Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 00SW370

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: 00SW370   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:32 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    6 observations of    6
# Arc:   1.10d
# 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:     8.06 DOF:    8 RMS:  0.20
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.22    0.48
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.662195E-05  2.465544E-02 -1.006150E-06 -2.573449E-03  2.507911E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  5.4306E-11  8.4618E-08 -4.2428E-13 -5.3354E-10  1.9282E-08  0.0000E+00
  8.4618E-08  1.3317E-04 -6.6628E-10 -8.3763E-07  3.0276E-05  0.0000E+00
 -4.2428E-13 -6.6628E-10  3.4634E-13 -1.0882E-10 -1.5162E-10  0.0000E+00
 -5.3354E-10 -8.3763E-07 -1.0882E-10  1.3550E-07 -1.9063E-07  0.0000E+00
  1.9282E-08  3.0276E-05 -1.5162E-10 -1.9063E-07  6.8900E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.0757E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -0.359434  -43.366636   -0.688736   -0.004727   -0.722129  2451810.771703
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451810.5000  =  2000/09/23
Mean Anomaly:           73.65484 +/-   245.007
Argument of Peri:      108.16509 +/-   317.931
Long of Asc Node:      134.23547 +/-     1.458
Inclination:             5.96468 +/-     2.729
Eccentricity:         0.01428049 +/-    0.5839
Semi-Major Axis:     40.75888380 +/-   21.0822
Time of Perihelion: 2432364.4828 +/-  634779.8
Perihelion:          40.17682712 +/-   31.5961
Aphelion:            41.34094049 +/-   31.9954
Period (y)              260.2206 +/-    201.90
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           29.99046528 +/-    3.0337
Ecliptic Y          -27.36961603 +/-    2.8658
Ecliptic Z           -0.25015422 +/-    0.0262
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00183949 +/-    0.0013
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00196299 +/-    0.0013
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00028078 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   40.60278890 +/-    2.9585
Geocenter to KBO     39.87382138 +/-    4.1734
# Hcoef:  8.47

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00SW370. 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 (00SW370) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2000 09  23.27096  21 16 48.01   -16 11 38.2   24.1R 00SW370   568  Cd2824      
2000 09  23.31927  21 16 47.85   -16 11 38.9         00SW370   568  Cd2824      
2000 09  23.36754  21 16 47.73   -16 11 39.2         00SW370   568  Cd2824      
2000 09  24.26500  21 16 44.85   -16 11 53.5   24.3R 00SW370   568  Cd2824      
2000 09  24.31434  21 16 44.68   -16 11 54.2   24.0R 00SW370   568  Cd2824      
2000 09  24.37352  21 16 44.52   -16 11 55.3   24.7R 00SW370   568  Cd2824      

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    -0.22       0.00    -0.13
  2   0.0001     -2.41    -0.20       0.03    -0.07
  3   0.0003     -4.15     0.48       0.26     0.20
  4   0.0027    -48.01    -0.06      -0.88     0.04
  5   0.0029    -50.56    -0.18      -0.82     0.14
  6   0.0030    -53.09     0.19      -1.17    -0.18

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.

00SW370    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj       42.146    42.146    42.146
ecceobj        0.042     0.042     0.042
incobj         5.811     5.811     5.811
qmin          34.808    34.719    34.788
qmax          49.750    49.809    49.759
amean         42.089    42.086    42.089
amin          41.724    41.701    41.710
amax          42.516    42.536    42.518
emean          0.110     0.112     0.110
emin           0.033     0.033     0.033
emax           0.172     0.173     0.170
imean          6.566     6.577     6.566
imin           3.815     3.815     3.815
imax           8.280     8.319     8.274
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         3.046     3.045     3.046

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      182.5     182.7     182.6
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0