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: 16QO134 # Created Sat Apr 20 01:17:59 2024 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 14 observations of 14 # Arc: 10.08y # First observation: 2013/11/08 # Last observation: 2023/12/07 # Chi-squared of fit: 11.56 DOF: 22 RMS: 0.16 # Min/Max residuals: -0.42 0.24 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.861168E-05 3.965205E-02 -4.172821E-06 -1.163998E-02 3.265287E-02 3.026756E-03 # Covariance matrix: 4.9971E-13 -2.2694E-13 -8.3938E-14 5.7779E-14 -6.2057E-15 -4.5605E-13 -2.2694E-13 3.3344E-13 1.4631E-13 -1.0374E-13 -3.7344E-13 8.4635E-13 -8.3938E-14 1.4631E-13 3.1231E-13 -8.1875E-14 -1.7226E-13 3.8205E-13 5.7779E-14 -1.0374E-13 -8.1875E-14 4.1871E-14 1.2495E-13 -2.7143E-13 -6.2057E-15 -3.7344E-13 -1.7226E-13 1.2495E-13 7.9673E-13 -1.0442E-12 -4.5605E-13 8.4635E-13 3.8205E-13 -2.7143E-13 -1.0442E-12 2.2192E-12 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -4.783397 8.977708 -0.590580 -0.066071 -0.791253 2456604.690648 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2456604.5000 = 2013/11/08 Mean Anomaly: 11.97965 +/- 0.004 Argument of Peri: 173.51063 +/- 0.004 Long of Asc Node: 174.54315 +/- 0.000 Inclination: 16.94936 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.29358480 +/- 0.0001 Semi-Major Axis: 43.70014583 +/- 0.0096 Time of Perihelion: 2453093.2293 +/- 1.7 Perihelion: 30.87044727 +/- 0.0092 Aphelion: 56.52984440 +/- 0.0139 Period (y) 288.8900 +/- 0.10 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 30.83599770 +/- 0.0008 Ecliptic Y 5.47261721 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic Z -2.55398770 +/- 0.0001 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00035558 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00330904 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00099360 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 31.42177170 +/- 0.0008 Geocenter to KBO 30.62517295 +/- 0.0008 # Hcoef: 8.67
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 16QO134. 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 (16QO134) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2013 11 08.18987 00 40 30.942 -00 50 22.09 23.0r 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2013 11 08.19126 00 40 30.917 -00 50 22.01 23.8i 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2014 10 28.20558 00 50 47.195 -00 27 44.67 23.5r 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2014 10 28.20698 00 50 47.177 -00 27 44.78 23.7i 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 08 16.39950 01 15 00.911 +00 52 57.09 23.8i 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 08 26.32686 01 14 32.347 +00 47 13.56 23.1r 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2016 11 03.18141 01 08 46.931 +00 01 39.65 23.8r 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 08 22.41422 01 23 48.636 +01 05 33.21 23.4i 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 08 27.38044 01 23 33.892 +01 02 37.40 24.4g 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 09 18.26904 01 22 04.594 +00 48 08.19 23.8r 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2017 09 18.27042 01 22 04.599 +00 48 08.34 24.0g 16QO134 W84 C~52ZY 2023 12 07.093590 02 08 14.358 +01 38 32.67 23.7G 16QO134 G37 C~7dKu 2023 12 07.144220 02 08 14.132 +01 38 31.99 16QO134 G37 C~7dKu 2023 12 07.196060 02 08 13.932 +01 38 31.55 16QO134 G37 C~7dKu
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 0.23 0.00 -0.23
2 0.0000 0.00 -0.05 0.00 -0.11
3 0.9692 0.00 0.03 0.00 -0.02
4 0.9692 0.00 -0.14 0.00 -0.08
5 2.7713 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.07
6 2.7985 0.00 -0.42 0.00 0.21
7 2.9870 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.20
8 3.7871 0.00 0.05 0.00 -0.23
9 3.8007 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.15
10 3.8606 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.02
11 3.8606 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.23
12 10.0778 0.00 0.19 0.00 -0.05
13 10.0779 0.00 -0.17 0.00 -0.15
14 10.0780 0.00 -0.05 0.00 -0.01
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.
16QO134 quality flag:3 Type: 7:4EII 7:4EII 7:4EII axisobj 44.006 44.006 44.007 ecceobj 0.299 0.299 0.299 incobj 16.908 16.908 16.908 qmin 30.503 30.503 30.503 qmax 57.540 57.540 57.540 amean 43.725 43.725 43.725 amin 43.304 43.309 43.313 amax 44.252 44.252 44.252 emean 0.205 0.205 0.205 emin 0.053 0.053 0.053 emax 0.301 0.301 0.301 imean 19.800 19.796 19.804 imin 16.191 16.191 16.191 imax 23.718 23.717 23.718 excite_mean 0.406 0.406 0.406 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.898 2.898 2.898 libcent 0 177.8 177.9 179.5 libamp 0 147.2 147.1 145.6 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 258.7 258.4 258.6 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0