(C2014UN271) Bernardinelli-Bernstein


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Object

Object (C2014UN271) Bernardinelli-Bernstein
Diameter(1) 200 km
Dynamic class(1) comet
Absolute magnitude 7.87
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459400.5
Semi major axis 7295.811492 ± 44.061829 au
Eccentricity 0.998501317 ± 0.000009043
Inclination 95.445746585 ± 0.000018946 °
Longitude of ascending node 189.929019 ± 0.000026 °
Argument of perihelia 326.378853 ± 0.000471 °
Mean anomaly 359.994475 ± 0.000050 °
Orbital period 623187.32 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv8
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv8.txt
bsp file C2014UN271_Bernardinelli-Bernstein_nima_v8.bsp
Date of first observation 2010-11-15
Date of last observation 2023-09-01
Number of observations used in the fit 416
Number of rejected observations 24
Number of DES observations 53
Number of MPC observations 344
Number of unpublished observations 43
RMS of observations 0.527 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv8 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.050 0.037
2023-07 0.049 0.050
2024-01 0.060 0.068
2024-07 0.092 0.066
2025-01 0.094 0.116
2025-07 0.176 0.078
2026-01 0.197 0.148
2026-07 0.309 0.081
2027-01 0.384 0.097

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv8 and JPL43 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.