Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 01KB77

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: 01KB77    
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:34 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   15 observations of   15
# Arc:   6.06y
# First observation: 2001/05/23
#  Last observation: 2007/06/16
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000637   0.039328  -0.000406   0.012464   0.031026   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    26.15 DOF:   24 RMS:  0.23
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.42    0.55
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.709235E-05  3.710326E-02  5.416580E-06  1.168007E-02  3.254608E-02 -8.619094E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  2.3607E-13 -3.1372E-13  3.9122E-14 -9.3617E-14  2.3676E-14 -1.2108E-12
 -3.1372E-13  1.1688E-12 -1.5868E-13  3.8704E-13 -3.6526E-13  5.0199E-12
  3.9122E-14 -1.5868E-13  1.6680E-13 -8.6578E-14  4.9886E-14 -6.9506E-13
 -9.3617E-14  3.8704E-13 -8.6578E-14  1.5392E-13 -1.2696E-13  1.6968E-12
  2.3676E-14 -3.6526E-13  4.9886E-14 -1.2696E-13  3.0928E-13 -1.6568E-12
 -1.2108E-12  5.0199E-12 -6.9506E-13  1.6968E-12 -1.6568E-12  2.2011E-11
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -1.564135 -142.573947   -0.422331   -0.025424   -0.926878  2452052.520963
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452050.5000  =  2001/05/21
Mean Anomaly:          325.99786 +/-     0.015
Argument of Peri:       53.19004 +/-     0.032
Long of Asc Node:      222.99208 +/-     0.000
Inclination:            17.56069 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.27913470 +/-    0.0001
Semi-Major Axis:     39.36850670 +/-    0.0038
Time of Perihelion: 2460572.1870 +/-       3.5
Perihelion:          28.37939047 +/-    0.0036
Aphelion:            50.35762293 +/-    0.0054
Period (y)              247.0197 +/-      0.04
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -24.86724667 +/-    0.0004
Ecliptic Y          -19.56012519 +/-    0.0003
Ecliptic Z           -0.83853258 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00244275 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00205221 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00100217 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   31.64935372 +/-    0.0004
Geocenter to KBO     30.72566342 +/-    0.0005
# Hcoef:  7.25

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 01KB77. 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 (01KB77) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2001 05  23.02022  14 18 10.93   -15 28 04.2   21.9R 01KB77    807  Cd1817      
2001 05  23.11213  14 18 10.45   -15 28 01.0         01KB77    807  Cd1817      
2001 06  10.00023  14 16 47.09   -15 18 25.5   22.0R 01KB77    304  Cd1817      
2001 06  10.07382  14 16 46.79   -15 18 23.3         01KB77    304  Cd1817      
2001 08  19.98068  14 16 40.76   -15 06 37.0   21.1R 01KB77    807  Cd7687      
2001 08  20.03859  14 16 40.99   -15 06 37.7         01KB77    807  Cd7687      
2001 08  20.98812  14 16 44.91   -15 06 48.3         01KB77    807  Cd7687      
2002 02  05.64577  14 34 41.55   -16 16 18.3   21.2R 01KB77    568  Cf2336      
2002 02  06.62024  14 34 42.32   -16 16 17.4         01KB77    568  Cf2336      
2002 02  22.63036  14 34 37.36   -16 14 37.9   21.9R 01KB77    568  Ce9336      
2002 02  23.62863  14 34 35.97   -16 14 26.4   22.0R 01KB77    568  Ce9336      
2003 04  01.37348  14 42 01.33   -16 02 21.4   23.8R 01KB77    688  Ch8069      
2003 04  01.46406  14 42 00.87   -16 02 19.3         01KB77    688  Ch8069      
2007 06  16.01079  15 14 14.91   -15 12 49.0         01KB77    304  Cv1520      
2007 06  16.08451  15 14 14.54   -15 12 47.4         01KB77    304  Cv1520      

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     0.19       0.00     0.05
  2   0.0003     -7.60     0.37       0.75     0.14
  3   0.0492  -1335.35    -0.04     148.24     0.39
  4   0.0494  -1340.18    -0.08     148.88     0.45
  5   0.2436  -1655.23    -0.19     787.06    -0.13
  6   0.2437  -1651.85    -0.17     787.49    -0.20
  7   0.2463  -1594.76     0.00     796.18     0.15
  8   0.7081  14494.14    -0.10    1812.16    -0.30
  9   0.7107  14504.46    -0.15    1816.46    -0.32
 10   0.7546  14405.31    -0.02    1889.16    -0.42
 11   0.7573  14382.61    -0.12    1893.91    -0.37
 12   1.8572  20317.24     0.10    4556.03     0.55
 13   1.8575  20310.21     0.22    4556.03    -0.01
 14   6.0643  47065.94    -0.07   15604.12     0.07
 15   6.0645  47060.04     0.03   15604.19    -0.06

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.

01KB77    quality flag:3

Type:           3:2E      3:2E      3:2E

axisobj       39.329    39.329    39.330
ecceobj        0.280     0.280     0.280
incobj        17.568    17.568    17.568
qmin          27.360    27.356    27.364
qmax          52.210    52.202    52.216
amean         39.455    39.455    39.455
amin          38.953    38.951    38.958
amax          40.049    39.997    40.005
emean          0.248     0.248     0.247
emin           0.175     0.173     0.175
emax           0.306     0.306     0.306
imean         19.979    19.975    19.988
imin          17.615    17.613    17.617
imax          22.212    22.266    22.263
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.845     2.845     2.845

libcent 0      181.2     181.4     181.0
libamp  0      104.5     103.6     103.6
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      103.4     102.2     101.4
kozaiamp        65.7      66.0      65.5