Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 01FC185

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: 01FC185   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:33 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    4 observations of    4
# Arc:   1.03d
# First observation: 2001/03/27
#  Last observation: 2001/03/28
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     1.24 DOF:    4 RMS:  0.10
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.14    0.14
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.552024E-05  2.470430E-02  5.742052E-06  9.584720E-03  2.618112E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  5.3188E-11  8.6398E-08  1.0450E-12  1.4882E-09  1.6342E-08  0.0000E+00
  8.6398E-08  1.4241E-04  1.7173E-09  2.4441E-06  2.6846E-05  0.0000E+00
  1.0450E-12  1.7173E-09  5.1646E-13 -1.3431E-10  3.2417E-10  0.0000E+00
  1.4882E-09  2.4441E-06 -1.3431E-10  2.5107E-07  4.6147E-07  0.0000E+00
  1.6342E-08  2.6846E-05  3.2417E-10  4.6147E-07  5.0681E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  2.3615E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    1.644035  153.685132   -0.548362    0.023921   -0.838842  2451995.703723
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451990.5000  =  2001/03/22
Mean Anomaly:           48.23847 +/-   113.580
Argument of Peri:      314.35961 +/-   185.915
Long of Asc Node:      150.33632 +/-     1.845
Inclination:            21.23422 +/-     8.939
Eccentricity:         0.02100413 +/-    0.5895
Semi-Major Axis:     39.58041708 +/-   20.6554
Time of Perihelion: 2439803.1299 +/-  392393.4
Perihelion:          38.74906499 +/-   30.8754
Aphelion:            40.41176918 +/-   31.4506
Period (y)              249.0169 +/-    194.93
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -35.21486041 +/-    2.9427
Ecliptic Y           16.81037770 +/-    1.4556
Ecliptic Z            1.09605875 +/-    0.0942
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00112780 +/-    0.0015
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00232558 +/-    0.0012
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00100208 +/-    0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   39.03686126 +/-    2.7276
Geocenter to KBO     38.19545639 +/-    3.2843
# Hcoef:  8.00

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 01FC185. 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 (01FC185) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2001 03  27.20298  10 24 48.52   +11 41 17.6   23.8R 01FC185   695  Cd0871      
2001 03  27.25081  10 24 48.34   +11 41 18.8   23.7R 01FC185   695  Cd0871      
2001 03  28.15601  10 24 44.71   +11 41 43.5   23.5R 01FC185   695  Cd0871      
2001 03  28.22998  10 24 44.43   +11 41 45.5   23.4R 01FC185   695  Cd0871      

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    -0.12       0.00     0.01
  2   0.0001     -2.90     0.14       0.15    -0.01
  3   0.0026    -61.55    -0.14       3.75    -0.05
  4   0.0028    -66.11     0.13       4.11     0.05

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.

01FC185    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj       42.338    42.338    42.338
ecceobj        0.088     0.088     0.088
incobj        20.176    20.176    20.176
qmin          36.972    36.972    36.972
qmax          48.205    48.207    48.207
amean         42.463    42.463    42.463
amin          42.101    42.101    42.100
amax          42.847    42.848    42.848
emean          0.100     0.100     0.100
emin           0.075     0.075     0.075
emax           0.127     0.127     0.127
imean         18.981    18.981    18.981
imin          18.272    18.272    18.272
imax          19.727    19.727    19.727
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.944     2.944     2.944

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      177.3     177.4     177.4
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0