Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 10TJ

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: 10TJ      
# Created Thu May 24 01:37:54 2012
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   13 observations of   13
# Arc:   1.23y
# First observation: 2010/10/02
#  Last observation: 2011/12/25
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000002   0.027769  -0.000004   0.007883   0.025067   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    37.56 DOF:   20 RMS:  0.30
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.60    0.51
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.749441E-05  2.793616E-02  4.592537E-06  7.985228E-03  2.526896E-02  2.714338E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  2.6396E-13  1.4519E-13 -2.5543E-14  1.5724E-13  3.2667E-13  1.3973E-11
  1.4519E-13  2.6359E-12 -1.5319E-13  1.3082E-12  1.6464E-12  1.0647E-10
 -2.5543E-14 -1.5319E-13  1.9780E-13 -2.7461E-13 -1.2258E-13 -7.3546E-12
  1.5724E-13  1.3082E-12 -2.7461E-13  1.3314E-12  8.7533E-13  6.8047E-11
  3.2667E-13  1.6464E-12 -1.2258E-13  8.7533E-13  1.4644E-12  7.4554E-11
  1.3973E-11  1.0647E-10 -7.3546E-12  6.8047E-11  7.4554E-11  5.4371E-09
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
  -36.927664   27.117829    0.312421   -0.568854   -0.756903  2455471.702106
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2455470.5000  =  2010/10/01
Mean Anomaly:            8.01553 +/-     0.199
Argument of Peri:      271.20417 +/-     0.493
Long of Asc Node:       91.30126 +/-     0.003
Inclination:            38.89618 +/-     0.001
Eccentricity:         0.37739470 +/-    0.0011
Semi-Major Axis:     63.82712176 +/-    0.0629
Time of Perihelion: 2451323.4821 +/-     102.8
Perihelion:          39.73910415 +/-    0.0823
Aphelion:            87.91513938 +/-    0.1129
Period (y)              509.9365 +/-      0.75
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           29.14693135 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic Y           14.57302156 +/-    0.0007
Ecliptic Z          -23.77633734 +/-    0.0011
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00070756 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00304456 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00051492 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   40.33894870 +/-    0.0012
Geocenter to KBO     39.57424363 +/-    0.0019
# Hcoef:  5.18

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 10TJ. 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 (10TJ) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2010 10  02.20134  02 35 26.372  -23 58 18.33  21.4R 10TJ      809  C~0NKV      
2010 10  02.28428  02 35 26.018  -23 58 21.90  21.1R 10TJ      809  C~0NKV      
2010 10  03.09686  02 35 22.486  -23 58 52.35  21.1R 10TJ      809  C~0NKV      
2010 10  03.18144  02 35 22.072  -23 58 55.09  21.2R 10TJ      809  C~0NKV      
2010 10  03.26470  02 35 21.692  -23 58 58.00  21.1R 10TJ      809  C~0NKV      
2010 11  05.11707  02 32 35.98   -24 12 07.6         10TJ      807  C~0X6r      
2010 11  05.16021  02 32 35.75   -24 12 07.9         10TJ      807  C~0X6r      
2010 12  29.09033  02 28 45.31   -23 54 57.1         10TJ      807  C~0X6r      
2010 12  29.13298  02 28 45.21   -23 54 54.9         10TJ      807  C~0X6r      
2011 10  06.15058  02 40 48.418  -22 57 45.04  20.0R 10TJ      807  C~0ev9      
2011 10  06.27661  02 40 47.869  -22 57 48.81  20.6R 10TJ      807  C~0ev9      
2011 12  25.13749  02 34 34.57   -22 56 48.0   21.1R 10TJ      688  C~0ev9      
2011 12  25.19936  02 34 34.34   -22 56 46.6         10TJ      688  C~0ev9      

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     0.00       0.00     0.08
  2   0.0002     -5.86     0.01      -1.41    -0.40
  3   0.0025    -62.28     0.21     -10.73    -0.60
  4   0.0027    -68.57    -0.08     -11.06    -0.01
  5   0.0029    -74.50    -0.07     -11.72     0.19
  6   0.0929  -2472.83    -0.13     133.37     0.45
  7   0.0930  -2475.86    -0.04     134.30     0.51
  8   0.2406  -5005.52    -0.04    2286.85    -0.22
  9   0.2407  -5005.97     0.12    2289.40    -0.02
 10   1.0101   5501.72    -0.21    1607.13    -0.14
 11   1.0105   5493.25     0.38    1606.67     0.39
 12   1.2291    770.09     0.43    3679.22     0.26
 13   1.2293    767.70    -0.57    3681.74    -0.50

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.

10TJ    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj        64.210    64.210    64.210
ecceobj         0.383     0.383     0.383
incobj         38.889    38.889    38.889
qmin           39.037    39.025    39.002
qmax           88.906    89.108    88.865
amean          63.464    63.442    63.389
amin           62.656    62.720    62.667
amax           64.412    64.369    64.337
emean           0.366     0.366     0.366
emin            0.350     0.349     0.348
emax            0.383     0.384     0.383
imean          37.644    37.623    37.624
imin           37.225    37.182    37.203
imax           38.153    38.168    38.194
excite_mean     0.712     0.712     0.712
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          2.614     2.614     2.614

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       170.7     168.0     169.6
kozaiamp        180.0     180.0     180.0