Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 19GQ186

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: 19GQ186   
# Created Wed Nov 27 02:10:56 2024
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting      9 observations of      9
# Arc:  83.94d
# First observation: 2019/01/11
#  Last observation: 2019/04/05
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000000   0.026797  -0.000001   0.007710   0.024561   0.000000
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# Chi-squared of fit:     4.39 DOF:     13 RMS:  0.12
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.25    0.30
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.502370E-05  2.208319E-02  4.320987E-06  7.531126E-03  2.359949E-02  1.137452E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  4.9171E-12  7.5008E-09  2.6343E-13  1.9535E-10  1.2752E-09 -9.1943E-09
  7.5008E-09  1.2373E-05  4.3298E-10  3.2042E-07  2.0980E-06 -1.6274E-05
  2.6343E-13  4.3298E-10  3.8115E-13  1.0022E-11  7.4592E-11 -3.0848E-10
  1.9535E-10  3.2042E-07  1.0022E-11  8.7996E-09  5.5730E-08 -1.1062E-07
  1.2752E-09  2.0980E-06  7.4592E-11  5.5730E-08  3.5975E-07 -1.8712E-06
 -9.1943E-09 -1.6274E-05 -3.0848E-10 -1.1062E-07 -1.8712E-06  2.1892E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -7.277955  164.751731    0.802809   -0.073459   -0.575905  2458495.025361
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2458490.5000  =  2019/01/07
Mean Anomaly:           22.08094 +/-    79.627
Argument of Peri:      313.06583 +/-   153.203
Long of Asc Node:      183.99230 +/-     2.648
Inclination:            19.94496 +/-     2.324
Eccentricity:         0.07133017 +/-    0.3069
Semi-Major Axis:     45.95496212 +/-    9.3119
Time of Perihelion: 2451511.1960 +/-  138940.2
Perihelion:          42.67698691 +/-   16.5426
Aphelion:            49.23293732 +/-   17.2742
Period (y)              311.5350 +/-     94.69
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -40.90101048 +/-    1.0306
Ecliptic Y           11.97379137 +/-    0.2810
Ecliptic Z           -5.36789186 +/-    0.1364
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00089896 +/-    0.0016
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00241010 +/-    0.0006
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00084975 +/-    0.0002
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   42.95437814 +/-    0.9846
Geocenter to KBO     42.37380338 +/-    1.0770
# Hcoef:  8.83

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 19GQ186. 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 (19GQ186) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2019 01  11.52456  10 52 37.40   -00 42 49.3   25.0z 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 01  11.57085  10 52 37.28   -00 42 49.1   25.1z 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 01  11.61426  10 52 37.16   -00 42 48.4   24.8z 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 01  11.65474  10 52 37.09   -00 42 48.3   25.5z 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 04  04.38775  10 47 18.11   -00 06 32.9   25.5g 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 04  04.42571  10 47 17.98   -00 06 31.6   25.8g 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 04  05.38680  10 47 14.65   -00 06 01.2   25.2r 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 04  05.43322  10 47 14.48   -00 05 59.5   24.9r 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      
2019 04  05.46471  10 47 14.38   -00 05 58.8   24.8r 19GQ186   T09  C~870l      

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    -0.05       0.00     0.15
     2   0.0001     -1.74    -0.00      -0.51    -0.13
     3   0.0002     -3.67    -0.25      -0.55     0.04
     4   0.0004     -4.68     0.30      -0.86    -0.07
     5   0.2269  -5258.89    -0.02     171.10    -0.03
     6   0.2270  -5261.19     0.02     171.55     0.09
     7   0.2296  -5319.02     0.04     180.45    -0.06
     8   0.2297  -5322.03    -0.14     181.04     0.11
     9   0.2298  -5323.69     0.11     181.11    -0.11

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.