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: 02VZ94 # Created Fri Nov 1 01:08:15 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 9 observations of 9 # Arc: 18.02d # First observation: 2002/11/11 # Last observation: 2002/11/29 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # WARNING MRQMIN stopped after 13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution # Chi-squared of fit: 4.23 DOF: 14 RMS: 0.12 # Min/Max residuals: -0.32 0.28 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.488769E-05 1.921145E-02 1.091654E-06 7.637740E-04 2.085852E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 2.2705E-11 2.9682E-08 2.1447E-13 -3.2124E-11 4.6920E-09 0.0000E+00 2.9682E-08 3.9355E-05 2.8429E-10 -4.2583E-08 6.2196E-06 0.0000E+00 2.1447E-13 2.8429E-10 3.0974E-13 -7.0944E-12 4.4929E-11 0.0000E+00 -3.2124E-11 -4.2583E-08 -7.0944E-12 3.6495E-10 -6.7297E-09 0.0000E+00 4.6920E-09 6.2196E-06 4.4929E-11 -6.7297E-09 9.8294E-07 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.1942E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -1.863257 56.456595 0.138566 -0.031803 -0.976776 2452589.733113 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2452580.5000 = 2002/11/02 Mean Anomaly: 354.75104 +/- 178.524 Argument of Peri: 327.00360 +/- 245.671 Long of Asc Node: 95.12142 +/- 9.391 Inclination: 2.91092 +/- 0.595 Eccentricity: 0.05677505 +/- 0.5388 Semi-Major Axis: 51.85281736 +/- 27.1659 Time of Perihelion: 2454569.0092 +/- 204007.9 Perihelion: 48.90887114 +/- 37.9082 Aphelion: 54.79676357 +/- 40.0578 Period (y) 373.3935 +/- 293.43 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 27.13118673 +/- 1.2587 Ecliptic Y 40.68035533 +/- 1.8982 Ecliptic Z -1.55873460 +/- 0.0741 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00210734 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00139262 +/- 0.0013 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00010041 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 48.92261499 +/- 1.7258 Geocenter to KBO 47.94204592 +/- 2.2787 # Hcoef: 7.08
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02VZ94. 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 (02VZ94) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2002 11 11.23237 03 38 24.77 +17 32 57.8 02VZ94 695 Cg6507 2002 11 11.28481 03 38 24.52 +17 32 57.2 02VZ94 695 Cg6507 2002 11 12.24555 03 38 20.42 +17 32 43.2 23.8R 02VZ94 695 Cg6507 2002 11 12.35398 03 38 19.93 +17 32 41.8 23.8R 02VZ94 695 Cg6507 2002 11 12.41139 03 38 19.67 +17 32 40.9 23.3R 02VZ94 695 Cg6507 2002 11 28.23730 03 37 10.97 +17 28 55.5 23.5R 02VZ94 568 Ci2696 2002 11 28.26205 03 37 10.87 +17 28 55.2 23.5R 02VZ94 568 Ci2696 2002 11 28.28244 03 37 10.78 +17 28 55.0 02VZ94 568 Ci2696 2002 11 29.25110 03 37 06.63 +17 28 41.6 02VZ94 568 Ci2696
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 -0.07 0.00 -0.11
2 0.0001 -3.62 -0.32 0.24 0.11
3 0.0028 -63.90 0.28 0.14 -0.13
4 0.0031 -71.05 0.13 0.39 0.08
5 0.0032 -74.87 -0.00 0.37 0.04
6 0.0466 -1083.10 -0.09 8.46 -0.03
7 0.0466 -1084.56 0.03 8.50 -0.02
8 0.0467 -1085.86 0.02 8.61 0.06
9 0.0493 -1146.73 0.01 9.36 -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.
02VZ94 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