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: 22GN14 # Created Wed Nov 27 02:11:10 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 8 observations of 8 # Arc: 15.02d # First observation: 2022/04/07 # Last observation: 2022/04/22 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # WARNING MRQMIN stopped after 13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution # Chi-squared of fit: 13.46 DOF: 12 RMS: 0.23 # Min/Max residuals: -0.39 0.38 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.598680E-05 2.209500E-02 3.128774E-06 4.174951E-03 2.417996E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 3.7908E-11 5.6871E-08 5.0045E-13 -8.3001E-11 9.1110E-09 0.0000E+00 5.6871E-08 8.6065E-05 7.5725E-10 -1.2559E-07 1.3786E-05 0.0000E+00 5.0045E-13 7.5725E-10 3.2440E-13 -9.4064E-12 1.2130E-10 0.0000E+00 -8.3001E-11 -1.2559E-07 -9.4064E-12 6.9720E-10 -2.0117E-08 0.0000E+00 9.1110E-09 1.3786E-05 1.2130E-10 -2.0117E-08 2.2083E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.8603E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.224349 -158.601440 0.082734 -0.039197 -1.004465 2459676.621161 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2459670.5000 = 2022/04/01 Mean Anomaly: 182.94753 +/- 72.772 Argument of Peri: 165.92388 +/- 54.993 Long of Asc Node: 212.61516 +/- 4.659 Inclination: 10.93467 +/- 4.355 Eccentricity: 0.07752325 +/- 0.5808 Semi-Major Axis: 39.30990118 +/- 18.8314 Time of Perihelion: 2503944.7123 +/- 103438.1 Perihelion: 36.26246985 +/- 28.6873 Aphelion: 42.35733252 +/- 30.5438 Period (y) 246.4683 +/- 177.11 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -39.43366055 +/- 2.3647 Ecliptic Y -15.37058387 +/- 0.9264 Ecliptic Z -1.60502512 +/- 0.0986 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00089810 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00232725 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00047224 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 42.35380194 +/- 2.2272 Geocenter to KBO 41.35656363 +/- 2.5416 # Hcoef: 7.04
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 22GN14. 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 (22GN14) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2022 04 07.12036 13 15 42.89 -10 24 23.4 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 07.15041 13 15 42.78 -10 24 22.5 22.8R 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 07.18712 13 15 42.60 -10 24 21.7 23.0R 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 09.10067 13 15 33.97 -10 23 24.9 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 09.16693 13 15 33.63 -10 23 23.3 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 22.09840 13 14 35.43 -10 16 58.7 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 22.11946 13 14 35.35 -10 16 57.7 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb 2022 04 22.14081 13 14 35.22 -10 16 56.7 22GN14 W93 C~5fwb
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 -0.32 0.00 -0.08 2 0.0001 -1.84 0.06 0.22 0.09 3 0.0002 -4.60 0.01 -0.04 -0.22 4 0.0054 -143.94 0.32 4.63 0.38 5 0.0056 -149.19 -0.03 4.22 -0.14 6 0.0410 -1089.66 0.15 36.65 -0.35 7 0.0411 -1091.13 0.21 37.13 0.08 8 0.0411 -1093.29 -0.39 37.33 0.23
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.
22GN14 quality flag:0 Type: ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE axisobj 0.000 0.000 0.000 ecceobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 incobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 qmin 0.000 0.000 0.000 qmax 0.000 0.000 0.000 amean 0.000 0.000 0.000 amin 0.000 0.000 0.000 amax 0.000 0.000 0.000 emean 0.000 0.000 0.000 emin 0.000 0.000 0.000 emax 0.000 0.000 0.000 imean 0.000 0.000 0.000 imin 0.000 0.000 0.000 imax 0.000 0.000 0.000 excite_mean 0.000 0.000 0.000 fracstop 0.000 0.000 0.000 cjmean 0.000 0.000 0.000 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 kozaiamp 0.0 0.0 0.0