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: 14TC115 # Created Thu Apr 25 01:16:20 2024 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 11 observations of 11 # Arc: 5.15y # First observation: 2013/10/04 # Last observation: 2018/11/28 # Chi-squared of fit: 5.99 DOF: 16 RMS: 0.13 # Min/Max residuals: -0.36 0.20 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.582702E-05 2.194497E-02 1.946256E-06 1.894592E-03 2.253280E-02 5.812079E-03 # Covariance matrix: 9.8921E-13 -8.1986E-13 5.9943E-14 -6.7439E-14 -3.1864E-13 -6.7420E-12 -8.1986E-13 9.3349E-13 -7.5690E-14 8.2921E-14 5.4576E-13 8.3841E-12 5.9943E-14 -7.5690E-14 4.5618E-13 -1.5377E-13 -4.0770E-14 -7.4772E-13 -6.7439E-14 8.2921E-14 -1.5377E-13 7.7084E-14 3.2289E-14 8.4392E-13 -3.1864E-13 5.4576E-13 -4.0770E-14 3.2289E-14 1.0884E-12 3.8012E-12 -6.7420E-12 8.3841E-12 -7.4772E-13 8.4392E-13 3.8012E-12 8.4254E-11 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -9.167180 24.187939 0.231629 -0.154932 -0.960747 2456569.702588 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456570.5000 = 2013/10/05 Mean Anomaly: 40.61887 +/- 0.024 Argument of Peri: 227.70188 +/- 0.031 Long of Asc Node: 85.53830 +/- 0.003 Inclination: 10.17019 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.29996235 +/- 0.0004 Semi-Major Axis: 54.86860542 +/- 0.0201 Time of Perihelion: 2439820.6979 +/- 13.6 Perihelion: 38.41008970 +/- 0.0282 Aphelion: 71.32712113 +/- 0.0358 Period (y) 406.4378 +/- 0.22 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 40.94834016 +/- 0.0018 Ecliptic Y 18.14204096 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic Z -7.07033591 +/- 0.0003 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00042926 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00273165 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00011489 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 45.34174603 +/- 0.0017 Geocenter to KBO 44.37961003 +/- 0.0021 # Hcoef: 7.31
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14TC115. 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 (14TC115) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2013 10 04.20181 01 43 01.428 +00 50 38.53 24.5g 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2014 10 02.32856 01 47 40.111 +01 24 44.82 24.0r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2014 10 21.27629 01 46 21.740 +01 17 06.99 24.1r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2014 10 28.22157 01 45 52.340 +01 14 35.94 23.5r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2015 08 24.41525 01 54 03.122 +02 12 38.58 23.6i 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2015 10 17.21895 01 51 07.307 +01 51 35.19 24.0r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2015 11 06.20022 01 49 43.529 +01 44 35.18 23.9r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2016 01 10.05490 01 47 04.204 +01 40 54.12 23.3i 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2016 10 29.17934 01 54 38.063 +02 19 19.76 23.6r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2017 11 16.15567 01 57 47.563 +02 46 04.52 23.9r 14TC115 W84 C~52UG 2018 11 28.04321 02 01 23.739 +03 15 11.32 24.5g 14TC115 W84 C~52UG
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 -0.04 0.00 -0.15
2 0.9942 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.04
3 1.0461 0.00 -0.00 0.00 0.17
4 1.0651 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.20
5 1.8870 0.00 0.18 0.00 -0.03
6 2.0343 0.00 -0.36 0.00 -0.10
7 2.0890 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.06
8 2.2665 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.01
9 3.0691 0.00 0.09 0.00 -0.21
10 4.1176 0.00 -0.02 0.00 0.11
11 5.1495 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.00
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.
14TC115 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 55.340 55.341 55.340 ecceobj 0.305 0.305 0.305 incobj 10.175 10.175 10.175 qmin 37.677 37.663 37.662 qmax 73.027 72.894 72.890 amean 54.889 54.891 54.882 amin 54.333 54.330 54.304 amax 55.604 55.604 55.597 emean 0.300 0.300 0.300 emin 0.288 0.288 0.288 emax 0.313 0.312 0.313 imean 8.636 8.627 8.629 imin 8.206 8.209 8.197 imax 9.071 9.057 9.059 excite_mean 0.335 0.335 0.335 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.096 3.096 3.096 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 184.8 184.4 184.7 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0