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: 14RS86 # Created Sat Apr 20 01:16:15 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 13 observations of 13 # Arc: 4.18y # First observation: 2014/09/04 # Last observation: 2018/11/08 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 0.000495 0.022712 -0.000179 -0.004299 0.024951 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 5.90 DOF: 20 RMS: 0.12 # Min/Max residuals: -0.23 0.31 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.471833E-05 2.328510E-02 -3.466213E-06 -4.363064E-03 2.389344E-02 4.455769E-03 # Covariance matrix: 4.6309E-13 -3.1242E-13 -9.0008E-14 2.5883E-14 7.1386E-13 -3.0036E-12 -3.1242E-13 6.1202E-13 5.4848E-14 -7.6580E-14 -3.1192E-13 7.1426E-12 -9.0008E-14 5.4848E-14 2.7343E-13 -8.2531E-14 -3.2850E-13 7.0793E-13 2.5883E-14 -7.6580E-14 -8.2531E-14 6.2583E-14 1.5365E-14 -9.7564E-13 7.1386E-13 -3.1192E-13 -3.2850E-13 1.5365E-14 2.7655E-12 -4.0519E-12 -3.0036E-12 7.1426E-12 7.0793E-13 -9.7564E-13 -4.0519E-12 9.1072E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -23.568284 -53.781973 -0.580690 -0.330912 -0.758890 2456904.601118 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456900.5000 = 2014/08/31 Mean Anomaly: 53.20193 +/- 0.050 Argument of Peri: 170.69564 +/- 0.052 Long of Asc Node: 62.13062 +/- 0.001 Inclination: 25.23864 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.21760011 +/- 0.0005 Semi-Major Axis: 47.02531203 +/- 0.0214 Time of Perihelion: 2439493.6234 +/- 11.4 Perihelion: 36.79259883 +/- 0.0275 Aphelion: 57.25802524 +/- 0.0340 Period (y) 322.4822 +/- 0.22 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 23.62195636 +/- 0.0016 Ecliptic Y -31.27191604 +/- 0.0022 Ecliptic Z -16.73450478 +/- 0.0012 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00230620 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00135579 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00066227 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 42.61423712 +/- 0.0019 Geocenter to KBO 41.85248471 +/- 0.0029 # Hcoef: 7.07
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14RS86. 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 (14RS86) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 09 04.10034 21 04 47.215 -41 22 32.76 23.5i 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 09 26.06085 21 03 12.208 -41 20 00.03 23.0i 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 09 27.03971 21 03 08.921 -41 19 45.30 23.1z 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 10 13.07159 21 02 29.282 -41 14 19.02 23.1r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 10 13.10853 21 02 29.196 -41 14 18.06 23.8g 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 10 22.02108 21 02 19.588 -41 10 11.99 22.9r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2016 09 03.23151 21 18 55.097 -40 57 52.09 23.0i 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2016 09 03.23289 21 18 55.106 -40 57 52.42 23.6r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2016 09 03.23426 21 18 55.085 -40 57 51.90 24.3g 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2016 09 25.00792 21 17 16.132 -40 56 21.41 24.1r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2017 10 16.13536 21 23 08.393 -40 35 57.89 23.9r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2018 09 15.21269 21 31 37.953 -40 27 45.80 23.0i 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx 2018 11 08.07158 21 29 35.497 -40 09 18.47 23.0r 14RS86 W84 C~52Tx
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 0.14 0.00 0.12
2 0.0601 -969.17 0.05 477.89 -0.11
3 0.0628 -999.84 -0.01 503.33 0.01
4 0.1067 -1324.53 0.09 951.32 -0.09
5 0.1068 -1325.16 -0.16 952.53 0.01
6 0.1312 -1352.90 -0.12 1220.01 -0.03
7 1.9990 9527.72 -0.01 -1787.71 0.14
8 1.9990 9527.70 0.05 -1788.05 -0.23
9 1.9990 9527.66 0.09 -1787.48 0.31
10 2.0586 8506.78 -0.09 -1310.50 0.04
11 3.1158 12693.53 -0.05 -1587.88 -0.21
12 4.0304 18298.34 0.03 -3311.41 0.13
13 4.1779 17419.97 -0.00 -1746.15 -0.08
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.
14RS86 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 47.139 47.206 47.073 ecceobj 0.216 0.217 0.215 incobj 25.277 25.277 25.277 qmin 35.494 35.519 35.581 qmax 59.484 59.566 59.185 amean 47.190 47.230 47.127 amin 46.769 46.806 46.683 amax 47.733 47.758 47.649 emean 0.226 0.227 0.225 emin 0.208 0.210 0.208 emax 0.247 0.248 0.243 imean 23.700 23.685 23.709 imin 23.138 23.137 23.157 imax 24.243 24.249 24.250 excite_mean 0.461 0.462 0.461 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.872 2.872 2.872 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 181.6 179.8 181.9 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0