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: 02CX224
# Created Fri May 2 02:36:35 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting 23 observations of 24
# Arc: 4.77y
# First observation: 2001/10/21
# Last observation: 2006/07/30
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
0.000045 0.017259 0.000060 0.005058 0.020579 0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit: 29.88 DOF: 40 RMS: 0.20
# Min/Max residuals: -0.38 0.43
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
1.384409E-05 1.744702E-02 2.334422E-06 5.126338E-03 2.090106E-02 -2.063678E-03
# Covariance matrix:
4.4988E-13 -3.7094E-13 4.4823E-14 -6.7618E-14 1.4713E-13 -2.8630E-12
-3.7094E-13 4.5826E-13 -6.5489E-14 1.0200E-13 -1.4562E-14 4.1500E-12
4.4823E-14 -6.5489E-14 1.4283E-13 -5.9445E-14 -7.7530E-15 -6.5224E-13
-6.7618E-14 1.0200E-13 -5.9445E-14 5.2981E-14 1.6464E-14 1.0254E-12
1.4713E-13 -1.4562E-14 -7.7530E-15 1.6464E-14 2.7233E-13 4.4607E-13
-2.8630E-12 4.1500E-12 -6.5224E-13 1.0254E-12 4.4607E-13 4.1235E-11
# lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0
3.947551 55.736273 0.465353 0.060124 -0.872839 2452203.811093
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch: 2452200.5000 = 2001/10/18
Mean Anomaly: 256.01359 +/- 0.063
Argument of Peri: 131.49253 +/- 0.053
Long of Asc Node: 42.24045 +/- 0.000
Inclination: 16.82285 +/- 0.001
Eccentricity: 0.13232627 +/- 0.0003
Semi-Major Axis: 46.51436307 +/- 0.0049
Time of Perihelion: 2485670.3004 +/- 19.6
Perihelion: 40.35929095 +/- 0.0155
Aphelion: 52.66943519 +/- 0.0159
Period (y) 317.2406 +/- 0.05
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X 27.75143428 +/- 0.0007
Ecliptic Y 39.91449539 +/- 0.0010
Ecliptic Z 3.29389054 +/- 0.0001
Ecliptic XDOT -0.00207531 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT 0.00102616 +/- 0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00065151 +/- 0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO 48.72534004 +/- 0.0009
Geocenter to KBO 47.84445405 +/- 0.0012
# Hcoef: 5.99
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02CX224. 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 (02CX224) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2001 10 21.31035 03 29 33.58 +23 01 28.8 22.6R 02CX224 695 Cf0409 2001 10 21.37238 03 29 33.33 +23 01 28.0 02CX224 695 Cf0409 2002 02 06.14037 03 23 37.06 +22 42 02.4 22.4R 02CX224 695 Cf0409 2002 02 07.11522 03 23 37.12 +22 42 00.4 02CX224 695 Cf0409 2002 02 08.12003 03 23 37.29 +22 41 58.4 02CX224 695 Cf0409 2002 08 04.21260 03 35 15.20 +23 29 06.2 23. R 02CX224 950 Ch4187 2002 08 04.22758 03 35 15.25 +23 29 06.2 02CX224 950 Ch4187 2002 08 05.19943 03 35 17.02 +23 29 19.5 02CX224 950 Ch4187 2002 11 07.32780 03 32 16.97 +23 30 21.3 22.1R 02CX224 695 Cg7926 2002 11 07.42347 03 32 16.53 +23 30 20.2 02CX224 695 Cg7926 2002 11 07.43982 03 32 16.47 +23 30 19.9 22.5R 02CX224 568 Cl8371 2002 11 07.48354 03 32 16.25 +23 30 19.3 02CX224 568 Cl8371 2002 11 28.24670 03 30 39.99 +23 25 53.8 22.9R 02CX224 695 Cg7926 2002 11 28.31000 03 30 39.68 +23 25 53.3 22.7R 02CX224 695 Cg7926 2002 12 05.14203 03 30 09.00 +23 24 18.3 22.4R 02CX224 695 Cg9901 2002 12 05.25335 03 30 08.48 +23 24 16.8 02CX224 695 Cg9901 2002 12 06.10759 03 30 04.77 +23 24 05.5 02CX224 695 Cg9901 2002 12 06.24231 03 30 04.14 +23 24 03.0 02CX224 695 Cg9901 2003 10 24.39288 03 37 18.24 +24 04 08.7 22.2R 02CX224 695 Cj8745 2003 10 24.48556 03 37 17.86 +24 04 08.0 02CX224 695 Cj8745 2006 07 30.26605 03 50 53.212 +25 27 53.16 22.5R 02CX224 500 2006 07 30.27045 03 50 53.226 +25 27 53.25 02CX224 500 2006 07 30.27485 03 50 53.238 +25 27 53.34 02CX224 500 2006 07 30.27924 03 50 53.250 +25 27 53.41 02CX224 500
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 -0.13 0.00 0.32 2 0.0002 -3.54 -0.11 0.06 0.04 3 0.2952 -5063.96 -0.07 93.32 0.16 4 0.2979 -5063.67 -0.12 91.17 0.19 5 0.3006 -5061.89 0.04 88.64 -0.10 6 0.7855 4968.40 ( -0.23) 486.34 ( 0.71) 7 0.7855 4969.07 0.03 486.18 0.43 8 0.7882 4995.87 -0.09 493.42 0.10 9 1.0459 2602.96 0.24 1138.70 -0.15 10 1.0462 2596.82 0.30 1139.08 -0.16 11 1.0462 2595.95 0.37 1138.99 -0.34 12 1.0463 2592.86 0.13 1139.13 -0.38 13 1.1032 1243.26 -0.07 1199.43 -0.09 14 1.1034 1239.00 -0.20 1199.97 0.32 15 1.1221 806.25 0.07 1209.95 -0.20 16 1.1224 798.94 -0.22 1210.23 -0.10 17 1.1247 746.65 0.36 1211.65 0.38 18 1.1251 737.63 -0.23 1211.32 -0.15 19 2.0071 7101.12 -0.22 2140.59 -0.28 20 2.0073 7095.89 -0.05 2141.11 -0.26 21 4.7720 19084.09 -0.04 4633.45 0.07 22 4.7720 19084.29 0.00 4633.49 0.08 23 4.7720 19084.47 0.00 4633.55 0.09 24 4.7720 19084.65 0.01 4633.59 0.09
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.
02CX224 quality flag:3 Type: CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL axisobj 46.505 46.505 46.505 ecceobj 0.128 0.128 0.128 incobj 16.797 16.797 16.797 qmin 39.313 39.253 39.291 qmax 53.467 53.472 53.503 amean 46.204 46.204 46.204 amin 45.819 45.814 45.827 amax 46.628 46.632 46.641 emean 0.133 0.133 0.133 emin 0.121 0.121 0.121 emax 0.147 0.147 0.147 imean 16.018 16.018 16.018 imin 15.643 15.639 15.641 imax 16.379 16.378 16.379 fracstop 1.000 1.000 1.000 cjmean 3.011 3.011 3.011 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 191.8 191.8 191.7 kozaiamp 180.0 180.0 180.0