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: 15FN400
# Created Sun Oct 19 01:10:47 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting 10 observations of 10
# Arc: 7.06d
# First observation: 2015/03/18
# Last observation: 2015/03/25
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after 13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# Chi-squared of fit: 2.61 DOF: 16 RMS: 0.09
# Min/Max residuals: -0.23 0.10
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.536141E-05 2.621004E-02 8.533299E-07 2.049539E-03 2.624994E-02 0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
3.6196E-11 5.9819E-08 -1.7711E-13 -4.9073E-11 9.4965E-09 0.0000E+00
5.9819E-08 9.9608E-05 -2.9483E-10 -8.1692E-08 1.5809E-05 0.0000E+00
-1.7711E-13 -2.9483E-10 2.5385E-13 -1.5314E-11 -4.6794E-11 0.0000E+00
-4.9073E-11 -8.1692E-08 -1.5314E-11 2.3480E-09 -1.2965E-08 0.0000E+00
9.4965E-09 1.5809E-05 -4.6794E-11 -1.2965E-08 2.5090E-06 0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.3802E-04
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
1.677978 -178.198689 0.076671 0.029092 -0.988763 2457099.995551
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2457090.5000 = 2015/03/09
Mean Anomaly: 194.33596 +/- 258.099
Argument of Peri: 185.84695 +/- 252.977
Long of Asc Node: 161.61179 +/- 7.082
Inclination: 4.75448 +/- 1.606
Eccentricity: 0.00283731 +/- 0.5755
Semi-Major Axis: 38.98012802 +/- 20.0410
Time of Perihelion: 2497996.6941 +/- 2908107.6
Perihelion: 38.86952945 +/- 30.0421
Aphelion: 39.09072659 +/- 30.1179
Period (y) 243.3734 +/- 187.69
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X -39.05438691 +/- 2.2967
Ecliptic Y -1.15157203 +/- 0.0720
Ecliptic Z 1.11555988 +/- 0.0673
Ecliptic XDOT 0.00008877 +/- 0.0016
Ecliptic YDOT -0.00273791 +/- 0.0009
Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00021376 +/- 0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 39.08728347 +/- 2.2947
Geocenter to KBO 38.09532285 +/- 2.2988
# Hcoef: 8.89
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15FN400. 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 (15FN400) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2015 03 18.494773 12 09 16.783 +00 49 23.62 24.6r 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.505509 12 09 16.729 +00 49 23.98 24.6r 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.522848 12 09 16.646 +00 49 24.47 24.5r 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 18.579625 12 09 16.369 +00 49 26.38 24.7r 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 20.44426 12 09 07.48 +00 50 26.9 24.5i 15FN400 T09 C~94q0 2015 03 20.48305 12 09 07.29 +00 50 28.1 24.8i 15FN400 T09 C~94q0 2015 03 20.49692 12 09 07.22 +00 50 28.4 24.6i 15FN400 T09 C~94q0 2015 03 25.472038 12 08 43.463 +00 53 09.58 25.0g 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 25.499924 12 08 43.327 +00 53 10.52 25.0g 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ 2015 03 25.556134 12 08 43.047 +00 53 12.27 25.1g 15FN400 568 C~2TuJ
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 0.09 0.00 0.08
2 0.0000 -0.89 0.06 0.01 0.08
3 0.0001 -2.22 0.10 -0.04 0.02
4 0.0002 -6.79 0.03 0.06 0.06
5 0.0053 -153.19 -0.14 2.58 -0.02
6 0.0054 -156.28 -0.13 2.55 -0.08
7 0.0055 -157.36 -0.11 2.41 -0.23
8 0.0191 -548.39 0.08 8.63 0.04
9 0.0192 -550.63 0.05 8.68 0.08
10 0.0193 -555.18 -0.02 8.62 -0.02
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.
15FN400 quality flag:0 Type: ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE axisobj 0.000 0.000 0.000 ecceobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 incobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 qmin 0.000 0.000 0.000 qmax 0.000 0.000 0.000 amean 0.000 0.000 0.000 amin 0.000 0.000 0.000 amax 0.000 0.000 0.000 emean 0.000 0.000 0.000 emin 0.000 0.000 0.000 emax 0.000 0.000 0.000 imean 0.000 0.000 0.000 imin 0.000 0.000 0.000 imax 0.000 0.000 0.000 excite_mean 0.000 0.000 0.000 fracstop 0.000 0.000 0.000 cjmean 0.000 0.000 0.000 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 kozaiamp 0.0 0.0 0.0