Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 120181

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: 120181    
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:21 2008
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting   22 observations of   22
# Arc:   3.98y
# First observation: 2001/10/06
#  Last observation: 2005/09/30
# Chi-squared of fit:   114.52 DOF:   38 RMS:  0.40
# Min/Max residuals:    -1.77    0.80
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  2.181464E-05  4.898009E-02  4.591212E-07 -1.834039E-03  3.800454E-02 -3.913980E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00  0.0000E+00
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -1.754345    4.588329   -0.143004   -0.030300   -0.985425  2452188.837923
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2452190.5000  =  2001/10/08
Mean Anomaly:          338.91382 +/-     0.000
Argument of Peri:      248.64048 +/-     0.000
Long of Asc Node:      146.46294 +/-     0.000
Inclination:             2.71843 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.17609478 +/-    0.0000
Semi-Major Axis:     32.46422816 +/-    0.0000
Time of Perihelion: 2456147.8233 +/-       0.0
Perihelion:          26.74744715 +/-    0.0000
Aphelion:            38.18100916 +/-    0.0000
Period (y)              184.9762 +/-      0.00
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           27.18955437 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Y            2.33147416 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Z           -0.80551418 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00057590 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00349510 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00012322 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   27.30125882 +/-    0.0000
Geocenter to KBO     26.31272378 +/-    0.0000
# Hcoef:  7.01

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 120181. 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 (120181) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2001 10  06.33718  00 19 37.68   +00 12 46.8   21.0R 120181    644  Cl0106      
2001 10  11.33111  00 19 05.89   +00 09 20.2   21.1R 120181    644  Cl0106      
2001 10  17.25494  00 18 29.14   +00 05 23.5   21.0R 120181    644  Cl0106      
2002 10  05.20787  00 30 17.45   +01 14 55.2   21.1R 120181    644  Cl0106      
2002 10  06.21964  00 30 10.85   +01 14 12.6   20.8R 120181    644  Cl0106      
2003 10  19.27417  00 39 23.07   +02 06 41.9         120181    691  Ck3858      
2003 10  19.30235  00 39 22.90   +02 06 40.6         120181    691  Ck3858      
2003 10  19.33032  00 39 22.73   +02 06 39.9         120181    691  Ck3858      
2003 10  24.19583  00 38 52.51   +02 03 30.2   20.8R 120181    695  Cj5825      
2003 10  24.29463  00 38 51.89   +02 03 26.4         120181    695  Cj5825      
2003 11  20.10495  00 36 35.30   +01 49 41.0   20.9R 120181    695  Cj5825      
2003 11  20.19075  00 36 34.93   +01 49 38.9         120181    695  Cj5825      
2004 07  17.03361  00 56 50.32   +03 56 16.1         120181    246  Cl0703      
2004 07  17.04035  00 56 50.30   +03 56 15.8         120181    246  Cl0703      
2004 07  20.14382  00 56 50.842  +03 56 01.96  21.5V 120181    J86  Cl0750      
2004 07  22.11268  00 56 50.524  +03 55 49.15        120181    J86  Cl0750      
2004 12  11.10679  00 46 03.18   +02 44 58.0   20.9R 120181    290  Cm4099      
2004 12  11.20973  00 46 03.03   +02 44 56.9   21.1R 120181    290  Cm4099      
2004 12  12.07074  00 46 01.78   +02 44 52.5   21.4R 120181    290  Cm4099      
2004 12  12.12898  00 46 01.70   +02 44 52.2   21.3R 120181    290  Cm4099      
2005 09  30.31759  01 02 47.47   +04 22 16.9   21.0R 120181    688  Co3932      
2005 09  30.41308  01 02 46.85   +04 22 12.9         120181    688  Co3932      

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    -0.28       0.00    -1.77
  2   0.0137      0.00     0.80       0.00     0.38
  3   0.0299      0.00    -0.26       0.00     0.08
  4   0.9962      0.00    -0.39       0.00    -0.35
  5   0.9990      0.00    -0.18       0.00     0.25
  6   2.0341      0.00     0.44       0.00    -0.28
  7   2.0341      0.00     0.61       0.00    -0.45
  8   2.0342      0.00     0.75       0.00    -0.03
  9   2.0475      0.00    -0.10       0.00     0.27
 10   2.0478      0.00    -0.21       0.00     0.24
 11   2.1212      0.00     0.11       0.00     0.33
 12   2.1214      0.00    -0.33       0.00     0.11
 13   2.7781      0.00     0.19       0.00     0.07
 14   2.7781      0.00    -0.14       0.00    -0.21
 15   2.7866      0.00    -0.15       0.00     0.16
 16   2.7920      0.00    -0.15       0.00     0.52
 17   3.1808      0.00     0.01       0.00     0.22
 18   3.1810      0.00     0.25       0.00    -0.29
 19   3.1834      0.00    -0.15       0.00    -0.12
 20   3.1836      0.00    -0.04       0.00    -0.13
 21   3.9835      0.00    -0.04       0.00    -0.01
 22   3.9838      0.00     0.20       0.00     0.04

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.

120181    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj       32.620    32.620    32.620
ecceobj        0.179     0.179     0.179
incobj         2.715     2.715     2.715
qmin          26.778    26.778    26.778
qmax          40.805    41.439    41.354
amean         33.349    33.124    33.212
amin          32.620    32.545    32.620
amax          34.306    34.729    34.735
emean          0.181     0.178     0.179
emin           0.171     0.171     0.170
emax           0.192     0.193     0.197
imean          1.737     1.709     1.794
imin           1.641     1.512     1.744
imax           1.796     1.796     1.816
fracstop       0.002     0.002     0.002
cjmean         2.973     2.973     2.973

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      244.2     240.3     242.3
kozaiamp         9.2      14.5      11.9