Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 06HQ122

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: 06HQ122   
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:57 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   17 observations of   18
# Arc:   1.94y
# First observation: 2006/04/26
#  Last observation: 2008/04/05
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000042   0.032234  -0.000016   0.012750   0.026655   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    21.49 DOF:   28 RMS:  0.20
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.53    0.33
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.804744E-05  3.234308E-02  5.896176E-06  1.279086E-02  2.710809E-02  2.123935E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  3.2019E-13 -1.8229E-13 -4.7858E-15  1.6825E-14  3.7827E-13  7.2039E-13
 -1.8229E-13  1.0847E-12 -6.1285E-14  3.6177E-13  5.2616E-13  1.6665E-11
 -4.7858E-15 -6.1285E-14  1.9364E-13 -1.7275E-13 -5.9496E-14 -1.2463E-12
  1.6825E-14  3.6177E-13 -1.7275E-13  3.6603E-13  3.1595E-13  7.2323E-12
  3.7827E-13  5.2616E-13 -5.9496E-14  3.1595E-13  1.5513E-12  1.4386E-11
  7.2039E-13  1.6665E-11 -1.2463E-12  7.2323E-12  1.4386E-11  3.3257E-10
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -1.719200 -147.170802   -0.050505   -0.029898   -1.000024  2453851.694314
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2453850.5000  =  2006/04/25
Mean Anomaly:            1.97438 +/-     0.016
Argument of Peri:      345.84516 +/-     0.079
Long of Asc Node:      217.13885 +/-     0.000
Inclination:            21.59926 +/-     0.001
Eccentricity:         0.59391182 +/-    0.0002
Semi-Major Axis:     92.82711471 +/-    0.0473
Time of Perihelion: 2452058.9094 +/-      14.5
Perihelion:          37.69599385 +/-    0.0272
Aphelion:           147.95823557 +/-    0.0778
Period (y)              894.3767 +/-      0.68
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -31.80027205 +/-    0.0014
Ecliptic Y          -20.57835829 +/-    0.0009
Ecliptic Z           -1.10650887 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00156199 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00288784 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00128480 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   37.89393743 +/-    0.0013
Geocenter to KBO     36.88935319 +/-    0.0017
# Hcoef:  6.27

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 06HQ122. 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 (06HQ122) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2006 04  26.19356  14 00 03.92   -14 04 05.8   20.7R 06HQ122   807  Cr3609      
2006 04  26.27932  14 00 03.50   -14 04 03.1         06HQ122   807  Cr3609      
2006 05  01.34734  13 59 39.24   -14 01 13.5   22.0R 06HQ122   695  Cr3609      
2006 05  02.26509  13 59 34.89   -14 00 42.8         06HQ122   695  Cr3609      
2006 05  02.38667  13 59 34.30   -14 00 38.6         06HQ122   695  Cr3609      
2006 05  27.22343  13 57 47.20   -13 47 27.8   21.9R 06HQ122   688  Cr3609      
2006 05  27.30168  13 57 46.83   -13 47 25.4         06HQ122   688  Cr3609      
2006 07  27.99722  13 56 32.35   -13 30 33.5   22.1R 06HQ122   304  Cr5556      
2006 07  28.10387  13 56 32.52   -13 30 33.3         06HQ122   304  Cr5556      
2007 05  08.16212  14 07 20.61   -13 54 19.3   21.9R 06HQ122   304  Cu9001      
2007 05  08.22296  14 07 20.32   -13 54 17.4         06HQ122   304  Cu9001      
2007 05  12.25318  14 07 01.78   -13 52 08.0   21.8R 06HQ122   688  Cv0163      
2007 05  12.31672  14 07 01.50   -13 52 06.5         06HQ122   688  Cv0163      
2007 05  16.28954  14 06 43.71   -13 50 00.2         06HQ122   695  Cu9001      
2007 05  17.28245  14 06 39.37   -13 49 29.3         06HQ122   695  Cu9001      
2007 05  17.37105  14 06 38.99   -13 49 26.7         06HQ122   695  Cu9001      
2008 04  05.33138  14 18 01.41   -14 06 52.5   21.6R 06HQ122   688  Cy5780      
2008 04  05.42486  14 18 00.96   -14 06 49.7         06HQ122   688  Cy5780      

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     0.17       0.00     0.32
  2   0.0002     -6.67     0.23       0.43     0.15
  3   0.0141   -396.52     0.02      37.91     0.08
  4   0.0166   -466.53    -0.06      44.88     0.05
  5   0.0170   -476.04    -0.17      45.86     0.14
  6   0.0850  -2212.86 (   0.64)    248.34 (   0.01)
  7   0.0852  -2218.75    -0.38     248.72    -0.26
  8   0.2541  -3588.62     0.10     820.49    -0.11
  9   0.2544  -3586.37    -0.02     821.54    -0.05
 10   1.0321   5777.09    -0.12    2719.47    -0.18
 11   1.0323   5772.47    -0.11    2719.83    -0.25
 12   1.0433   5474.42    -0.04    2750.48    -0.10
 13   1.0435   5470.08     0.33    2750.51    -0.53
 14   1.0543   5183.34    -0.13    2781.82     0.13
 15   1.0571   5113.35     0.03    2789.53     0.12
 16   1.0573   5107.26     0.27    2790.10     0.03
 17   1.9443  14851.11     0.15    5113.83     0.28
 18   1.9445  14843.97    -0.26    5114.33     0.16

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.

06HQ122    quality flag:3

Type:       SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR  SCATNEAR

axisobj       89.799    89.799    89.799
ecceobj        0.580     0.580     0.580
incobj        21.695    21.695    21.695
qmin          35.796    35.813    35.788
qmax         150.100   149.268   149.600
amean         91.060    90.896    91.001
amin          89.472    89.345    89.430
amax          93.386    93.166    93.245
emean          0.590     0.589     0.589
emin           0.575     0.574     0.574
emax           0.608     0.605     0.607
imean         21.579    21.667    21.717
imin          20.531    20.490    20.502
imax          22.633    22.698    22.636
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.941     2.941     2.940

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      127.9     131.6     128.7
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0     180.0