Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 00SN331

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: 00SN331   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:32 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    6 observations of    6
# Arc:   1.13d
# 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
# WARNING MRQMIN stopped after  13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution
# Chi-squared of fit:     4.92 DOF:    8 RMS:  0.16
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.32    0.27
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  2.059868E-05  6.662093E-02  4.769662E-06  1.523680E-02  5.087847E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
 -4.2199E-10 -1.3506E-06 -2.4915E-11 -8.9558E-08 -4.0906E-07  0.0000E+00
 -1.3506E-06 -4.3162E-03 -7.9637E-08 -2.8626E-04 -1.3075E-03  0.0000E+00
 -2.4915E-11 -7.9637E-08 -9.9157E-13 -5.4611E-09 -2.4124E-08  0.0000E+00
 -8.9558E-08 -2.8626E-04 -5.4611E-09 -1.8847E-05 -8.6715E-05  0.0000E+00
 -4.0906E-07 -1.3075E-03 -2.4124E-08 -8.6715E-05 -3.9607E-04  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.7331E-03
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -2.359691   60.341491    0.863387   -0.020784   -0.499907  2451810.929573
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451810.5000  =  2000/09/23
Mean Anomaly:          211.75145 +/-   304.460
Argument of Peri:      142.60156 +/-   214.424
Long of Asc Node:       67.91667 +/-    67.917
Inclination:            12.96845 +/-    12.968
Eccentricity:         0.08411596 +/-    0.0841
Semi-Major Axis:     18.80176349 +/-   18.8018
Time of Perihelion: 2464073.1477 +/-   17201.6
Perihelion:          17.22023508 +/-   17.2927
Aphelion:            20.38329190 +/-   20.4446
Period (y)               81.5279 +/-    122.29
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           10.72038749 +/-   10.7204
Ecliptic Y           17.07747322 +/-   17.0775
Ecliptic Z           -0.80913172 +/-   -0.8091
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00310606 +/-   -0.0031
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00180835 +/-    0.0016
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00081938 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   20.17972977 +/-   15.5338
Geocenter to KBO     19.65468012 +/-   19.6547
# Hcoef: 11.14

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00SN331. 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 (00SN331) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2000 09  23.42883  03 54 46.67   +17 54 51.9         00SN331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  23.55431  03 54 46.16   +17 54 50.7   24.1R 00SN331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  23.62225  03 54 45.89   +17 54 50.2   24.3R 00SN331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.43323  03 54 42.72   +17 54 42.6   23.7R 00SN331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.49743  03 54 42.42   +17 54 41.8   23.9R 00SN331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.56052  03 54 42.17   +17 54 40.8         00SN331   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    -0.01
  2   0.0003     -7.37    -0.09       0.33    -0.07
  3   0.0005    -11.24     0.03       0.64     0.04
  4   0.0027    -57.08     0.27       2.57     0.23
  5   0.0029    -61.44    -0.21       2.67     0.12
  6   0.0031    -65.13    -0.06       2.43    -0.32

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.

00SN331    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj       19.747    19.747    19.747
ecceobj        0.048     0.048     0.048
incobj        11.552    11.552    11.552
qmin          17.398    17.404    17.394
qmax          21.320    21.320    21.320
amean         19.443    19.444    19.443
amin          18.814    18.815    18.813
amax          19.747    19.747    19.747
emean          0.063     0.063     0.063
emin           0.037     0.037     0.037
emax           0.091     0.091     0.091
imean         10.992    10.991    10.993
imin          10.291    10.291    10.291
imax          11.534    11.531    11.537
fracstop       0.001     0.001     0.001
cjmean         3.120     3.120     3.120

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      216.4     216.6     216.3
kozaiamp        80.3      80.0      80.5