Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 17DJ170

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: 17DJ170   
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:11:05 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     17 observations of     17
# Arc:   3.01y
# First observation: 2016/04/01
#  Last observation: 2019/04/06
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000034   0.025413   0.000000  -0.000804   0.024842   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:     4.50 DOF:     28 RMS:  0.09
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.23    0.19
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.614993E-05  2.541306E-02 -1.262471E-07 -8.058653E-04  2.506475E-02  5.823607E-04
# Covariance matrix:
  4.8821E-13 -6.4834E-13 -8.7962E-15  1.7184E-14 -2.0643E-13 -6.4246E-12
 -6.4834E-13  1.5769E-12  1.7602E-14 -4.8073E-14 -1.0376E-13  1.8527E-11
 -8.7962E-15  1.7602E-14  2.1378E-13 -1.1222E-13  6.1177E-15  2.1151E-13
  1.7184E-14 -4.8073E-14 -1.1222E-13  9.9970E-14  4.1869E-15 -6.0339E-13
 -2.0643E-13 -1.0376E-13  6.1177E-15  4.1869E-15  7.5295E-13 -2.2181E-12
 -6.4246E-12  1.8527E-11  2.1151E-13 -6.0339E-13 -2.2181E-12  2.3329E-10
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    5.572035 -172.292423   -0.069012    0.096558   -0.988198  2457479.787106
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457470.5000  =  2016/03/23
Mean Anomaly:           17.68076 +/-     0.358
Argument of Peri:       87.83247 +/-     0.424
Long of Asc Node:       79.26929 +/-     0.007
Inclination:             5.73200 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.07592349 +/-    0.0004
Semi-Major Axis:     44.04852206 +/-    0.0098
Time of Perihelion: 2452226.1237 +/-     106.3
Perihelion:          40.70420466 +/-    0.0179
Aphelion:            47.39283946 +/-    0.0187
Period (y)              292.3514 +/-      0.10
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -40.32776599 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic Y           -5.52977703 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic Z            3.87385877 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00030118 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00276744 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00008143 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   40.88904407 +/-    0.0013
Geocenter to KBO     39.89666308 +/-    0.0014
# Hcoef:  7.73

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17DJ170. 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 (17DJ170) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2016 04  01.286317 12 37 06.32   +02 03 44.7         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2016 04  01.305734 12 37 06.24   +02 03 45.3         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2016 04  01.527674 12 37 05.19   +02 03 51.6         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.50898  12 45 06.48   +01 07 48.6   23.4z 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.54460  12 45 06.35   +01 07 49.7   23.7z 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.55274  12 45 06.32   +01 07 50.0   23.4z 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.57695  12 45 06.25   +01 07 50.5   23.6z 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.61716  12 45 06.11   +01 07 51.7   24.0z 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.55846  12 44 59.51   +01 08 43.2   23.8r 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.59097  12 44 59.40   +01 08 44.3   24.0r 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.65456  12 44 59.18   +01 08 45.9   23.9r 17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 04  02.388235 12 42 19.90   +01 27 03.1         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 04  02.489938 12 42 19.43   +01 27 06.0         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 04  27.417363 12 40 30.02   +01 37 34.9         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2019 04  04.551811 12 52 45.20   +00 13 44.7         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2019 04  06.473958 12 52 36.40   +00 14 38.8         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      
2019 04  06.528515 12 52 36.14   +00 14 40.4         17DJ170   T09  C~89UY      

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    -0.08
     2   0.0001     -1.34     0.10       0.08     0.02
     3   0.0007    -18.29    -0.08      -0.34    -0.08
     4   0.8931   7943.64     0.07    -240.10    -0.03
     5   0.8932   7941.41    -0.10    -239.86     0.06
     6   0.8933   7940.87    -0.17    -239.76     0.13
     7   0.8933   7939.71     0.07    -239.72     0.08
     8   0.8934   7937.30    -0.02    -239.45     0.19
     9   0.8988   7825.86     0.03    -231.26    -0.23
    10   0.8988   7823.91     0.01    -230.91     0.01
    11   0.8990   7820.24     0.13    -230.74    -0.07
    12   1.0023   5189.84    -0.05    -166.77    -0.03
    13   1.0026   5182.21     0.02    -166.89     0.01
    14   1.0709   3425.87     0.01    -237.12     0.09
    15   3.0069  15571.47    -0.15    -498.77    -0.12
    16   3.0121  15428.03     0.13    -501.31     0.01
    17   3.0123  15423.79     0.02    -501.39     0.05

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.

17DJ170    quality flag:1

Type:       SCATNEAR CLASSICAL    7:4EEE

axisobj        43.570    43.602    43.538
ecceobj         0.066     0.067     0.065
incobj          5.733     5.733     5.733
qmin           38.373    39.731    40.024
qmax           49.467    48.230    47.733
amean          43.754    43.813    43.726
amin           43.317    43.465    43.369
amax           44.199    44.195    44.112
emean           0.084     0.071     0.069
emin            0.050     0.053     0.056
emax            0.121     0.091     0.082
imean           3.925     4.058     3.862
imin            2.935     3.295     3.005
imax            4.829     4.802     4.703
excite_mean     0.109     0.101     0.097
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.084     3.087     3.087

libcent 0      -180.0    -180.0     182.3
libamp  0      -180.0    -180.0     139.9
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       183.4     183.4     186.4
kozaiamp        180.0     180.0     180.0