Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 07NC7

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: 07NC7     
# Created Thu May 24 01:37:35 2012
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   25 observations of   26
# Arc:   3.10y
# First observation: 2007/07/11
#  Last observation: 2010/08/17
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000626   0.074589   0.000081   0.008087   0.051673   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    66.05 DOF:   44 RMS:  0.29
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.87    0.69
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  2.460486E-05  7.904266E-02  2.056627E-06  8.655669E-03  5.144565E-02  2.969012E-02
# Covariance matrix:
  2.4195E-13 -3.5462E-13  6.5065E-15 -3.9553E-14  3.0513E-13 -1.7000E-12
 -3.5462E-13  1.2866E-12 -2.4406E-14  1.5227E-13 -3.5346E-13  6.5604E-12
  6.5065E-15 -2.4406E-14  8.8734E-14 -4.3132E-14  7.7785E-15 -1.3041E-13
 -3.9553E-14  1.5227E-13 -4.3132E-14  7.7143E-14 -4.5477E-14  8.1336E-13
  3.0513E-13 -3.5346E-13  7.7785E-15 -4.5477E-14  7.3124E-13 -1.9471E-12
 -1.7000E-12  6.5604E-12 -1.3041E-13  8.1336E-13 -1.9471E-12  3.5043E-11
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -1.451261  -47.336567    0.410266   -0.023403   -0.925488  2454292.879484
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2454290.5000  =  2007/07/09
Mean Anomaly:           19.25343 +/-     0.008
Argument of Peri:      287.10456 +/-     0.004
Long of Asc Node:      324.14424 +/-     0.000
Inclination:             6.30043 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.50791876 +/-    0.0001
Semi-Major Axis:     34.38733936 +/-    0.0088
Time of Perihelion: 2450351.3555 +/-       0.3
Perihelion:          16.92136471 +/-    0.0063
Aphelion:            51.85331402 +/-    0.0141
Period (y)              201.6536 +/-      0.08
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           13.49352314 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic Y          -15.25228118 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic Z           -0.49221287 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00417784 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00167838 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00042038 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   20.37030980 +/-    0.0002
Geocenter to KBO     19.43798847 +/-    0.0003
# Hcoef:  8.09

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 07NC7. 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 (07NC7) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2007 07  11.37873  21 02 14.20   -18 23 59.6   21.4R 07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  11.42218  21 02 13.83   -18 24 00.7   21.4R 07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  12.31282  21 02 06.60   -18 24 27.6   21.8R 07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  12.35789  21 02 06.23   -18 24 30.1   21.3R 07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  24.28223  21 00 23.36   -18 30 58.2         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  24.33853  21 00 22.87   -18 30 59.8         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 07  24.41108  21 00 22.20   -18 31 02.0         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  07.24444  20 58 15.51   -18 38 43.2         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  07.29968  20 58 14.94   -18 38 44.2         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  07.37575  20 58 14.27   -18 38 46.9         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  20.20228  20 56 18.06   -18 45 30.0   21.0R 07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2007 08  20.24391  20 56 17.71   -18 45 30.2   20.8R 07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2007 08  21.19766  20 56 09.39   -18 45 58.6   20.9R 07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2007 08  21.20312  20 56 09.34   -18 45 59.2         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  21.24138  20 56 08.99   -18 45 59.8   20.9R 07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2007 08  21.25722  20 56 08.86   -18 46 00.7         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2007 08  21.31080  20 56 08.40   -18 46 02.2         07NC7     675  Cv4527      
2008 06  07.41506  21 22 13.68   -16 26 24.3         07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2008 06  09.41025  21 22 07.77   -16 26 47.3         07NC7     675  Cz1397      
2008 07  26.27992  21 17 10.97   -16 47 04.7         07NC7     675  Cz2998      
2008 07  26.44753  21 17 09.49   -16 47 10.8         07NC7     675  Cz2998      
2009 07  27.28230  21 33 01.62   -15 03 13.9   21.5R 07NC7     688  C~07sE      
2009 07  27.34166  21 33 01.13   -15 03 15.8         07NC7     688  C~07sE      
2010 08  17.03007  21 45 03.845  -13 33 48.81  21.0  07NC7     809  C~0Mu9      
2010 08  17.11749  21 45 03.113  -13 33 52.02  21.0  07NC7     809  C~0Mu9      
2010 08  17.22705  21 45 02.153  -13 33 56.52  21.5  07NC7     809  C~0Mu9      

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    -0.06       0.00     0.12
  2   0.0001     -5.36    -0.14       0.44     0.40
  3   0.0026   -111.67 (   0.25)      3.87 (   1.15)
  4   0.0027   -117.43     0.03       2.97     0.09
  5   0.0353  -1631.10    -0.08      44.60    -0.59
  6   0.0355  -1638.24     0.33      45.03    -0.41
  7   0.0357  -1648.00     0.30      45.61    -0.18
  8   0.0736  -3506.67     0.15     107.64    -0.87
  9   0.0737  -3514.73    -0.32     108.94     0.13
 10   0.0739  -3524.63     0.22     109.00    -0.25
 11   0.1090  -5223.52    -0.62     179.89    -0.23
 12   0.1091  -5228.36    -0.04     181.08     0.69
 13   0.1118  -5349.86     0.11     186.41     0.28
 14   0.1118  -5350.71    -0.03     186.02    -0.14
 15   0.1119  -5355.65    -0.03     186.82     0.41
 16   0.1119  -5357.68    -0.01     186.46    -0.05
 17   0.1121  -5364.37     0.23     186.83    -0.05
 18   0.9091  18536.11     0.21    1646.02     0.17
 19   0.9145  18447.43    -0.36    1650.41     0.36
 20   1.0429  13985.76     0.22    1795.60     0.15
 21   1.0433  13963.56    -0.02    1796.22    -0.05
 22   2.0449  29129.97    -0.17    3454.43     0.20
 23   2.0451  29122.49    -0.06    3454.91     0.40
 24   3.1010  41151.82     0.10    5134.82    -0.23
 25   3.1013  41140.25     0.27    5135.33    -0.11
 26   3.1016  41124.96    -0.23    5135.72    -0.26

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.

07NC7    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj        33.953    33.982    33.924
ecceobj         0.502     0.502     0.501
incobj          6.306     6.306     6.306
qmin           16.653    16.738    16.785
qmax           52.590    60.035    51.479
amean          33.846    36.617    33.545
amin           33.052    33.489    33.092
amax           34.711    38.541    34.214
emean           0.505     0.536     0.496
emin            0.495     0.498     0.487
emax            0.515     0.558     0.505
imean           7.470     6.398     7.560
imin            7.172     5.551     7.412
imax            7.632     7.632     7.632
excite_mean     0.521     0.548     0.513
fracstop        0.002     0.015     0.002
cjmean          2.703     2.672     2.713

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       293.4     165.8     292.9
kozaiamp          6.4     179.4       5.4