Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 14SJ350

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: 14SJ350   
# Created Fri Mar 29 01:16:58 2024
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting      7 observations of      7
# Arc:  59.03d
# First observation: 2014/09/21
#  Last observation: 2014/11/19
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000001   0.014080   0.000004   0.000399   0.018504   0.000000
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# Chi-squared of fit:     4.71 DOF:      9 RMS:  0.15
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.24    0.23
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.135057E-05  1.334802E-02  7.227839E-07  7.015949E-04  1.843182E-02 -3.083804E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  5.1087E-13  2.5358E-12 -1.0568E-16 -1.8619E-12  2.3327E-12  1.2083E-10
  2.5358E-12  4.1195E-09  1.5348E-11 -1.6490E-09  4.0116E-10 -5.1031E-07
 -1.0568E-16  1.5348E-11  5.1013E-13 -1.0398E-11  8.1596E-13 -2.3135E-09
 -1.8619E-12 -1.6490E-09 -1.0398E-11  7.4437E-10 -1.4185E-10  2.1910E-07
  2.3327E-12  4.0116E-10  8.1596E-13 -1.4185E-10  8.8880E-11 -2.3736E-08
  1.2083E-10 -5.1031E-07 -2.3135E-09  2.1910E-07 -2.3736E-08  7.8765E-05
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
  -10.355948  -35.860292   -0.556174   -0.150697   -0.825386  2456921.513758
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2456920.5000  =  2014/09/20
Mean Anomaly:          234.24078 +/-    91.916
Argument of Peri:       75.78377 +/-    78.189
Long of Asc Node:       37.46559 +/-     0.336
Inclination:            10.66926 +/-     0.019
Eccentricity:         0.31285472 +/-    0.2395
Semi-Major Axis:     44.71645374 +/-    8.3856
Time of Perihelion: 2495074.2128 +/-   25738.1
Perihelion:          30.72670018 +/-   12.1603
Aphelion:            58.70620730 +/-   15.3580
Period (y)              299.0262 +/-     84.11
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           44.25752962 +/-    0.0221
Ecliptic Y          -31.30375070 +/-    0.0160
Ecliptic Z           -9.75282010 +/-    0.0050
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00080681 +/-    0.0010
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00185532 +/-    0.0008
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00018497 +/-    0.0002
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   55.07968079 +/-    0.0200
Geocenter to KBO     54.25399546 +/-    0.0278
# Hcoef:  6.95

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14SJ350. 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 (14SJ350) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2014 09  21.01298  22 00 39.910  -23 12 47.92  24.3r 14SJ350   807  C~1x8l      
2014 09  21.10439  22 00 39.589  -23 12 49.09        14SJ350   807  C~1x8l      
2014 09  22.01494  22 00 36.616  -23 12 57.04        14SJ350   807  C~1x8l      
2014 10  22.07141  21 59 21.012  -23 14 28.24        14SJ350   304  C~1x8l      
2014 10  23.08150  21 59 19.417  -23 14 24.81        14SJ350   304  C~1x8l      
2014 10  24.08362  21 59 17.887  -23 14 20.50        14SJ350   304  C~1x8l      
2014 11  19.04667  21 59 04.204  -23 10 06.56        14SJ350   304  C~1x8l      

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    -0.02
     2   0.0003     -4.55    -0.24       0.46    -0.23
     3   0.0027    -45.72     0.23       7.39     0.23
     4   0.0850  -1053.97     0.06     286.35     0.09
     5   0.0878  -1073.38     0.01     297.23    -0.15
     6   0.0905  -1091.64    -0.10     308.62     0.13
     7   0.1616  -1180.00     0.01     612.38    -0.04

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.

14SJ350    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