Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 02XJ91

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: 02XJ91    
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:51 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting    3 observations of    3
# Arc:   1.04d
# First observation: 2002/12/05
#  Last observation: 2002/12/06
# WARNING Fitting with energy constraint
# WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0
# Chi-squared of fit:     0.43 DOF:    2 RMS:  0.07
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.12    0.10
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.728179E-05  3.647030E-02  2.358728E-06  5.213606E-03  3.244231E-02  0.000000E+00
# Covariance matrix:
  4.9829E-11  9.9960E-08  6.5790E-13  1.4194E-09  1.6102E-08  0.0000E+00
  9.9960E-08  2.0389E-04  1.3379E-09  2.8856E-06  3.2740E-05  0.0000E+00
  6.5790E-13  1.3379E-09  5.9304E-13 -1.5022E-10  2.1514E-10  0.0000E+00
  1.4194E-09  2.8856E-06 -1.5022E-10  3.4368E-07  4.6408E-07  0.0000E+00
  1.6102E-08  3.2740E-05  2.1514E-10  4.6408E-07  5.2651E-06  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  4.4932E-04
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    3.867182   61.705461   -0.186230    0.064957   -0.961208  2452613.663023
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452610.5000  =  2002/12/02
Mean Anomaly:            4.55077 +/-    35.245
Argument of Peri:       19.94166 +/-   102.690
Long of Asc Node:       37.40449 +/-     7.946
Inclination:             8.93220 +/-     2.682
Eccentricity:         0.04173060 +/-    0.5812
Semi-Major Axis:     33.16890319 +/-   17.8493
Time of Perihelion: 2451728.4818 +/-  146377.8
Perihelion:          31.78474493 +/-   25.7722
Aphelion:            34.55306145 +/-   26.7841
Period (y)              191.0314 +/-    154.20
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           14.86845087 +/-    1.0312
Ecliptic Y           28.02108688 +/-    1.9152
Ecliptic Z            2.07896593 +/-    0.1470
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00273142 +/-    0.0012
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00142901 +/-    0.0016
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00043919 +/-    0.0001
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   31.78953036 +/-    1.7557
Geocenter to KBO     30.82394509 +/-    2.1801
# Hcoef:  8.26

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 02XJ91. 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 (02XJ91) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2002 12  05.16228  03 54 58.75   +24 17 18.9   22.9R 02XJ91    695  Ch0143      
2002 12  05.27279  03 54 57.98   +24 17 16.8         02XJ91    695  Ch0143      
2002 12  06.19828  03 54 51.78   +24 17 00.1         02XJ91    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     0.10       0.00     0.04
  2   0.0003    -10.73    -0.12       0.12    -0.04
  3   0.0028    -97.13     0.01       1.33     0.00

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.

02XJ91    quality flag:3

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

axisobj       39.753    39.753    39.753
ecceobj        0.274     0.274     0.274
incobj         8.406     8.406     8.406
qmin          27.797    27.797    27.795
qmax          51.587    51.584    51.597
amean         39.455    39.455    39.455
amin          39.044    39.043    39.045
amax          39.944    39.955    39.936
emean          0.269     0.269     0.269
emin           0.250     0.250     0.250
emax           0.294     0.294     0.294
imean          7.437     7.448     7.422
imin           5.880     5.876     5.872
imax           8.621     8.629     8.611
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.949     2.949     2.949

libcent 0      180.3     180.0     180.0
libamp  0       57.6      57.0      57.2
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      155.4     155.0     155.8
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0