Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 00YG2

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: 00YG2     
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:33 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    4 observations of    4
# Arc:  23.59h
# First observation: 2000/12/17
#  Last observation: 2000/12/18
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     0.77 DOF:    4 RMS:  0.08
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.12    0.14
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.374890E-05  2.360473E-02 -6.632469E-06 -1.140345E-02  2.590492E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  5.4554E-11  8.7977E-08 -4.6640E-13 -4.9709E-10  1.5916E-08  0.0000E+00
  8.7977E-08  1.4330E-04 -7.5791E-10 -8.0661E-07  2.5859E-05  0.0000E+00
 -4.6640E-13 -7.5791E-10  3.7877E-13 -4.2702E-11 -1.3702E-10  0.0000E+00
 -4.9709E-10 -8.0661E-07 -4.2702E-11  3.0057E-07 -1.4600E-07  0.0000E+00
  1.5916E-08  2.5859E-05 -1.3702E-10 -1.4600E-07  4.6758E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.2875E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -0.761945   56.799080   -0.473845   -0.011556   -0.856422  2451895.650413
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451890.5000  =  2000/12/12
Mean Anomaly:           18.51485 +/-   290.955
Argument of Peri:      161.99111 +/-   358.516
Long of Asc Node:      235.93668 +/-     0.719
Inclination:            25.70404 +/-    11.237
Eccentricity:         0.03155034 +/-    0.5911
Semi-Major Axis:     40.68129441 +/-   21.5320
Time of Perihelion: 2447016.2444 +/-  266117.8
Perihelion:          39.39778592 +/-   31.8283
Aphelion:            41.96480289 +/-   32.7346
Period (y)              259.4779 +/-    206.01
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           21.21288852 +/-    1.7645
Ecliptic Y           33.27947070 +/-    2.6959
Ecliptic Z           -0.51358809 +/-    0.0429
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00210431 +/-    0.0012
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00135681 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00120493 +/-    0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   39.46864049 +/-    2.4630
Geocenter to KBO     38.60270764 +/-    3.2223
# Hcoef:  7.63

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00YG2. 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 (00YG2) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2000 12  17.14967  03 38 44.88   +18 41 59.8   22.9R 00YG2     695  Cc4111      
2000 12  17.19681  03 38 44.64   +18 41 58.9   23.7R 00YG2     695  Cc4111      
2000 12  17.24355  03 38 44.43   +18 41 57.8   23.2R 00YG2     695  Cc4111      
2000 12  18.13268  03 38 40.39   +18 41 38.9         00YG2     695  Cc4111      

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     0.14       0.00    -0.07
  2   0.0001     -3.53    -0.12      -0.09     0.10
  3   0.0003     -6.68    -0.03      -0.48    -0.03
  4   0.0027    -66.89     0.01      -5.67     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.

00YG2    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj       44.714    44.714    44.714
ecceobj        0.129     0.129     0.129
incobj        23.978    23.978    23.978
qmin          37.913    37.913    37.913
qmax          51.137    51.137    51.137
amean         44.386    44.386    44.386
amin          44.029    44.028    44.029
amax          44.780    44.780    44.780
emean          0.128     0.128     0.128
emin           0.114     0.114     0.114
emax           0.142     0.142     0.142
imean         25.135    25.135    25.135
imin          24.782    24.782    24.782
imax          25.473    25.473    25.473
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.858     2.858     2.858

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     181.7     181.7
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0