Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 11KT19

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: 11KT19    
# Created Thu May 24 01:37:55 2012
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   24 observations of   24
# Arc:   8.02d
# First observation: 2011/05/31
#  Last observation: 2011/06/08
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000001  -0.006640  -0.000001   0.053633   0.043081   0.000000
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after  13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after  13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after  13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# Chi-squared of fit:    45.65 DOF:   43 RMS:  0.24
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.70    0.54
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
 -4.533922E-06 -1.010686E-02  1.892761E-05  5.361587E-02  4.253429E-02 -2.540052E-02
# Covariance matrix:
  3.6345E-11  9.5514E-08 -3.1037E-13  1.0806E-09  1.5556E-08 -1.6283E-07
  9.5514E-08  2.5182E-04 -8.0888E-10  2.8402E-06  4.1003E-05 -4.3639E-04
 -3.1037E-13 -8.0888E-10  9.1238E-14 -1.4880E-11 -1.3208E-10  1.0147E-09
  1.0806E-09  2.8402E-06 -1.4880E-11  3.3492E-08  4.6280E-07 -4.5726E-06
  1.5556E-08  4.1003E-05 -1.3208E-10  4.6280E-07  6.6766E-06 -7.0769E-05
 -1.6283E-07 -4.3639E-04  1.0147E-09 -4.5726E-06 -7.0769E-05  1.0507E-03
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    3.983294 -117.885906   -0.123644    0.069944   -1.005459  2455712.751456
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2455710.5000  =  2011/05/29
Mean Anomaly:          324.33067 +/-    25.238
Argument of Peri:       91.63493 +/-    36.270
Long of Asc Node:      243.12648 +/-     1.127
Inclination:           100.58349 +/-    16.534
Eccentricity:         0.48039010 +/-    0.5046
Semi-Major Axis:     32.47052170 +/-   13.7620
Time of Perihelion: 2462406.6447 +/-    2079.5
Perihelion:          16.87200440 +/-   17.8774
Aphelion:            48.06903900 +/-   26.1444
Period (y)              185.0300 +/-    117.63
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -11.32780916 +/-    0.6665
Ecliptic Y          -21.67864016 +/-    1.2593
Ecliptic Z            1.63366800 +/-    0.0992
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00029771 +/-    0.0018
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00196367 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00332928 +/-    0.0003
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   24.51431358 +/-    1.1554
Geocenter to KBO     23.51044117 +/-    1.4282
# Hcoef:  7.30

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 11KT19. 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 (11KT19) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2011 05  31.25069  16 03 24.37   -16 40 43.4   21.0V 11KT19    G96  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.25814  16 03 24.30   -16 40 43.2   20.5V 11KT19    G96  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.26567  16 03 24.22   -16 40 42.7   20.9V 11KT19    G96  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.27317  16 03 24.08   -16 40 42.8   20.6V 11KT19    G96  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.29720  16 03 23.88   -16 40 40.7   20.8R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.30505  16 03 23.79   -16 40 40.3   20.7R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.31445  16 03 23.70   -16 40 39.7   20.9R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.32114  16 03 23.63   -16 40 39.3   21.2R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.37226  16 03 23.11   -16 40 36.3   21.3R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.38141  16 03 23.02   -16 40 35.7   21.0R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 05  31.39343  16 03 22.89   -16 40 35.0   22.2R 11KT19    H01  C~0WJU      
2011 06  01.47742  16 03 11.99   -16 39 31.8   20.6R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  01.48645  16 03 11.91   -16 39 31.5   20.6R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  01.51642  16 03 11.59   -16 39 29.4   20.5R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  01.52580  16 03 11.53   -16 39 28.9   20.3R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  02.13084  16 03 05.41   -16 38 53.8   21.4V 11KT19    807  C~0WJU      
2011 06  02.13929  16 03 05.32   -16 38 53.5   21.7V 11KT19    807  C~0WJU      
2011 06  02.14750  16 03 05.24   -16 38 53.0   21.8V 11KT19    807  C~0WJU      
2011 06  02.45486  16 03 02.14   -16 38 35.1   20.7R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  02.48585  16 03 01.83   -16 38 33.3   20.7R 11KT19    474  C~0WJU      
2011 06  08.24329  16 02 04.63   -16 33 04.6   20.9V 11KT19    G96  C~0WS2      
2011 06  08.25266  16 02 04.56   -16 33 03.8   20.8V 11KT19    G96  C~0WS2      
2011 06  08.26186  16 02 04.38   -16 33 03.5   21.3V 11KT19    G96  C~0WS2      
2011 06  08.27125  16 02 04.34   -16 33 02.7   20.9V 11KT19    G96  C~0WS2      

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     0.16       0.00     0.21
  2   0.0000     -1.03     0.29       0.00     0.00
  3   0.0000     -2.25     0.24       0.27     0.05
  4   0.0001     -4.20    -0.55      -0.22    -0.66
  5   0.0001     -7.43    -0.02       1.28     0.17
  6   0.0001     -8.78    -0.14       1.42     0.08
  7   0.0002    -10.16    -0.07       1.76     0.15
  8   0.0002    -11.23    -0.09       1.96     0.15
  9   0.0003    -19.14    -0.06       3.45     0.16
 10   0.0004    -20.52    -0.02       3.79     0.23
 11   0.0004    -22.49    -0.13       4.11     0.21
 12   0.0034   -188.42     0.09      35.66    -0.10
 13   0.0034   -189.61     0.31      35.73    -0.29
 14   0.0035   -194.53     0.03      36.90     0.02
 15   0.0035   -195.47     0.54      37.22     0.08
 16   0.0051   -288.57    -0.07      54.54     0.03
 17   0.0052   -289.89    -0.09      54.58    -0.17
 18   0.0052   -291.12    -0.04      54.85    -0.13
 19   0.0060   -338.30    -0.24      63.74    -0.16
 20   0.0061   -343.02    -0.18      64.63    -0.14
 21   0.0219  -1213.64     0.22     226.46    -0.07
 22   0.0219  -1214.79     0.50     227.04     0.26
 23   0.0219  -1217.39    -0.70     226.83    -0.20
 24   0.0220  -1218.11     0.00     227.50     0.21

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.

11KT19    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