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: 15FZ563 # Created Wed Sep 3 01:10:40 2025 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 12 observations of 12 # Arc: 7.04d # First observation: 2015/03/18 # Last observation: 2015/03/25 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # Chi-squared of fit: 6.04 DOF: 20 RMS: 0.13 # Min/Max residuals: -0.31 0.23 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.652059E-05 2.333700E-02 -4.394454E-06 -6.304073E-03 2.454122E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 3.4566E-11 5.2653E-08 1.3767E-13 -4.3066E-11 8.3646E-09 0.0000E+00 5.2653E-08 8.0764E-05 2.1110E-10 -6.6038E-08 1.2826E-05 0.0000E+00 1.3767E-13 2.1110E-10 2.1938E-13 -1.4999E-11 3.3527E-11 0.0000E+00 -4.3066E-11 -6.6038E-08 -1.4999E-11 2.3343E-09 -1.0488E-08 0.0000E+00 8.3646E-09 1.2826E-05 3.3527E-11 -1.0488E-08 2.0371E-06 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 1.9450E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -1.193714 177.698407 0.005905 -0.020542 -0.991925 2457099.983828 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2457090.5000 = 2015/03/09 Mean Anomaly: 1.65585 +/- 336.086 Argument of Peri: 182.67574 +/- 42.599 Long of Asc Node: 353.37413 +/- 1.642 Inclination: 15.12493 +/- 5.500 Eccentricity: 0.03027158 +/- 0.5602 Semi-Major Axis: 43.04527841 +/- 22.4225 Time of Perihelion: 2456616.0330 +/- 302609.8 Perihelion: 41.74222978 +/- 32.4709 Aphelion: 44.34832705 +/- 33.3952 Period (y) 282.4207 +/- 220.67 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X -41.70030529 +/- 2.3674 Ecliptic Y 1.68156396 +/- 0.0953 Ecliptic Z -0.84904925 +/- 0.0494 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00009333 +/- 0.0016 Ecliptic YDOT -0.00260777 +/- 0.0009 Ecliptic ZDOT -0.00070305 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 41.74283176 +/- 2.3649 Geocenter to KBO 40.74776588 +/- 2.3698 # Hcoef: 9.34
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 15FZ563. 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 (15FZ563) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2015 03 18.48305 11 49 39.28 -00 10 48.2 25.4r 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 18.54052 11 49 39.04 -00 10 46.9 25.3r 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 18.54273 11 49 39.03 -00 10 46.9 25.5r 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 18.57089 11 49 38.88 -00 10 46.2 25.2r 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 20.43008 11 49 30.26 -00 09 57.2 25.0i 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 20.48579 11 49 29.99 -00 09 55.8 24.9i 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 20.50792 11 49 29.90 -00 09 55.2 25.3i 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 20.54374 11 49 29.74 -00 09 54.3 24.8i 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 20.54646 11 49 29.72 -00 09 54.3 25.4i 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 25.46043 11 49 07.01 -00 07 45.1 26.2g 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 25.49141 11 49 06.88 -00 07 44.5 25.9g 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY 2015 03 25.51959 11 49 06.75 -00 07 43.8 26.2g 15FZ563 T09 C~90HY
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 -0.31 0.00 0.07
2 0.0002 -3.82 0.20 -0.24 0.06
3 0.0002 -3.96 0.23 -0.30 0.01
4 0.0002 -6.30 0.01 -0.55 -0.13
5 0.0053 -144.42 -0.13 -6.98 0.03
6 0.0055 -148.70 -0.20 -7.30 -0.07
7 0.0055 -150.17 -0.01 -7.29 0.03
8 0.0056 -152.73 0.12 -7.42 0.05
9 0.0056 -153.01 0.05 -7.54 -0.06
10 0.0191 -516.95 -0.19 -24.37 0.08
11 0.0192 -518.98 0.10 -24.60 -0.02
12 0.0193 -521.04 0.13 -24.73 -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.
15FZ563 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