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: 04OL14
# Created Tue Sep 30 01:08:50 2025
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting 16 observations of 16
# Arc: 21.03y
# First observation: 2004/07/17
# Last observation: 2025/07/29
# Chi-squared of fit: 12.03 DOF: 26 RMS: 0.15
# Min/Max residuals: -0.26 0.37
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.768573E-05 3.479632E-02 -5.962258E-06 -1.345837E-02 3.032483E-02 -1.129699E-03
# Covariance matrix:
3.5737E-13 4.4182E-12 3.1771E-14 -1.8710E-12 1.0416E-12 1.8037E-11
4.4182E-12 4.8505E-10 3.4947E-12 -1.9526E-10 6.2538E-11 1.9135E-09
3.1771E-14 3.4947E-12 1.5398E-13 -2.1988E-12 4.4521E-13 1.4115E-11
-1.8710E-12 -1.9526E-10 -2.1988E-12 8.8268E-11 -2.5076E-11 -7.8710E-10
1.0416E-12 6.2538E-11 4.4521E-13 -2.5076E-11 8.9591E-12 2.4511E-10
1.8037E-11 1.9135E-09 1.4115E-11 -7.8710E-10 2.4511E-10 7.7182E-09
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
1.953731 -61.391270 0.063627 0.034774 -1.016895 2453203.667513
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2453204.5000 = 2004/07/18
Mean Anomaly: 356.17438 +/- 0.001
Argument of Peri: 182.24595 +/- 0.003
Long of Asc Node: 123.37646 +/- 0.003
Inclination: 21.25827 +/- 0.000
Eccentricity: 0.30193074 +/- 0.0002
Semi-Major Axis: 48.59537783 +/- 0.0000
Time of Perihelion: 2454519.3920 +/- 0.5
Perihelion: 33.92293934 +/- 0.0098
Aphelion: 63.26781632 +/- 0.0098
Period (y) 338.7666 +/- 0.00
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X 16.20850604 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic Y -29.85533582 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic Z 1.12404633 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT 0.00272687 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT 0.00155039 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00121774 +/- 0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 33.99002114 +/- 0.0000
Geocenter to KBO 32.97633153 +/- 0.0000
# Hcoef: 8.40
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 04OL14. 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 (04OL14) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2004 07 17.16677 20 01 14.75 -18 31 32.6 22.5R 04OL14 807 Cl4371 2004 07 17.24396 20 01 14.29 -18 31 34.3 04OL14 807 Cl4371 2004 08 12.08663 19 58 47.51 -18 42 13.4 22.9R 04OL14 807 Cl4371 2004 08 12.19251 19 58 46.96 -18 42 16.1 04OL14 807 Cl4371 2004 09 11.03281 19 56 39.12 -18 53 09.3 23.6R 04OL14 304 Cl4371 2004 09 11.05975 19 56 39.04 -18 53 10.0 04OL14 304 Cl4371 2005 07 11.34052 20 10 44.24 -18 49 31.8 23.4R 04OL14 304 Co3996 2005 07 11.39366 20 10 43.91 -18 49 33.2 04OL14 304 Co3996 2005 08 08.07498 20 08 04.61 -19 01 24.1 22.8R 04OL14 807 Co3996 2005 08 08.19166 20 08 03.95 -19 01 26.8 04OL14 807 Co3996 2005 08 09.08009 20 07 59.05 -19 01 49.5 04OL14 807 Co3996 2015 09 05.03634 21 36 13.56 -21 11 54.6 24.7V 04OL14 W84 C~7mnz 2015 09 05.11164 21 36 13.17 -21 11 56.6 04OL14 W84 C~7mnz 2015 09 05.18721 21 36 12.77 -21 11 58.7 04OL14 W84 C~7mnz 2025 07 29.399240 23 06 38.963 -19 52 53.04 24.4G 04OL14 G37 C~93V2 2025 07 29.443760 23 06 38.805 -19 52 54.89 04OL14 G37 C~93V2
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 -0.19
2 0.0002 0.00 0.11 0.00 -0.00
3 0.0710 0.00 -0.25 0.00 -0.12
4 0.0713 0.00 0.07 0.00 -0.26
5 0.1530 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.27
6 0.1530 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.08
7 0.9834 0.00 0.37 0.00 -0.00
8 0.9835 0.00 -0.00 0.00 -0.09
9 1.0593 0.00 -0.24 0.00 -0.04
10 1.0596 0.00 -0.24 0.00 0.23
11 1.0620 0.00 -0.13 0.00 0.04
12 11.1345 0.00 -0.06 0.00 0.04
13 11.1347 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.13
14 11.1349 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.10
15 21.0328 0.00 -0.11 0.00 -0.11
16 21.0329 0.00 0.11 0.00 -0.05
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.
04OL14 quality flag:3 Type: SCATNEAR SCATNEAR SCATNEAR axisobj 48.750 48.750 48.750 ecceobj 0.305 0.305 0.305 incobj 21.228 21.228 21.228 qmin 32.092 32.126 32.057 qmax 68.368 68.383 68.130 amean 49.004 49.447 49.343 amin 47.754 48.075 48.218 amax 50.499 50.512 50.438 emean 0.320 0.323 0.323 emin 0.293 0.295 0.295 emax 0.355 0.354 0.353 imean 18.771 19.118 18.841 imin 17.467 17.858 17.477 imax 19.860 20.047 19.901 excite_mean 0.454 0.460 0.457 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 2.903 2.901 2.903 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 182.9 186.7 188.3 kozaiamp 179.9 180.0 180.0