptic Y           20.40257082 +/-    0.0090
Ecliptic Z           -8.60009820 +/-    0.0040
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00117681 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00229618 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00026173 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   43.06690980 +/-    0.0151
Geocenter to KBO     42.23142098 +/-    0.0195
# Hcoef:  8.27

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17CD60. 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 (17CD60) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2017 01  21.592126 09 58 23.96   -00 08 49.5         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  21.610954 09 58 23.89   -00 08 48.9         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  23.446044 09 58 16.53   -00 08 22.2         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  23.578080 09 58 15.99   -00 08 20.1         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  26.55620  09 58 03.70   -00 07 32.7   24.2z 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  26.56693  09 58 03.67   -00 07 32.4   24.1z 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  26.58570  09 58 03.57   -00 07 32.1   24.1z 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 01  26.59916  09 58 03.56   -00 07 31.7   24.4z 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 02  02.39743  09 57 34.44   -00 05 27.4   24.9r 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 02  02.41063  09 57 34.37   -00 05 27.1   25.0r 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 02  02.42609  09 57 34.29   -00 05 26.9   24.6r 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 02  02.56306  09 57 33.69   -00 05 24.2   24.3i 17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 03  06.444500 09 55 11.85   +00 08 05.5         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 03  06.460646 09 55 11.78   +00 08 05.9         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 04  27.326701 09 52 45.25   +00 32 23.7         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      
2017 04  27.341022 09 52 45.23   +00 32 24.0         17CD60    T09  C~89UW      

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    -0.01       0.00    -0.24
     2   0.0001     -1.19    -0.04       0.19     0.10
     3   0.0051   -113.95     0.10     -13.49    -0.06
     4   0.0054   -122.27     0.16     -14.36     0.06
     5   0.0136   -311.54    -0.10     -34.57    -0.12
     6   0.0136   -312.07     0.08     -34.44     0.07
     7   0.0137   -313.58    -0.20     -34.69    -0.04
     8   0.0137   -313.86     0.40     -34.37     0.37
     9   0.0323   -766.52     0.02     -71.02     0.08
    10   0.0324   -767.61    -0.15     -71.11     0.06
    11   0.0324   -768.80    -0.27     -71.34    -0.10
    12   0.0328   -778.18    -0.12     -71.96    -0.07
    13   0.1201  -3054.83     0.07     -59.21    -0.06
    14   0.1201  -3055.95     0.09     -59.20    -0.13
    15   0.2621  -5626.51     0.02     536.21     0.06
    16   0.2621  -5626.89    -0.05     536.38     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.

17CD60    quality flag:2

Type:      CLASSICAL  SCATEXTD CLASSICAL

axisobj        41.997    43.039    41.484
ecceobj         0.052     0.139     0.040
incobj         12.694    12.674    12.724
qmin           39.156    36.518    39.108
qmax           45.076    50.038    44.075
amean          42.023    43.129    41.499
amin           41.696    42.763    41.188
amax           42.349    43.544    41.819
emean           0.050     0.133     0.041
emin            0.035     0.117     0.028
emax            0.065     0.150     0.055
imean          13.861    14.125    14.086
imin           13.147    13.225    13.259
imax           14.590    14.922    14.841
excite_mean     0.245     0.278     0.247
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.008     2.999     3.000

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       178.7     184.6     179.1
kozaiamp        180.0     180.0     180.0