Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 79983

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: 79983     
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:19 2008
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting   18 observations of   18
# Arc:   5.08y
# First observation: 1999/02/20
#  Last observation: 2004/03/22
# Chi-squared of fit:    43.67 DOF:   30 RMS:  0.28
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.54    1.00
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.533761E-05  2.707403E-02 -3.650359E-06 -4.677596E-03  2.578468E-02 -2.619889E-05
# 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
    0.576444  151.609408    0.002760    0.009781   -0.995893  2451229.799883
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2451230.5000  =  1999/02/21
Mean Anomaly:            0.33661 +/-     0.000
Argument of Peri:      176.26480 +/-     0.000
Long of Asc Node:      334.84111 +/-     0.000
Inclination:             9.84270 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.13846571 +/-    0.0000
Semi-Major Axis:     46.16329659 +/-    0.0000
Time of Perihelion: 2451123.3793 +/-       0.0
Perihelion:          39.77126307 +/-    0.0000
Aphelion:            52.55533012 +/-    0.0000
Period (y)              313.6559 +/-      0.00
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X          -34.98332051 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Y           18.91507803 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Z            0.39005565 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00137065 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT        -0.00251896 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00049667 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   39.77140914 +/-    0.0000
Geocenter to KBO     38.78275828 +/-    0.0000
# Hcoef:  6.10

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 79983. 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 (79983) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

1999 02  20.29914  10 15 20.02   +11 26 27.0   21.5R 79983     695  Cb7529      
1999 02  20.34947  10 15 19.74   +11 26 27.8   21.5R 79983     695  Cb7529      
1999 02  20.39919  10 15 19.49   +11 26 29.4   21.5R 79983     695  Cb7529      
1999 04  12.37862  10 11 44.10   +11 43 50.9   21.0R 79983     568  Cb7529      
1999 04  12.41296  10 11 44.01   +11 43 51.1   21.0R 79983     568  Cb7529      
1999 05  06.36492  10 11 01.78   +11 46 20.6   21.9R 79983     568  Cb7529      
1999 05  07.23740  10 11 01.23   +11 46 20.6   21.9R 79983     568  Cb7529      
2000 05  06.27118  10 16 26.30   +10 59 08.5   22.1R 79983     568  Cb7529      
2000 05  06.33998  10 16 26.25   +10 59 08.4   22.1R 79983     568  Cb7529      
2000 05  07.24338  10 16 25.62   +10 59 09.0   22.1R 79983     568  Cb7529      
2000 05  07.29106  10 16 25.58   +10 59 09.1   22.0R 79983     568  Cb7529      
2001 02  14.99821  10 26 41.76   +09 47 16.4         79983     950  Cc6424      
2001 02  15.01328  10 26 41.69   +09 47 16.5   22.7R 79983     950  Cc6424      
2001 02  15.03609  10 26 41.57   +09 47 17.2         79983     950  Cc6424      
2001 02  21.19598  10 26 11.44   +09 49 54.8   21.3R 79983     688  Cc6424      
2001 02  21.24398  10 26 11.17   +09 49 56.0         79983     688  Cc6424      
2004 03  22.26853  10 40 10.32   +07 34 18.5   22.4R 79983     662  Ck1971      
2004 03  22.32369  10 40 10.06   +07 34 19.3         79983     662  Ck1971      

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    -0.19       0.00     1.00
  2   0.0001      0.00    -0.02       0.00    -0.43
  3   0.0003      0.00     0.00       0.00    -0.07
  4   0.1398      0.00    -0.24       0.00     0.07
  5   0.1399      0.00    -0.11       0.00    -0.14
  6   0.2055      0.00    -0.22       0.00    -0.20
  7   0.2079      0.00    -0.20       0.00    -0.20
  8   1.2073      0.00     0.11       0.00     0.14
  9   1.2075      0.00     0.22       0.00    -0.03
 10   1.2100      0.00     0.18       0.00    -0.15
 11   1.2101      0.00     0.12       0.00    -0.08
 12   1.9869      0.00     0.07       0.00     0.34
 13   1.9869      0.00     0.13       0.00     0.05
 14   1.9870      0.00     0.02       0.00     0.17
 15   2.0038      0.00     0.46       0.00     0.43
 16   2.0040      0.00     0.00       0.00     0.39
 17   5.0841      0.00     0.01       0.00    -0.02
 18   5.0843      0.00    -0.20       0.00    -0.54

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.

79983    quality flag:3

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL CLASSICAL

axisobj       46.289    46.289    46.289
ecceobj        0.141     0.141     0.141
incobj         9.831     9.831     9.831
qmin          38.947    38.960    39.008
qmax          54.293    54.301    54.300
amean         46.465    46.465    46.459
amin          46.065    46.066    46.063
amax          46.897    46.897    46.916
emean          0.146     0.146     0.145
emin           0.133     0.133     0.133
emax           0.158     0.158     0.158
imean         10.674    10.674    10.673
imin          10.305    10.303    10.298
imax          11.019    11.018    11.017
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         3.063     3.063     3.063

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      189.1     189.1     189.1
kozaiamp       179.9     180.0     179.9