Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 02XD91

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: 02XD91    
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:51 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    3 observations of    3
# Arc:  23.73h
# First observation: 2002/12/04
#  Last observation: 2002/12/05
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     1.71 DOF:    2 RMS:  0.13
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.21    0.24
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.666246E-05  3.109271E-02 -1.053292E-06 -3.855697E-03  2.917954E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  4.2471E-11  7.6464E-08 -2.0301E-13 -3.3737E-10  1.2275E-08  0.0000E+00
  7.6464E-08  1.4038E-04 -3.7128E-10 -6.1630E-07  2.2439E-05  0.0000E+00
 -2.0301E-13 -3.7128E-10  5.6004E-13 -1.5028E-10 -5.9472E-11  0.0000E+00
 -3.3737E-10 -6.1630E-07 -1.5028E-10  3.3518E-07 -9.8781E-08  0.0000E+00
  1.2275E-08  2.2439E-05 -5.9472E-11 -9.8781E-08  3.5953E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  3.2693E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    1.477846   83.479741    0.198392    0.024779   -0.960817  2452612.847213
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452610.5000  =  2002/12/02
Mean Anomaly:          348.73015 +/-   201.235
Argument of Peri:      180.49352 +/-   268.994
Long of Asc Node:      274.64398 +/-     4.399
Inclination:             7.18311 +/-     2.709
Eccentricity:         0.03449540 +/-    0.5759
Semi-Major Axis:     36.46873251 +/-   19.4256
Time of Perihelion: 2455128.7286 +/-  205838.4
Perihelion:          35.21072887 +/-   28.1579
Aphelion:            37.72673614 +/-   29.0677
Period (y)              220.2365 +/-    175.97
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X            4.19480587 +/-    0.2530
Ecliptic Y           34.97493853 +/-    2.2118
Ecliptic Z            0.88381543 +/-    0.0574
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00290473 +/-    0.0009
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00033681 +/-    0.0017
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00036144 +/-    0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   35.23668331 +/-    2.1956
Geocenter to KBO     34.27058462 +/-    2.2269
# Hcoef:  7.61

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02XD91. 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 (02XD91) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2002 12  04.34647  05 31 16.57   +24 45 17.1   22.7R 02XD91    695  Ch0143      
2002 12  04.45220  05 31 15.89   +24 45 16.9         02XD91    695  Ch0143      
2002 12  05.33507  05 31 10.36   +24 45 11.4         02XD91    695  Ch0143      

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     0.04       0.00    -0.21
  2   0.0003     -9.26    -0.04       0.26     0.24
  3   0.0027    -84.77     0.00      -1.48    -0.03

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.

02XD91    quality flag:2

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR   REMOVED

axisobj       40.165    40.165    40.165
ecceobj        0.232     0.232     0.232
incobj         6.974     6.974     6.974
qmin          29.419    29.300    30.436
qmax          55.262    51.243    50.652
amean         39.527    38.612    39.505
amin          37.211    35.865    38.763
amax          43.155    41.198    40.785
emean          0.221     0.208     0.219
emin           0.188     0.151     0.204
emax           0.281     0.246     0.244
imean          9.188     8.800     8.828
imin           7.066     5.969     8.522
imax          10.337    10.914     9.249
fracstop       0.109     0.108     0.032
cjmean         2.970     2.970     2.972

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      201.7     181.2     150.7
kozaiamp       179.8     179.6      54.7