Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 00SL331

The following information shows the result of the orbit fit based on Gary Bernstein's method. Most of the information should be self-explanatory.

# Object: 00SL331   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:32 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    5 observations of    5
# Arc:   1.01d
# First observation: 2000/09/23
#  Last observation: 2000/09/24
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after  13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# Chi-squared of fit:     1.11 DOF:    6 RMS:  0.08
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.18    0.12
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.534548E-05  2.368009E-02 -8.537665E-09  1.004777E-04  2.428028E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  1.0503E-10  1.5921E-07  7.8887E-12  1.2221E-08  4.8783E-08  0.0000E+00
  1.5921E-07  2.4314E-04  1.2024E-08  1.8628E-05  7.4356E-05  0.0000E+00
  7.8887E-12  1.2024E-08  1.0604E-12  7.3878E-10  3.6801E-09  0.0000E+00
  1.2221E-08  1.8628E-05  7.3878E-10  1.6240E-06  5.7014E-06  0.0000E+00
  4.8783E-08  7.4356E-05  3.6801E-09  5.7014E-06  2.2757E-05  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.8836E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -2.670459   60.589776    0.864476   -0.023391   -0.497803  2451811.048273
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451810.5000  =  2000/09/23
Mean Anomaly:          300.47058 +/-   208.269
Argument of Peri:      336.03467 +/-   226.283
Long of Asc Node:      145.24227 +/-    63.205
Inclination:             2.64450 +/-     0.205
Eccentricity:         0.02350527 +/-    0.6210
Semi-Major Axis:     42.18426397 +/-   23.2436
Time of Perihelion: 2468358.7963 +/-  457990.1
Perihelion:          41.19271136 +/-   34.6629
Aphelion:            43.17581658 +/-   35.3881
Period (y)              273.9895 +/-    226.45
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           21.20529209 +/-    3.9696
Ecliptic Y           35.85336441 +/-    7.0413
Ecliptic Z           -1.91889925 +/-    0.3770
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00233326 +/-    0.0013
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00131673 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00001147 +/-    0.0002
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   41.69904467 +/-    6.3819
Geocenter to KBO     41.18568161 +/-    8.0920
# Hcoef:  8.23

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00SL331. 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 (00SL331) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2000 09  23.54753  03 56 03.98   +17 39 41.0   24.4R 00SL331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  23.61663  03 56 03.83   +17 39 40.3   23.9R 00SL331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.42582  03 56 02.12   +17 39 32.3   24.2R 00SL331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.49186  03 56 01.99   +17 39 31.9   24.1R 00SL331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.55453  03 56 01.85   +17 39 31.1   24.3R 00SL331   568  Cc1430      

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     0.02       0.00     0.02
  2   0.0002     -2.24     0.00      -0.25    -0.02
  3   0.0024    -27.80    -0.18      -3.06    -0.06
  4   0.0026    -29.70     0.10      -3.08     0.12
  5   0.0028    -31.83     0.07      -3.45    -0.06

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.

00SL331    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj       42.157    42.157    42.157
ecceobj        0.011     0.011     0.011
incobj         2.644     2.644     2.644
qmin          38.810    38.810    38.809
qmax          45.174    45.174    45.173
amean         41.874    41.874    41.874
amin          41.545    41.545    41.546
amax          42.209    42.209    42.209
emean          0.047     0.047     0.047
emin           0.000     0.000     0.000
emax           0.071     0.071     0.071
imean          3.266     3.266     3.266
imin           1.061     1.061     1.061
imax           5.052     5.052     5.052
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         3.069     3.069     3.069

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      181.7     181.8     181.7
kozaiamp       179.9     180.0     179.9