Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 17DG165

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: 17DG165   
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:11:04 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     17 observations of     17
# Arc:   4.01y
# First observation: 2015/03/30
#  Last observation: 2019/04/03
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000033   0.022405  -0.000002   0.000867   0.023406   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:     2.86 DOF:     28 RMS:  0.07
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.14    0.16
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.495282E-05  2.241309E-02  7.800716E-07  8.669112E-04  2.356074E-02  4.231767E-05
# Covariance matrix:
  4.4570E-13 -3.7479E-13  5.0993E-15 -9.2142E-15 -1.3152E-13 -3.1318E-12
 -3.7479E-13  6.4312E-13 -1.2563E-14  2.1345E-14 -7.4684E-15  7.4620E-12
  5.0993E-15 -1.2563E-14  3.2170E-13 -1.4088E-13  1.0303E-15 -1.6762E-13
 -9.2142E-15  2.1345E-14 -1.4088E-13  8.4773E-14  1.0946E-15  2.8489E-13
 -1.3152E-13 -7.4684E-15  1.0303E-15  1.0946E-15  6.9657E-13 -7.9433E-14
 -3.1318E-12  7.4620E-12 -1.6762E-13  2.8489E-13 -7.9433E-14  9.9581E-11
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    2.835055 -172.637603   -0.031311    0.049342   -0.993822  2457111.857159
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457110.5000  =  2015/03/29
Mean Anomaly:           70.59940 +/-     1.685
Argument of Peri:      340.41818 +/-     1.724
Long of Asc Node:      135.96455 +/-     0.010
Inclination:             3.54071 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.00434158 +/-    0.0004
Semi-Major Axis:     43.50244484 +/-    0.0069
Time of Perihelion: 2436557.8674 +/-     490.6
Perihelion:          43.31357540 +/-    0.0205
Aphelion:            43.69131429 +/-    0.0205
Period (y)              286.9318 +/-      0.07
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -43.02796267 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic Y           -5.59108105 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic Z            2.09934367 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00033051 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00258886 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00010095 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   43.44045353 +/-    0.0015
Geocenter to KBO     42.44349731 +/-    0.0015
# Hcoef:  7.46

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17DG165. 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 (17DG165) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2015 03  30.356381 12 31 31.26   -00 19 00.9         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2015 03  30.369488 12 31 31.20   -00 19 00.5         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2015 03  30.395233 12 31 31.09   -00 18 59.8         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2016 04  04.442534 12 35 54.57   -00 44 00.4         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2016 04  04.504591 12 35 54.30   -00 43 58.5         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2017 02  21.48870  12 43 31.49   -01 30 53.7   23.5z 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 02  21.55809  12 43 31.26   -01 30 52.1   23.4z 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 02  21.60109  12 43 31.13   -01 30 51.1   23.5z 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 02  23.53005  12 43 24.87   -01 30 04.7   24.0r 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 02  23.60167  12 43 24.62   -01 30 03.1   24.2r 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 02  23.63353  12 43 24.52   -01 30 02.4   24.5r 17DG165   T09  C~81Bx      
2017 03  04.582422 12 42 52.89   -01 26 14.4         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2017 03  04.620295 12 42 52.75   -01 26 13.4         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2017 03  30.386038 12 41 06.33   -01 14 12.0         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2017 03  30.394740 12 41 06.30   -01 14 11.8         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      
2018 05  11.073969 12 43 09.876  -01 24 58.79  23.2V 17DG165   W84  C~8HKW      
2019 04  03.469560 12 50 28.13   -02 07 46.2         17DG165   T09  C~86uy      

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     0.02       0.00    -0.04
     2   0.0000     -0.98    -0.02       0.01    -0.03
     3   0.0001     -2.78     0.04       0.00    -0.04
     4   1.0160   4221.31    -0.04     179.90    -0.13
     5   1.0161   4216.84    -0.07     180.05     0.04
     6   1.9004  11639.63    -0.04     294.88     0.08
     7   1.9006  11635.82    -0.07     294.99     0.02
     8   1.9007  11633.63     0.08     295.14     0.06
     9   1.9060  11528.74    -0.08     300.84     0.14
    10   1.9062  11524.65    -0.14     300.83    -0.03
    11   1.9063  11522.99    -0.00     300.89    -0.06
    12   1.9308  10995.67     0.07     323.71    -0.00
    13   1.9309  10993.34     0.13     323.80     0.02
    14   2.0015   9238.12     0.02     358.25     0.06
    15   2.0015   9237.62     0.16     358.25     0.06
    16   3.1149  11200.63    -0.06     493.77    -0.02
    17   4.0113  18288.23     0.01     719.37    -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.

17DG165    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj        43.104    43.125    43.083
ecceobj         0.009     0.009     0.009
incobj          3.549     3.549     3.549
qmin           41.763    41.765    41.682
qmax           45.058    45.051    45.034
amean          43.322    43.343    43.300
amin           42.987    43.013    42.967
amax           43.653    43.678    43.634
emean           0.017     0.017     0.017
emin            0.000     0.000     0.000
emax            0.032     0.032     0.032
imean           2.927     2.918     2.937
imin            2.075     2.077     2.074
imax            3.635     3.624     3.649
excite_mean     0.054     0.054     0.054
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.090     3.090     3.090

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       179.5     179.2     179.0
kozaiamp        180.0     180.0     180.0