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: 17BK232 # Created Wed May 8 01:18:05 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 7 observations of 7 # Arc: 5.00d # First observation: 2017/01/23 # Last observation: 2017/01/28 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 1.29 DOF: 10 RMS: 0.08 # Min/Max residuals: -0.14 0.12 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.398212E-05 2.095312E-02 -5.217722E-06 -7.193767E-03 2.315919E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 1.5392E-10 2.2501E-07 -6.6406E-12 -9.7292E-09 7.3201E-08 0.0000E+00 2.2501E-07 3.2973E-04 -9.7300E-09 -1.4255E-05 1.0725E-04 0.0000E+00 -6.6406E-12 -9.7300E-09 6.2032E-13 3.9686E-10 -3.1650E-09 0.0000E+00 -9.7292E-09 -1.4255E-05 3.9686E-10 6.2090E-07 -4.6371E-06 0.0000E+00 7.3201E-08 1.0725E-04 -3.1650E-09 -4.6371E-06 3.4888E-05 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.6345E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 1.369318 -173.074509 0.883595 0.010625 -0.437346 2457777.113731 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2457770.5000 = 2017/01/17 Mean Anomaly: 310.84846 +/- 131.149 Argument of Peri: 227.22065 +/- 202.748 Long of Asc Node: 9.72635 +/- 2.684 Inclination: 18.92271 +/- 13.245 Eccentricity: 0.02568102 +/- 0.6907 Semi-Major Axis: 44.35766595 +/- 25.8792 Time of Perihelion: 2472503.3254 +/- 470764.3 Perihelion: 43.21851565 +/- 39.6802 Aphelion: 45.49681624 +/- 40.5378 Period (y) 295.4345 +/- 258.54 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -43.39620664 +/- 10.9293 Ecliptic Y -4.38531285 +/- 1.3271 Ecliptic Z 1.03161006 +/- 0.2631 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00028133 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00246813 +/- 0.0015 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00085025 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 43.62941598 +/- 10.8717 Geocenter to KBO 43.17941184 +/- 11.0127 # Hcoef: 8.25
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 17BK232. 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 (17BK232) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2017 01 23.61293 12 27 36.09 -01 29 28.6 24.6i 17BK232 T09 C~7xTo 2017 01 23.61560 12 27 36.08 -01 29 28.6 24.4i 17BK232 T09 C~7xTo 2017 01 23.61828 12 27 36.08 -01 29 28.6 24.4i 17BK232 T09 C~7xTo 2017 01 23.62095 12 27 36.06 -01 29 28.6 24.7i 17BK232 T09 C~7xTp 2017 01 28.59194 12 27 27.13 -01 28 43.6 24.3z 17BK232 T09 C~7xTp 2017 01 28.60879 12 27 27.09 -01 28 43.3 24.2z 17BK232 T09 C~7xTp 2017 01 28.61418 12 27 27.08 -01 28 43.1 24.9z 17BK232 T09 C~7xTp
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 0.07 0.00 0.06 2 0.0000 -0.14 -0.00 -0.06 0.01 3 0.0000 -0.14 0.07 -0.06 0.02 4 0.0000 -0.41 -0.14 -0.18 -0.09 5 0.0136 -141.20 0.09 -11.73 -0.10 6 0.0137 -141.87 -0.03 -11.69 -0.02 7 0.0137 -142.09 -0.07 -11.57 0.12
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.
17BK232 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