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: 14SP434 # Created Fri Aug 29 01:10:16 2025 # Orbit generated by ELGB # -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit # Fitting 44 observations of 44 # Arc: 12.06y # First observation: 2003/07/30 # Last observation: 2015/08/20 # Chi-squared of fit: 22.75 DOF: 82 RMS: 0.13 # Min/Max residuals: -0.43 0.25 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.976711E-05 5.844187E-02 -2.900655E-06 -7.213918E-03 4.497513E-02 4.026034E-03 # Covariance matrix: 6.4993E-07 -1.5660E-05 2.3696E-07 6.2239E-06 -4.4013E-06 -3.0964E-05 -1.5660E-05 7.9295E-04 -5.6994E-06 -3.2018E-04 1.0596E-04 1.5881E-03 2.3696E-07 -5.6994E-06 8.6393E-08 2.2651E-06 -1.6047E-06 -1.1269E-05 6.2239E-06 -3.2018E-04 2.2651E-06 1.2943E-04 -4.2112E-05 -6.4143E-04 -4.4013E-06 1.0596E-04 -1.6047E-06 -4.2112E-05 2.9805E-05 2.0951E-04 -3.0964E-05 1.5881E-03 -1.1269E-05 -6.4143E-04 2.0951E-04 3.1813E-03 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 17.156976 -56.961096 -0.062206 0.300353 -0.972748 2452850.640779 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2452850.5000 = 2003/07/30 Mean Anomaly: 79.41649 +/- 0.001 Argument of Peri: 24.81077 +/- 0.001 Long of Asc Node: 189.56069 +/- 0.000 Inclination: 17.83083 +/- 0.000 Eccentricity: 0.07350608 +/- 0.0000 Semi-Major Axis: 23.39647431 +/- 0.0000 Time of Perihelion: 2443731.8145 +/- 0.1 Perihelion: 21.67669123 +/- 0.0005 Aphelion: 25.11625738 +/- 0.0005 Period (y) 113.1707 +/- 0.00 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 12.18789630 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic Y -18.62529442 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic Z 6.55890984 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic XDOT 0.00317519 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00162919 +/- 0.0000 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00034713 +/- 0.0000 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 23.20483042 +/- 0.0000 Geocenter to KBO 22.23451439 +/- 0.0000 # Hcoef: 10.09
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 14SP434. 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 (14SP434) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2003 07 30.140036 20 05 44.66 -02 44 58.2 14SP434 809 C~90HN 2003 07 30.146428 20 05 44.60 -02 44 58.6 14SP434 809 C~90HN 2003 07 30.152777 20 05 44.55 -02 44 58.7 14SP434 809 C~90HN 2003 07 30.165728 20 05 44.43 -02 44 59.0 14SP434 809 C~90HN 2010 09 13.331165 21 31 30.05 -00 56 30.4 14SP434 T14 C~90HN 2010 09 13.336488 21 31 30.01 -00 56 30.6 14SP434 T14 C~90HN 2010 09 13.341804 21 31 29.97 -00 56 31.2 14SP434 T14 C~90HN 2010 09 13.347136 21 31 29.92 -00 56 31.4 14SP434 T14 C~90HN 2010 09 13.368511 21 31 29.80 -00 56 32.9 14SP434 T14 C~90HN 2014 09 18.24683 22 20 43.40 +00 24 02.0 24.4g 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.25107 22 20 43.37 +00 24 01.6 24.4g 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.27261 22 20 43.22 +00 24 00.5 24.4g 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.28333 22 20 43.16 +00 23 59.8 24.4g 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.28547 22 20 43.13 +00 23 59.6 24.5g 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.33749 22 20 42.79 +00 23 56.8 23.7y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.34018 22 20 42.76 +00 23 56.4 23.2y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.34833 22 20 42.71 +00 23 56.1 22.7y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.36196 22 20 42.62 +00 23 55.6 23.1y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.37024 22 20 42.56 +00 23 54.9 23.3y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.37570 22 20 42.53 +00 23 54.6 23.6y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 18.37840 22 20 42.51 +00 23 54.4 23.3y 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.24066 22 20 17.24 +00 20 13.5 24.0r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.24493 22 20 17.21 +00 20 13.4 24.0r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.27709 22 20 16.99 +00 20 11.5 24.1r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.27924 22 20 16.97 +00 20 11.3 24.4r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.31871 22 20 16.71 +00 20 09.2 23.9r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.35060 22 20 16.51 +00 20 07.5 23.7i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.35604 22 20 16.48 +00 20 06.8 23.9i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 22.37509 22 20 16.34 +00 20 05.8 23.6i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 28.21992 22 19 40.30 +00 14 32.2 23.6z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 28.22688 22 19 40.28 +00 14 31.5 23.8z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 09 28.22962 22 19 40.25 +00 14 31.2 23.8z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 10 01.22468 22 19 22.95 +00 11 42.0 23.9z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 10 01.23283 22 19 22.90 +00 11 41.5 23.8z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2014 10 01.23821 22 19 22.85 +00 11 41.0 23.2z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 15.55335 22 40 02.45 +01 29 58.6 24.1r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 15.56612 22 40 02.39 +01 29 58.3 24.4r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 15.61512 22 40 02.17 +01 29 57.6 24.4r 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 21.46208 22 39 34.41 +01 28 04.2 24.2i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 21.48177 22 39 34.30 +01 28 03.9 23.9i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 21.53887 22 39 34.01 +01 28 02.5 24.1i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 07 21.61178 22 39 33.63 +01 28 00.8 24.0i 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 08 20.42695 22 36 25.65 +01 10 33.3 23.3z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN 2015 08 20.44313 22 36 25.53 +01 10 32.4 23.4z 14SP434 T09 C~90HN
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 0.11 2 0.0000 0.00 0.02 0.00 -0.07 3 0.0000 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.04 4 0.0001 0.00 -0.18 0.00 0.18 5 7.1244 0.00 0.17 0.00 -0.01 6 7.1244 0.00 0.08 0.00 0.09 7 7.1244 0.00 -0.01 0.00 -0.22 8 7.1245 0.00 -0.24 0.00 -0.12 9 7.1245 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.43 10 11.1379 0.00 -0.07 0.00 0.08 11 11.1379 0.00 -0.09 0.00 -0.08 12 11.1379 0.00 -0.14 0.00 0.05 13 11.1380 0.00 0.06 0.00 -0.04 14 11.1380 0.00 -0.17 0.00 -0.11 15 11.1381 0.00 0.05 0.00 0.05 16 11.1381 0.00 -0.13 0.00 -0.19 17 11.1381 0.00 -0.04 0.00 -0.03 18 11.1382 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25 19 11.1382 0.00 -0.05 0.00 0.02 20 11.1382 0.00 0.06 0.00 0.03 21 11.1382 0.00 0.04 0.00 -0.01 22 11.1488 0.00 0.17 0.00 -0.05 23 11.1488 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.09 24 11.1489 0.00 -0.01 0.00 0.03 25 11.1489 0.00 -0.10 0.00 -0.04 26 11.1490 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.12 27 11.1491 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.24 28 11.1491 0.00 0.10 0.00 -0.15 29 11.1492 0.00 -0.13 0.00 -0.06 30 11.1652 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.18 31 11.1652 0.00 0.25 0.00 -0.12 32 11.1652 0.00 0.05 0.00 -0.26 33 11.1734 0.00 0.24 0.00 0.25 34 11.1734 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.21 35 11.1734 0.00 -0.09 0.00 0.02 36 11.9601 0.00 0.11 0.00 0.06 37 11.9601 0.00 0.08 0.00 -0.03 38 11.9602 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.08 39 11.9762 0.00 -0.00 0.00 -0.04 40 11.9763 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.09 41 11.9765 0.00 -0.00 0.00 -0.04 42 11.9767 0.00 0.01 0.00 -0.11 43 12.0583 0.00 -0.07 0.00 0.09 44 12.0583 0.00 -0.09 0.00 -0.06
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.
14SP434 quality flag:3 Type: CENTAURR CENTAURR CENTAURR axisobj 23.461 23.461 23.461 ecceobj 0.071 0.071 0.071 incobj 17.812 17.812 17.812 qmin 18.573 19.792 19.637 qmax 30.895 28.521 30.686 amean 23.881 23.584 23.670 amin 23.352 23.320 22.948 amax 25.843 24.351 25.735 emean 0.111 0.092 0.102 emin 0.062 0.062 0.062 emax 0.219 0.176 0.206 imean 14.930 15.867 15.473 imin 10.572 13.629 10.843 imax 17.663 17.663 17.663 excite_mean 0.285 0.290 0.289 fracstop 0.121 0.083 0.094 cjmean 2.969 2.971 2.970 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 181.4 181.3 168.1 kozaiamp 179.6 179.0 179.7