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: 14SS349 # Created Sat Apr 20 01:16:17 2024 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 17 observations of 17 # Arc: 12.31y # First observation: 2007/09/05 # Last observation: 2019/12/27 # Chi-squared of fit: 18.35 DOF: 28 RMS: 0.18 # Min/Max residuals: -0.51 0.31 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.099198E-05 1.484035E-02 -1.318974E-05 -1.640565E-02 2.024641E-02 6.566799E-03 # Covariance matrix: 4.4584E-13 -7.6292E-14 -3.6813E-14 3.0585E-14 -2.2410E-14 -1.9106E-13 -7.6292E-14 3.1125E-14 3.1840E-14 -2.6251E-14 2.8595E-14 1.6221E-13 -3.6813E-14 3.1840E-14 4.5729E-13 -8.4753E-14 3.4406E-14 2.2084E-13 3.0585E-14 -2.6251E-14 -8.4753E-14 3.7137E-14 -2.1597E-14 -1.8482E-13 -2.2410E-14 2.8595E-14 3.4406E-14 -2.1597E-14 3.3897E-13 7.3494E-14 -1.9106E-13 1.6221E-13 2.2084E-13 -1.8482E-13 7.3494E-14 1.1663E-12 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -6.495384 -30.342401 -0.224728 -0.111078 -0.976103 2454348.810860 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2454348.5000 = 2007/09/05 Mean Anomaly: 5.74261 +/- 0.004 Argument of Peri: 147.38390 +/- 0.006 Long of Asc Node: 144.18347 +/- 0.000 Inclination: 48.20659 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.69459061 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 148.20921987 +/- 0.0687 Time of Perihelion: 2443835.6988 +/- 10.4 Perihelion: 45.26448714 +/- 0.0289 Aphelion: 251.15395260 +/- 0.1182 Period (y) 1804.3510 +/- 1.26 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 43.31298211 +/- 0.0012 Ecliptic Y -25.09740100 +/- 0.0007 Ecliptic Z -5.58793952 +/- 0.0002 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00156494 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00141135 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00230479 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 50.36956702 +/- 0.0011 Geocenter to KBO 49.39125103 +/- 0.0014 # Hcoef: 7.43
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14SS349. 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 (14SS349) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2007 09 05.310106 22 16 35.20 -17 39 52.1 14SS349 568 C~5S2y 2007 09 05.326359 22 16 35.13 -17 39 52.5 14SS349 568 C~5S2y 2007 09 05.342646 22 16 35.07 -17 39 53.3 14SS349 568 C~5S2y 2014 09 22.07901 22 47 59.824 -21 25 22.66 24.8r 14SS349 807 C~1x8l 2014 09 22.14865 22 47 59.554 -21 25 24.11 14SS349 807 C~1x8l 2014 09 22.22108 22 47 59.298 -21 25 25.67 14SS349 807 C~1x8l 2014 10 22.10532 22 46 31.030 -21 33 24.07 24.7r 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2014 10 22.17444 22 46 30.868 -21 33 24.90 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2014 10 24.07754 22 46 26.778 -21 33 40.04 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2014 11 19.06337 22 45 55.040 -21 34 04.43 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2014 11 20.06106 22 45 54.803 -21 33 58.32 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2015 05 22.40111 22 56 30.376 -20 54 21.45 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2015 07 17.41452 22 56 11.368 -21 18 17.51 24.7r 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2015 10 16.26010 22 51 13.522 -22 00 04.88 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2015 12 09.07021 22 50 28.270 -21 58 03.57 14SS349 304 C~1x8l 2019 12 27.05193 23 08 08.820 -23 33 05.57 24.7r 14SS349 304 C~3qML 2019 12 27.08428 23 08 08.878 -23 33 04.58 24.7r 14SS349 304 C~3qML
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 0.09 0.00 0.12
2 0.0000 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.19
3 0.0001 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.14
4 7.0466 0.00 0.19 0.00 -0.03
5 7.0468 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.12
6 7.0470 0.00 -0.07 0.00 0.20
7 7.1288 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.02
8 7.1290 0.00 0.06 0.00 -0.22
9 7.1342 0.00 0.27 0.00 0.10
10 7.2053 0.00 -0.21 0.00 -0.22
11 7.2081 0.00 -0.22 0.00 0.04
12 7.7100 0.00 -0.22 0.00 -0.09
13 7.8634 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.24
14 8.1121 0.00 -0.25 0.00 -0.51
15 8.2594 0.00 0.17 0.00 -0.18
16 12.3087 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.08
17 12.3088 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.31
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.
14SS349 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 147.034 147.036 147.032 ecceobj 0.691 0.691 0.691 incobj 48.200 48.200 48.200 qmin 44.176 44.180 44.165 qmax 256.431 256.086 255.927 amean 146.285 146.234 146.293 amin 143.135 143.445 143.241 amax 150.946 150.753 150.749 emean 0.688 0.688 0.688 emin 0.679 0.679 0.679 emax 0.699 0.699 0.699 imean 47.116 47.117 47.124 imin 46.491 46.490 46.469 imax 47.806 47.820 47.821 excite_mean 1.005 1.005 1.005 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.384 2.384 2.384 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 156.4 157.2 157.3 kozaiamp 9.8 10.3 10.5