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: 97UG25
# Created Wed Nov 27 02:07:53 2024
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting 4 observations of 4
# Arc: 1.10d
# First observation: 1997/10/26
# Last observation: 1997/10/27
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit: 1.89 DOF: 4 RMS: 0.12
# Min/Max residuals: -0.21 0.19
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.439061E-05 2.287199E-02 -6.920843E-08 2.165465E-04 2.361729E-02 0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
3.5196E-11 5.1180E-08 -4.5292E-14 -3.9613E-11 9.6049E-09 0.0000E+00
5.1180E-08 7.6128E-05 -6.6985E-11 -5.8626E-08 1.4209E-05 0.0000E+00
-4.5292E-14 -6.6985E-11 4.9673E-13 -1.5500E-10 -1.2535E-11 0.0000E+00
-3.9613E-11 -5.8626E-08 -1.5500E-10 1.8569E-07 -1.0967E-08 0.0000E+00
9.6049E-09 1.4209E-05 -1.2535E-11 -1.0967E-08 2.6587E-06 0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.7335E-04
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
0.053486 66.111370 0.538971 0.000569 -0.830301 2450747.540321
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2450740.5000 = 1997/10/19
Mean Anomaly: 340.46691 +/- 94.305
Argument of Peri: 26.13479 +/- 161.131
Long of Asc Node: 59.83779 +/- 11.259
Inclination: 0.54277 +/- 1.097
Eccentricity: 0.02725236 +/- 0.5715
Semi-Major Axis: 44.30942565 +/- 23.0094
Time of Perihelion: 2456585.8568 +/- 351386.1
Perihelion: 43.10188939 +/- 33.7972
Aphelion: 45.51696191 +/- 34.6405
Period (y) 294.9527 +/- 229.75
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X 17.98296298 +/- 1.1840
Ecliptic Y 39.25169022 +/- 2.6728
Ecliptic Z 0.03954002 +/- 0.0027
Ecliptic XDOT -0.00242047 +/- 0.0010
Ecliptic YDOT 0.00108165 +/- 0.0014
Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00002497 +/- 0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 43.17503568 +/- 2.4794
Geocenter to KBO 42.34186038 +/- 2.9233
# Hcoef: 8.47
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 97UG25. 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 (97UG25) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
1997 10 26.03959 04 16 53.23 +21 22 49.3 24.3R 97UG25 950 Ca0663 1997 10 26.11442 04 16 52.89 +21 22 48.4 24.3R 97UG25 950 Ca0663 1997 10 27.05806 04 16 49.01 +21 22 39.2 24.7R 97UG25 950 Ca0663 1997 10 27.14413 04 16 48.64 +21 22 38.1 24.7R 97UG25 950 Ca0663
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 0.19 0.00 0.04
2 0.0002 -4.83 -0.21 -0.06 -0.06
3 0.0028 -59.80 0.06 0.25 0.12
4 0.0030 -65.08 -0.04 0.06 -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.
97UG25 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