Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 02PE149

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: 02PE149   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:49 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    3 observations of    3
# Arc:   1.04d
# First observation: 2002/08/11
#  Last observation: 2002/08/12
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     1.22 DOF:    2 RMS:  0.11
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.15    0.14
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.523204E-05  2.304256E-02  2.806161E-07  5.289520E-04  2.381580E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  3.2606E-11  4.6670E-08 -5.4610E-13 -8.4379E-10  7.7303E-09  0.0000E+00
  4.6670E-08  6.9933E-05 -8.0880E-10 -1.2501E-06  1.1452E-05  0.0000E+00
 -5.4610E-13 -8.0880E-10  8.8712E-13 -3.2600E-10 -1.3302E-10  0.0000E+00
 -8.4379E-10 -1.2501E-06 -3.2600E-10  3.2129E-07 -2.0557E-07  0.0000E+00
  7.7303E-09  1.1452E-05 -1.3302E-10 -2.0557E-07  1.8832E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  1.7775E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -6.063843  -50.149087   -0.145572   -0.106385   -1.001186  2452497.650863
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452490.5000  =  2002/08/04
Mean Anomaly:            9.60187 +/-   143.078
Argument of Peri:      272.77579 +/-   209.606
Long of Asc Node:       27.30253 +/-    14.832
Inclination:             6.07122 +/-     0.357
Eccentricity:         0.01421269 +/-    0.5640
Semi-Major Axis:     43.59697143 +/-   22.4790
Time of Perihelion: 2449686.1243 +/-  672646.4
Perihelion:          42.97734121 +/-   33.1004
Aphelion:            44.21660165 +/-   33.5315
Period (y)              287.8675 +/-    222.64
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           27.51275583 +/-    1.5415
Ecliptic Y          -32.72915468 +/-    1.8472
Ecliptic Z           -4.43556119 +/-    0.2556
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00203001 +/-    0.0012
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00168988 +/-    0.0013
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00006068 +/-    0.0002
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   42.98631762 +/-    1.7182
Geocenter to KBO     41.98893615 +/-    2.4194
# Hcoef:  6.65

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02PE149. 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 (02PE149) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2002 08  11.15012  20 56 15.05   -23 36 54.3   22.6R 02PE149   807  Cg3357      
2002 08  12.08848  20 56 10.47   -23 37 11.0         02PE149   807  Cg3357      
2002 08  12.18796  20 56 09.99   -23 37 12.4         02PE149   807  Cg3357      

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     0.01       0.00     0.01
  2   0.0026    -65.11    -0.14       1.47    -0.15
  3   0.0028    -71.83     0.12       1.96     0.14

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.

02PE149    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj       41.723    41.723    41.723
ecceobj        0.097     0.097     0.097
incobj         6.087     6.087     6.087
qmin          34.618    34.627    34.658
qmax          49.125    49.355    49.203
amean         41.768    41.768    41.768
amin          41.420    41.422    41.434
amax          42.170    42.166    42.144
emean          0.097     0.097     0.097
emin           0.058     0.058     0.058
emax           0.169     0.171     0.170
imean          4.437     4.437     4.437
imin           2.025     2.024     2.025
imax           7.414     7.414     7.416
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         3.056     3.056     3.056

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      180.8     180.7     180.9
kozaiamp       180.0     179.9     180.0