Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 00SO331

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: 00SO331   
# 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
# Chi-squared of fit:     2.14 DOF:    8 RMS:  0.11
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.22    0.26
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.440257E-05  2.461126E-02 -6.371600E-07 -4.471866E-04  2.486465E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  1.2636E-10  1.9718E-07  7.6088E-12  1.2420E-08  6.2196E-08  0.0000E+00
  1.9718E-07  3.0902E-04  1.1913E-08  1.9445E-05  9.7378E-05  0.0000E+00
  7.6088E-12  1.1913E-08  8.1038E-13  6.3366E-10  3.7555E-09  0.0000E+00
  1.2420E-08  1.9445E-05  6.3366E-10  1.3513E-06  6.1299E-06  0.0000E+00
  6.2196E-08  9.7378E-05  3.7555E-09  6.1299E-06  3.0698E-05  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0229E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -2.127616   61.697790    0.874894   -0.018000   -0.479588  2451810.940433
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451810.5000  =  2000/09/23
Mean Anomaly:          310.63559 +/-   321.556
Argument of Peri:      294.63914 +/-   331.792
Long of Asc Node:      177.64710 +/-    73.512
Inclination:             2.36243 +/-     1.556
Eccentricity:         0.02745212 +/-    0.6639
Semi-Major Axis:     41.43561902 +/-   23.4021
Time of Perihelion: 2465169.3990 +/-  379117.3
Perihelion:          40.29812362 +/-   35.7027
Aphelion:            42.57311443 +/-   36.5352
Period (y)              266.7282 +/-    225.97
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           20.05772679 +/-    4.2463
Ecliptic Y           35.39815023 +/-    7.8848
Ecliptic Z           -1.49311346 +/-    0.3327
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00239433 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00128830 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00004905 +/-    0.0002
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   40.71327586 +/-    7.1676
Geocenter to KBO     40.21773395 +/-    8.9617
# Hcoef:  8.25

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00SO331. 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 (00SO331) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2000 09  23.43969  04 00 09.99   +18 24 59.6         00SO331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  23.49655  04 00 09.84   +18 24 58.9   24.2R 00SO331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  23.56861  04 00 09.70   +18 24 58.3   24.2R 00SO331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.44657  04 00 07.89   +18 24 50.3   24.2R 00SO331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.50859  04 00 07.76   +18 24 49.8   24.0R 00SO331   568  Cc1430      
2000 09  24.57290  04 00 07.62   +18 24 49.2   23.9R 00SO331   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     0.26       0.00     0.07
  2   0.0002     -2.23    -0.22      -0.26    -0.04
  3   0.0004     -4.30    -0.05      -0.45    -0.04
  4   0.0028    -31.14    -0.06      -3.17    -0.02
  5   0.0029    -33.05     0.02      -3.30     0.02
  6   0.0031    -35.12     0.05      -3.49     0.00

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.

00SO331    quality flag:3

Type:        9:5EEEE   9:5EEEE   9:5EEEE

axisobj       44.913    44.913    44.913
ecceobj        0.120     0.120     0.120
incobj         2.205     2.205     2.205
qmin          38.978    38.978    38.978
qmax          50.427    50.426    50.427
amean         44.555    44.555    44.555
amin          44.172    44.172    44.172
amax          44.970    44.970    44.970
emean          0.112     0.112     0.112
emin           0.102     0.102     0.102
emax           0.122     0.122     0.122
imean          2.588     2.588     2.588
imin           1.962     1.962     1.962
imax           3.336     3.336     3.336
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         3.091     3.091     3.091

libcent 0      181.6     181.6     181.6
libamp  0       48.5      48.5      48.5
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      205.4     205.4     205.4
kozaiamp       179.9     179.9     179.9