(C2014UN271) Bernardinelli-Bernstein


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 7269.566956 ± 50.643284 au
Eccentricity 0.998495943 ± 0.000010467
Inclination 95.445986095 ± 0.000026213 °
Longitude of ascending node 189.929270 ± 0.000032 °
Argument of perihelia 326.379925 ± 0.000598 °
Mean anomaly 359.994445 ± 0.000058 °
Orbital period 619827.75 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv9
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv9.txt
bsp file C2014UN271_Bernardinelli-Bernstein_nima_v9.bsp
Date of first observation 2010-11-15
Date of last observation 2023-12-22
Number of observations used in the fit 87
Number of rejected observations 365
Number of DES observations 53
Number of MPC observations 344
Number of unpublished observations 55
RMS of observations 0.094 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv9 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.066 0.052
2023-07 0.068 0.069
2024-01 0.077 0.082
2024-07 0.110 0.083
2025-01 0.107 0.131
2025-07 0.194 0.097
2026-01 0.209 0.170
2026-07 0.333 0.116
2027-01 0.416 0.123

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv9 and JPL55 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.

Previous NIMA versions