(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 7310.167143 ± 37.096485 au
Eccentricity 0.998504293 ± 0.000007584
Inclination 95.445711552 ± 0.000013709 °
Longitude of ascending node 189.928963 ± 0.000022 °
Argument of perihelia 326.379678 ± 0.000373 °
Mean anomaly 359.994491 ± 0.000042 °
Orbital period 625027.55 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file C2014UN271_Bernardinelli-Bernstein_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 2010-11-15
Date of last observation 2024-08-24
Number of observations used in the fit 715
Number of rejected observations 13
Number of DES observations 21
Number of MPC observations 672
Number of unpublished observations 35
RMS of observations 0.444 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2024-01 0.040 0.034
2024-07 0.046 0.044
2025-01 0.054 0.061
2025-07 0.092 0.054
2026-01 0.107 0.087
2026-07 0.172 0.063
2027-01 0.222 0.070
2027-07 0.265 0.150
2028-01 0.306 0.215

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 and JPL72 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.