Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 96KX1

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: 96KX1     
# Created Fri Nov  1 01:07:48 2024
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting      8 observations of      8
# Arc:   2.02d
# First observation: 1996/05/22
#  Last observation: 1996/05/24
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     2.76 DOF:     12 RMS:  0.10
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.24    0.14
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.666285E-05  3.017878E-02 -1.457150E-07  7.707088E-04  2.847447E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  4.5827E-11  8.1465E-08  1.9794E-13  3.3388E-10  1.4810E-08  0.0000E+00
  8.1465E-08  1.4640E-04  3.5532E-10  5.9932E-07  2.6584E-05  0.0000E+00
  1.9794E-13  3.5532E-10  4.0239E-13 -7.5187E-11  6.4535E-11  0.0000E+00
  3.3388E-10  5.9932E-07 -7.5187E-11  2.9423E-08  1.0885E-07  0.0000E+00
  1.4810E-08  2.6584E-05  6.4535E-11  1.0885E-07  4.8283E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  3.0380E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    0.462398 -145.400584   -0.451326    0.007160   -0.901896  2450225.880250
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2450220.5000  =  1996/05/17
Mean Anomaly:           19.99643 +/-    41.378
Argument of Peri:      356.04821 +/-   111.213
Long of Asc Node:      198.10708 +/-     6.418
Inclination:             1.52205 +/-     0.556
Eccentricity:         0.02863023 +/-    0.5852
Semi-Major Axis:     37.01623124 +/-   19.5379
Time of Perihelion: 2445651.3374 +/-  256208.2
Perihelion:          35.95644792 +/-   28.7983
Aphelion:            38.07601455 +/-   29.5475
Period (y)              225.2146 +/-    178.31
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -29.38828259 +/-    2.2308
Ecliptic Y          -20.83244835 +/-    1.5387
Ecliptic Z            0.28343473 +/-    0.0219
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00165550 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00238501 +/-    0.0012
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00007390 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   36.02419177 +/-    2.0258
Geocenter to KBO     35.11918183 +/-    2.7101
# Hcoef:  8.66

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 96KX1. 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 (96KX1) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

1996 05  22.37953  14 09 57.50   -12 37 07.0   23.9R 96KX1     568  C27381      
1996 05  22.39060  14 09 57.43   -12 37 06.9         96KX1     568  C27381      
1996 05  22.40167  14 09 57.40   -12 37 06.6         96KX1     568  C27381      
1996 05  24.30197  14 09 48.66   -12 36 20.9         96KX1     568  C27381      
1996 05  24.34597  14 09 48.45   -12 36 19.8         96KX1     568  C27381      
1996 05  24.36789  14 09 48.33   -12 36 19.2         96KX1     568  C27382      
1996 05  24.38338  14 09 48.28   -12 36 18.9         96KX1     568  C27382      
1996 05  24.39531  14 09 48.22   -12 36 18.5         96KX1     568  C27382      

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     0.02       0.00     0.12
     2   0.0000     -1.00    -0.16      -0.25    -0.13
     3   0.0001     -1.51     0.14      -0.11     0.01
     4   0.0053   -137.37     0.13      -0.00    -0.05
     5   0.0054   -140.63     0.04       0.00    -0.02
     6   0.0054   -142.49    -0.24      -0.02    -0.04
     7   0.0055   -143.28     0.09       0.02     0.01
     8   0.0055   -144.24    -0.01       0.10     0.09

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.

96KX1    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