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: 16QM134 # Created Wed May 8 01:17:53 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 11 observations of 11 # Arc: 3.92y # First observation: 2013/10/13 # Last observation: 2017/09/14 Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: -0.000034 0.020684 0.000000 -0.000111 0.022383 0.000000 # Chi-squared of fit: 4.68 DOF: 16 RMS: 0.12 # Min/Max residuals: -0.22 0.24 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.437199E-05 2.070536E-02 -3.934452E-07 -1.102386E-04 2.252483E-02 7.493461E-05 # Covariance matrix: 7.2230E-13 -4.4090E-13 -8.4629E-17 1.1275E-15 -2.1334E-13 -3.0909E-12 -4.4090E-13 1.2690E-12 -4.6213E-17 -8.0926E-15 1.8139E-12 1.6036E-11 -8.4629E-17 -4.6213E-17 6.4574E-13 -1.9547E-13 -6.4440E-16 -1.3561E-15 1.1275E-15 -8.0926E-15 -1.9547E-13 7.4694E-14 -1.5556E-14 -1.1283E-13 -2.1334E-13 1.8139E-12 -6.4440E-16 -1.5556E-14 3.7272E-12 2.5599E-11 -3.0909E-12 1.6036E-11 -1.3561E-15 -1.1283E-13 2.5599E-11 2.1689E-10 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -4.636748 14.782818 -0.085406 -0.080210 -0.990492 2456578.708038 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456570.5000 = 2013/10/05 Mean Anomaly: 173.67208 +/- 1.352 Argument of Peri: 92.11756 +/- 1.352 Long of Asc Node: 108.74314 +/- 0.010 Inclination: 4.54559 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.02854193 +/- 0.0002 Semi-Major Axis: 44.13376180 +/- 0.0108 Time of Perihelion: 2511998.6371 +/- 401.8 Perihelion: 42.87409895 +/- 0.0145 Aphelion: 45.39342464 +/- 0.0150 Period (y) 293.2004 +/- 0.11 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 43.72386152 +/- 0.0037 Ecliptic Y 11.62986369 +/- 0.0010 Ecliptic Z -3.58890672 +/- 0.0003 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00064059 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00243399 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00001395 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 45.38623192 +/- 0.0035 Geocenter to KBO 44.39545000 +/- 0.0038 # Hcoef: 6.93
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 16QM134. 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 (16QM134) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2013 10 13.20726 01 01 36.442 +01 32 48.87 23.0i 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2013 10 13.20863 01 01 36.440 +01 32 48.61 23.3z 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2015 11 07.12015 01 08 44.102 +02 17 18.31 24.0r 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 08 26.33512 01 17 40.799 +03 13 14.66 23.8i 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 10 29.19312 01 13 38.516 +02 46 59.51 23.1i 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 10 29.19449 01 13 38.536 +02 46 59.49 23.8r 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 11 05.16032 01 13 11.100 +02 44 29.75 23.2r 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 11 06.13640 01 13 07.393 +02 44 10.19 22.5z 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 08 28.36829 01 21 57.769 +03 39 10.00 23.2i 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 08 28.37650 01 21 57.748 +03 39 09.92 23.6r 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 09 14.32643 01 21 04.790 +03 32 42.11 23.0z 16QM134 W84 C~52ZY
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 0.03 0.00 0.07
2 0.0000 -0.13 0.00 -0.23 -0.16
3 2.0668 6947.42 -0.18 0.59 0.19
4 2.8696 15688.34 -0.00 21.60 0.03
5 3.0445 11715.01 -0.12 -45.74 0.07
6 3.0445 11715.28 0.24 -45.87 -0.06
7 3.0635 11276.85 -0.04 -26.74 -0.08
8 3.0662 11217.88 0.14 -23.53 0.07
9 3.8745 19869.28 0.05 -8.90 -0.04
10 3.8745 19868.96 0.10 -8.85 0.04
11 3.9209 18980.38 -0.22 -65.46 -0.13
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.
16QM134 quality flag:3 Type: CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL axisobj 44.383 44.414 44.352 ecceobj 0.023 0.022 0.024 incobj 4.546 4.546 4.546 qmin 42.172 42.234 42.091 qmax 46.233 46.264 46.255 amean 44.129 44.160 44.099 amin 43.791 43.813 43.757 amax 44.477 44.506 44.446 emean 0.026 0.026 0.026 emin 0.010 0.010 0.011 emax 0.040 0.040 0.041 imean 2.919 2.918 2.921 imin 2.334 2.344 2.323 imax 3.545 3.541 3.549 excite_mean 0.057 0.057 0.058 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.099 3.100 3.099 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 184.7 186.1 184.1 kozaiamp 180.0 179.9 179.9