Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 11FY9

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: 11FY9     
# Created Thu May 24 01:37:54 2012
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   20 observations of   20
# Arc:   1.06y
# First observation: 2011/03/23
#  Last observation: 2012/04/13
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000268   0.117922  -0.000044   0.071924   0.064800   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    96.11 DOF:   34 RMS:  0.39
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.89    0.81
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  2.406593E-05  1.204899E-01  1.809855E-05  7.344202E-02  6.804652E-02  1.986916E-02
# Covariance matrix:
  1.4763E-13  3.7538E-13 -1.3406E-14  3.0894E-13  3.6173E-13  4.0205E-12
  3.7538E-13  4.1792E-11 -8.2376E-13  2.8378E-11  1.2822E-11  3.6731E-10
 -1.3406E-14 -8.2376E-13  1.2914E-13 -6.7489E-13 -2.8103E-13 -7.2610E-12
  3.0894E-13  2.8378E-11 -6.7489E-13  1.9800E-11  8.5927E-12  2.5178E-10
  3.6173E-13  1.2822E-11 -2.8103E-13  8.5927E-12  5.4641E-12  1.1138E-10
  4.0205E-12  3.6731E-10 -7.2610E-12  2.5178E-10  1.1138E-10  3.2587E-09
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
  -23.955823 -177.959489    0.003143   -0.406244   -0.914365  2455643.526276
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2455640.5000  =  2011/03/20
Mean Anomaly:            2.13199 +/-     0.005
Argument of Peri:      300.65684 +/-     0.049
Long of Asc Node:      214.27826 +/-     0.000
Inclination:            37.78078 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.73889138 +/-    0.0003
Semi-Major Axis:     58.14296353 +/-    0.0538
Time of Perihelion: 2454681.4816 +/-       2.0
Perihelion:          15.18162906 +/-    0.0215
Aphelion:           101.10429799 +/-    0.0950
Period (y)              443.3574 +/-      0.62
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -14.41743849 +/-    0.0005
Ecliptic Y           -0.51124691 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Z           -5.96676215 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00175807 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00490757 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00237582 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   15.61173138 +/-    0.0004
Geocenter to KBO     14.69582810 +/-    0.0005
# Hcoef:  9.07

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 11FY9. 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 (11FY9) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2011 03  23.02551  11 27 11.250  -22 40 22.62  21.1R 11FY9     809  C~0U6m      
2011 03  23.11008  11 27 10.382  -22 40 12.90  20.7R 11FY9     809  C~0U6m      
2011 03  27.01683  11 26 31.311  -22 32 47.29  21.1R 11FY9     809  C~0U6m      
2011 03  27.10079  11 26 30.480  -22 32 37.64  21.1R 11FY9     809  C~0U6n      
2011 03  27.19166  11 26 29.542  -22 32 26.95  21.0R 11FY9     809  C~0U6n      
2011 03  28.03368  11 26 21.295  -22 30 48.31  21.1R 11FY9     809  C~0U6n      
2011 03  28.15255  11 26 20.123  -22 30 34.34  21.0R 11FY9     809  C~0U6n      
2011 03  28.26847  11 26 18.962  -22 30 20.44  21.0R 11FY9     809  C~0U6n      
2011 03  31.23056  11 25 50.350  -22 24 24.17        11FY9     807  C~0UWM      
2011 03  31.28221  11 25 49.846  -22 24 17.74        11FY9     807  C~0UWM      
2011 04  02.01748  11 25 33.633  -22 20 43.22  20.7R 11FY9     809  C~0UWM      
2011 04  02.10108  11 25 32.842  -22 20 32.96  20.8R 11FY9     809  C~0UWM      
2011 04  02.18433  11 25 32.088  -22 20 22.99  20.8R 11FY9     809  C~0UWM      
2011 06  26.04435  11 24 02.941  -19 29 43.08  20.0R 11FY9     807  C~0fFS      
2012 03  25.17185  12 00 31.13   -21 34 02.0         11FY9     807  C~0g7h      
2012 03  25.24124  12 00 30.41   -21 33 54.6         11FY9     807  C~0g7h      
2012 04  13.34980  11 57 27.316  -20 57 01.13  20.7w 11FY9     F51  C~0g7h      
2012 04  13.36304  11 57 27.181  -20 56 59.37  20.7w 11FY9     F51  C~0g7h      
2012 04  13.37627  11 57 27.073  -20 56 57.83  20.7w 11FY9     F51  C~0g7h      
2012 04  13.38951  11 57 26.950  -20 56 56.15  20.7w 11FY9     F51  C~0g7h      

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     0.81       0.00    -0.21
  2   0.0002    -15.03     0.68       3.60     0.18
  3   0.0109   -695.35     0.11     172.26     0.65
  4   0.0112   -709.90     0.31     175.99     0.64
  5   0.0114   -726.24     0.01     180.02     0.58
  6   0.0137   -871.91    -0.01     219.62     0.10
  7   0.0140   -892.59     0.19     225.20     0.17
  8   0.0144   -913.10     0.10     230.79     0.27
  9   0.0225  -1424.83    -0.81     380.48    -0.73
 10   0.0226  -1433.91    -0.89     383.25    -0.70
 11   0.0274  -1729.54    -0.51     479.22    -0.19
 12   0.0276  -1743.87    -0.42     483.71    -0.26
 13   0.0278  -1757.62     0.24     488.17    -0.39
 14   0.2601  -7337.54     0.21    9179.61    -0.20
 15   1.0079  23930.25    -0.03   15002.91    -0.04
 16   1.0081  23917.96    -0.08   15005.92     0.08
 17   1.0604  20663.11     0.14   16068.17     0.02
 18   1.0605  20660.66    -0.11   16069.06     0.03
 19   1.0605  20658.65     0.07   16069.90    -0.01
 20   1.0605  20656.39     0.01   16070.78    -0.01

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.

11FY9    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj        58.318    58.316    58.319
ecceobj         0.739     0.739     0.739
incobj         37.627    37.627    37.627
qmin           12.162    14.783    13.276
qmax          110.543   103.326   108.826
amean          56.298    57.801    55.289
amin           52.137    57.098    50.937
amax           61.483    59.224    61.606
emean           0.766     0.738     0.747
emin            0.733     0.733     0.717
emax            0.798     0.745     0.771
imean          33.383    38.024    35.294
imin           30.861    37.779    33.703
imax           38.239    38.239    38.240
excite_mean     0.943     0.962     0.944
fracstop        0.192     0.005     0.200
cjmean          1.999     2.006     2.012

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       220.6     301.6     179.7
kozaiamp        180.0       1.3     179.9