Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 17DM170

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: 17DM170   
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:11:05 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     17 observations of     17
# Arc:   3.00y
# First observation: 2016/04/04
#  Last observation: 2019/04/03
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000016   0.024285  -0.000005   0.000879   0.024064   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:     8.30 DOF:     28 RMS:  0.12
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.25    0.33
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.643834E-05  2.425745E-02  4.410857E-07  8.766298E-04  2.446581E-02  3.278779E-04
# Covariance matrix:
  2.9261E-13 -4.4728E-13  4.5964E-15 -1.2521E-14 -8.8441E-14 -4.7609E-12
 -4.4728E-13  1.4969E-11 -2.8328E-13  5.3025E-13 -7.3036E-12  2.0072E-10
  4.5964E-15 -2.8328E-13  1.7786E-13 -1.0895E-13  1.4403E-13 -3.8267E-12
 -1.2521E-14  5.3025E-13 -1.0895E-13  1.3330E-13 -2.6050E-13  7.1646E-12
 -8.8441E-14 -7.3036E-12  1.4403E-13 -2.6050E-13  4.1932E-12 -9.8562E-11
 -4.7609E-12  2.0072E-10 -3.8267E-12  7.1646E-12 -9.8562E-11  2.7121E-09
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    3.115132 -172.507902   -0.127495    0.053818   -0.986524  2457482.979329
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2457480.5000  =  2016/04/02
Mean Anomaly:           17.80831 +/-     1.892
Argument of Peri:       36.21477 +/-     2.123
Long of Asc Node:      131.74405 +/-     0.011
Inclination:             3.67024 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.05215564 +/-    0.0013
Semi-Major Axis:     44.03873152 +/-    0.0333
Time of Perihelion: 2452200.0503 +/-     561.1
Perihelion:          41.74186345 +/-    0.0651
Aphelion:            46.33559959 +/-    0.0669
Period (y)              292.2540 +/-      0.33
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -41.43114938 +/-    0.0034
Ecliptic Y           -5.57953645 +/-    0.0004
Ecliptic Z            2.22121409 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00032303 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00270242 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00009996 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   41.86412734 +/-    0.0034
Geocenter to KBO     40.87335813 +/-    0.0034
# Hcoef:  8.87

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17DM170. 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 (17DM170) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2016 04  04.47854  12 32 26.34   -00 06 38.3   25.0g 17DM170   T09  C~8COu      
2016 04  04.51309  12 32 26.19   -00 06 37.5   25.5g 17DM170   T09  C~8COu      
2016 04  04.54301  12 32 26.05   -00 06 36.6   25.8g 17DM170   T09  C~8COu      
2016 04  05.446303 12 32 22.06   -00 06 10.9         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2016 04  05.564262 12 32 21.53   -00 06 07.6         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 01  30.653664 12 41 28.79   -01 04 21.6         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 01  30.667823 12 41 28.77   -01 04 21.2         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  02.664746 12 41 23.16   -01 03 30.9         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.53656  12 40 32.45   -00 56 45.6   25.3z 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.55809  12 40 32.38   -00 56 45.4   24.8z 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.58500  12 40 32.28   -00 56 44.6   25.4z 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  21.60643  12 40 32.22   -00 56 44.3   24.6z 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.52726  12 40 25.74   -00 55 55.9   24.9r 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.60167  12 40 25.48   -00 55 54.1   24.9r 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2017 02  23.64192  12 40 25.34   -00 55 52.7   24.9r 17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2019 04  03.445387 12 48 09.45   -01 37 51.7         17DM170   T09  C~89UY      
2019 04  03.469560 12 48 09.34   -01 37 50.9         17DM170   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    -0.16       0.00     0.03
     2   0.0001     -2.38     0.00      -0.15    -0.11
     3   0.0002     -4.67    -0.09      -0.15    -0.10
     4   0.0026    -69.80     0.11      -0.14    -0.05
     5   0.0030    -78.41     0.14      -0.24    -0.09
     6   0.8246   8848.04     0.02      24.89    -0.13
     7   0.8246   8847.61     0.03      25.14     0.06
     8   0.8328   8750.28     0.07      38.24    -0.06
     9   0.8845   7890.18    -0.25     111.11     0.33
    10   0.8845   7889.13    -0.07     110.88     0.04
    11   0.8846   7887.44    -0.23     111.02     0.11
    12   0.8847   7886.49     0.04     110.94    -0.03
    13   0.8899   7777.94     0.13     117.13    -0.02
    14   0.8901   7773.64     0.19     117.25    -0.10
    15   0.8902   7771.15     0.06     117.71     0.26
    16   2.9951  15184.32     0.02     543.99    -0.12
    17   2.9952  15182.48    -0.02     544.08    -0.02

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.

17DM170    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj        43.567    43.680    43.457
ecceobj         0.042     0.047     0.038
incobj          3.677     3.677     3.676
qmin           40.873    40.806    40.939
qmax           46.924    47.166    46.582
amean          43.780    43.896    43.677
amin           43.434    43.551    43.340
amax           44.137    44.253    44.032
emean           0.046     0.051     0.041
emin            0.028     0.035     0.023
emax            0.063     0.067     0.060
imean           2.698     2.686     2.722
imin            1.922     1.948     1.974
imax            3.422     3.384     3.463
excite_mean     0.066     0.069     0.063
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.094     3.095     3.093

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       178.5     179.9     179.5
kozaiamp        180.0     179.9     179.9