(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 7215.019700 ± 63.125872 au
Eccentricity 0.998484604 ± 0.000013245
Inclination 95.445938724 ± 0.000211603 °
Longitude of ascending node 189.929227 ± 0.000154 °
Argument of perihelia 326.381023 ± 0.000792 °
Mean anomaly 359.994382 ± 0.000074 °
Orbital period 612864.53 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv3
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv3.txt
bsp file C2014UN271_Bernardinelli-Bernstein_nima_v3.bsp
Date of first observation 2010-11-15
Date of last observation 2021-08-03
Number of observations used in the fit 109
Number of rejected observations 24
Number of DES observations 53
Number of MPC observations 41
Number of unpublished observations 39
RMS of observations 0.290 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv3 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2021-01 0.097 0.046
2021-07 0.048 0.053
2022-01 0.109 0.080
2022-07 0.075 0.073
2023-01 0.118 0.148
2023-07 0.137 0.121
2024-01 0.135 0.252
2024-07 0.262 0.183
2025-01 0.223 0.389

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv3 and JPL4 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.