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: 16FB60 # Created Fri Nov 1 01:10:21 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 9 observations of 9 # Arc: 2.02d # First observation: 2016/03/30 # Last observation: 2016/04/01 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 26.44 DOF: 14 RMS: 0.30 # Min/Max residuals: -0.55 0.54 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.885169E-05 2.760445E-02 -7.039043E-07 -1.635524E-03 2.692390E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 3.6977E-11 6.2085E-08 -6.5210E-13 -1.2554E-09 9.9638E-09 0.0000E+00 6.2085E-08 1.0541E-04 -1.1056E-09 -2.1285E-06 1.6893E-05 0.0000E+00 -6.5210E-13 -1.1056E-09 3.2751E-13 -4.8023E-11 -1.7723E-10 0.0000E+00 -1.2554E-09 -2.1285E-06 -4.8023E-11 7.5413E-08 -3.4121E-07 0.0000E+00 9.9638E-09 1.6893E-05 -1.7723E-10 -3.4121E-07 2.7080E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.5682E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -9.694857 -177.177570 -0.117251 -0.166176 -0.973731 2457477.673959 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2457470.5000 = 2016/03/23 Mean Anomaly: 6.95464 +/- 274.492 Argument of Peri: 243.30995 +/- 342.610 Long of Asc Node: 292.64584 +/- 4.946 Inclination: 10.01579 +/- 0.317 Eccentricity: 0.02385122 +/- 0.5722 Semi-Major Axis: 39.04377699 +/- 20.5539 Time of Perihelion: 2455749.0340 +/- 335271.3 Perihelion: 38.11253544 +/- 30.0284 Aphelion: 39.97501854 +/- 30.6922 Period (y) 243.9697 +/- 192.65 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -37.55143779 +/- 2.2350 Ecliptic Y -1.97123916 +/- 0.1100 Ecliptic Z -6.25473630 +/- 0.3823 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00016627 +/- 0.0016 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00280925 +/- 0.0009 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00016393 +/- 0.0003 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 38.11978476 +/- 2.2026 Geocenter to KBO 37.14171672 +/- 2.2701 # Hcoef: 8.57
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 16FB60. 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 (16FB60) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2016 03 30.17317 11 54 46.44 -10 00 34.3 24.4V 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 30.18011 11 54 46.44 -10 00 34.3 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 30.18705 11 54 46.44 -10 00 34.2 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.16646 11 54 41.59 -10 00 01.5 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.17340 11 54 41.58 -10 00 01.6 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 03 31.18034 11 54 41.57 -10 00 01.7 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 04 01.18070 11 54 36.64 -09 59 28.0 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 04 01.18764 11 54 36.64 -09 59 28.3 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK 2016 04 01.19458 11 54 36.62 -09 59 28.3 16FB60 W84 C~1qoK
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 -0.54 0.00 -0.05
2 0.0000 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.05
3 0.0000 -0.04 0.54 0.09 0.04
4 0.0027 -78.79 -0.46 1.11 0.20
5 0.0027 -78.88 0.00 0.96 0.05
6 0.0028 -78.98 0.47 0.80 -0.11
7 0.0055 -159.21 -0.55 2.25 0.21
8 0.0055 -159.09 0.13 1.98 -0.07
9 0.0055 -159.36 0.41 1.86 -0.20
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.
16FB60 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