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: 14RV86 # Created Fri Apr 26 01:16:11 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 7 observations of 7 # Arc: 4.13y # First observation: 2014/09/04 # Last observation: 2018/10/20 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000036 0.033528 0.000018 -0.003769 0.025825 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 1.42 DOF: 8 RMS: 0.08 # Min/Max residuals: -0.15 0.16 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 2.024163E-05 3.325818E-02 -1.730639E-06 -3.713253E-03 2.583186E-02 -8.537239E-04 # Covariance matrix: 1.0275E-12 -1.3615E-13 -3.7533E-14 1.0638E-14 5.1842E-13 5.8503E-13 -1.3615E-13 1.2800E-12 2.7290E-14 -1.6947E-13 4.1689E-13 1.1384E-11 -3.7533E-14 2.7290E-14 5.4140E-13 -1.6741E-13 -3.0226E-14 2.3272E-13 1.0638E-14 -1.6947E-13 -1.6741E-13 1.0441E-13 -4.3934E-14 -1.5979E-12 5.1842E-13 4.1689E-13 -3.0226E-14 -4.3934E-14 6.7517E-13 4.3044E-12 5.8503E-13 1.1384E-11 2.3272E-13 -1.5979E-12 4.3044E-12 1.0823E-10 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -28.215109 26.182026 0.711137 -0.339738 -0.633518 2456904.834098 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456900.5000 = 2014/08/31 Mean Anomaly: 359.05251 +/- 0.006 Argument of Peri: 263.56568 +/- 0.045 Long of Asc Node: 129.70848 +/- 0.001 Inclination: 28.50789 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.67361130 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 120.25182339 +/- 0.0566 Time of Perihelion: 2458168.1791 +/- 8.5 Perihelion: 39.24883582 +/- 0.0254 Aphelion: 201.25481095 +/- 0.0963 Period (y) 1318.6991 +/- 0.93 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 31.56826458 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic Y 14.73221375 +/- 0.0005 Ecliptic Z -18.30240628 +/- 0.0006 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00179861 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00304157 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00030390 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 39.35189355 +/- 0.0009 Geocenter to KBO 38.71188165 +/- 0.0012 # Hcoef: 7.83
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14RV86. 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 (14RV86) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2014 09 04.33332 02 18 15.318 -16 12 26.67 24.6g 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 12 15.18118 02 11 27.008 -16 47 01.83 23.9r 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2014 12 20.16455 02 11 14.064 -16 45 04.10 23.6r 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2017 08 28.41779 02 41 20.393 -14 31 05.19 23.5i 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2017 10 19.27657 02 38 37.813 -15 07 00.78 24.0r 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2017 12 08.13694 02 34 49.422 -15 15 30.51 23.4r 14RV86 W84 C~52Tx 2018 10 20.33974 02 46 12.969 -14 33 25.22 23.6r 14RV86 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 0.02 0.00 -0.11
2 0.2788 -6226.01 -0.09 230.59 -0.02
3 0.2925 -6356.48 0.07 407.97 0.16
4 2.9818 20902.78 -0.04 -2092.18 -0.15
5 3.1237 17858.94 0.00 -3143.67 -0.01
6 3.2602 14596.60 0.01 -2312.51 0.11
7 4.1260 24791.34 0.02 -3930.33 0.02
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.
14RV86 quality flag:2 Type: 8:1EEEEEEE8:1EEEEEEE SCATNEAR axisobj 123.711 123.893 123.531 ecceobj 0.683 0.683 0.682 incobj 28.489 28.489 28.489 qmin 38.109 38.182 38.086 qmax 210.012 209.204 208.344 amean 120.436 120.437 120.118 amin 117.895 117.888 117.610 amax 124.639 124.455 124.298 emean 0.673 0.667 0.665 emin 0.664 0.652 0.650 emax 0.685 0.684 0.683 imean 27.065 27.904 28.035 imin 26.749 26.907 26.854 imax 27.378 28.767 29.366 excite_mean 0.813 0.815 0.815 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.884 2.883 2.883 libcent 0 181.7 82.1 -180.0 libamp 0 169.0 53.8 -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 299.7 274.2 261.7 kozaiamp 36.4 10.7 180.0