Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 02CW154

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: 02CW154   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:35 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    3 observations of    3
# Arc:   1.09d
# First observation: 2002/02/06
#  Last observation: 2002/02/07
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     2.29 DOF:    2 RMS:  0.15
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.26    0.24
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.185280E-05  1.712090E-02 -6.479752E-06 -8.006011E-03  2.079040E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  3.5322E-11  4.5178E-08 -6.5059E-13 -6.9029E-10  7.8947E-09  0.0000E+00
  4.5178E-08  5.9134E-05 -8.4669E-10 -8.9600E-07  1.0267E-05  0.0000E+00
 -6.5059E-13 -8.4669E-10  5.3020E-13 -7.4179E-11 -1.4760E-10  0.0000E+00
 -6.9029E-10 -8.9600E-07 -7.4179E-11  2.8051E-07 -1.5649E-07  0.0000E+00
  7.8947E-09  1.0267E-05 -1.4760E-10 -1.5649E-07  1.7907E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.1825E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    2.282210  162.496719    0.412858    0.035454   -0.891774  2452311.887493
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452310.5000  =  2002/02/05
Mean Anomaly:          351.64654 +/-    44.614
Argument of Peri:      183.55402 +/-   111.444
Long of Asc Node:      346.79633 +/-     2.057
Inclination:            25.10693 +/-     9.600
Eccentricity:         0.02842249 +/-    0.5663
Semi-Major Axis:     50.40988897 +/-   26.2102
Time of Perihelion: 2455343.9429 +/-  408381.3
Perihelion:          48.97711421 +/-   38.2557
Aphelion:            51.84266373 +/-   39.2633
Period (y)              357.9166 +/-    279.14
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -46.56167812 +/-    2.9502
Ecliptic Y           15.12203654 +/-    0.9306
Ecliptic Z            1.91508186 +/-    0.1233
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00072664 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00213829 +/-    0.0009
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00105325 +/-    0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   48.99319746 +/-    2.8184
Geocenter to KBO     48.09912611 +/-    3.0959
# Hcoef:  6.44

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02CW154. 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 (02CW154) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2002 02  06.38675  10 58 58.91   +08 58 45.2   23.0R 02CW154   695  Cf0336      
2002 02  06.48394  10 58 58.51   +08 58 47.1         02CW154   695  Cf0336      
2002 02  07.48025  10 58 54.84   +08 59 06.3         02CW154   695  Cf0336      

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     0.24       0.00     0.08
  2   0.0003     -6.20    -0.26      -0.52    -0.09
  3   0.0030    -63.78     0.02      -3.68     0.01

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.

02CW154    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj       44.705    44.705    44.705
ecceobj        0.113     0.113     0.113
incobj        27.735    27.735    27.735
qmin          38.920    38.920    38.922
qmax          51.120    51.120    51.119
amean         44.868    44.868    44.868
amin          44.515    44.515    44.515
amax          45.267    45.267    45.268
emean          0.116     0.116     0.116
emin           0.102     0.102     0.102
emax           0.130     0.130     0.130
imean         28.360    28.360    28.360
imin          28.037    28.037    28.037
imax          28.652    28.652    28.652
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.805     2.805     2.805

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      165.5     165.5     165.5
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0