Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 97SZ10

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: 97SZ10    
# Created Fri May  2 02:36:26 2008
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting   20 observations of   21
# Arc:   3.05y
# First observation: 1997/09/07
#  Last observation: 2000/09/24
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  -0.000319   0.041733   0.000035   0.008677   0.032231   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:    95.29 DOF:   34 RMS:  0.39
# Min/Max residuals:    -1.21    0.58
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.852725E-05  4.225980E-02  3.059548E-06  8.819576E-03  3.313334E-02  4.919399E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  3.2128E-13  1.9624E-14 -8.8982E-15  3.0225E-14  3.5510E-13  1.1156E-12
  1.9624E-14  8.8667E-13 -5.6691E-14  1.9330E-13  7.1447E-13  7.2693E-12
 -8.8982E-15 -5.6691E-14  1.5552E-13 -8.0137E-14 -5.4082E-14 -5.0374E-13
  3.0225E-14  1.9330E-13 -8.0137E-14  1.0329E-13  1.8420E-13  1.7173E-12
  3.5510E-13  7.1447E-13 -5.4082E-14  1.8420E-13  1.1060E-12  6.8904E-12
  1.1156E-12  7.2693E-12 -5.0374E-13  1.7173E-12  6.8904E-12  6.4536E-11
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    0.626712   13.227074    0.472275    0.009438   -0.880554  2450698.947291
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2450690.5000  =  1997/08/30
Mean Anomaly:            9.18418 +/-     0.015
Argument of Peri:      341.66716 +/-     0.037
Long of Asc Node:        9.42261 +/-     0.000
Inclination:            11.77180 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.37054323 +/-    0.0001
Semi-Major Axis:     48.44935056 +/-    0.0070
Time of Perihelion: 2447548.0505 +/-       5.1
Perihelion:          30.49677183 +/-    0.0063
Aphelion:            66.40192928 +/-    0.0107
Period (y)              337.2408 +/-      0.07
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           30.35134535 +/-    0.0009
Ecliptic Y            6.64319285 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic Z            0.33022299 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00040668 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00349810 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT         0.00073303 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   31.07161442 +/-    0.0009
Geocenter to KBO     30.18108320 +/-    0.0010
# Hcoef:  8.55

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 97SZ10. 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 (97SZ10) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

1997 09  07.44656  00 47 41.90   +05 47 57.8   23.0R 97SZ10    675  Ca0035      
1997 09  07.46976  00 47 41.78   +05 47 57.3   23.1R 97SZ10    675  Ca0035      
1997 09  24.43753  00 46 08.92   +05 39 50.7         97SZ10    568  Ca0035      
1997 09  24.51529  00 46 08.55   +05 39 48.5         97SZ10    568  Ca0035      
1997 09  27.34124  00 45 52.03   +05 38 18.8         97SZ10    696  Ca0035      
1997 09  27.43969  00 45 51.43   +05 38 16.1   23.0R 97SZ10    696  Ca0035      
1997 10  27.20396  00 42 59.39   +05 22 43.6         97SZ10    675  Ca0404      
1997 10  27.23100  00 42 59.23   +05 22 42.7         97SZ10    675  Ca0404      
1997 10  27.23811  00 42 59.21   +05 22 42.7         97SZ10    675  Ca0404      
1998 10  16.33632  00 52 14.07   +06 52 52.4         97SZ10    568  Ca3333      
1998 10  16.39944  00 52 13.67   +06 52 50.6         97SZ10    568  Ca3333      
1998 10  16.42354  00 52 13.52   +06 52 50.1         97SZ10    568  Ca3333      
1998 10  16.45345  00 52 13.38   +06 52 48.7         97SZ10    568  Ca3333      
1998 10  16.51749  00 52 12.96   +06 52 46.7   22.9R 97SZ10    568  Ca3333      
1998 12  12.84052  00 48 18.21   +06 31 45.7         97SZ10    950  Ca3333      
1998 12  14.82509  00 48 15.69   +06 31 35.0         97SZ10    950  Ca3333      
2000 08  07.33685  01 13 50.00   +10 01 19.0   23.5R 97SZ10    809  Cc2106      
2000 08  07.39804  01 13 49.88   +10 01 19.2   23.2R 97SZ10    809  Cc2106      
2000 08  07.41861  01 13 49.84   +10 01 19.0   23.7R 97SZ10    809  Cc2106      
2000 09  24.39173  01 10 39.64   +09 48 32.0         97SZ10    568  Cb8918      
2000 09  24.41127  01 10 39.54   +09 48 32.1         97SZ10    568  Cb8918      

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     0.34       0.00     0.24
  2   0.0001     -1.84     0.37       0.24     0.33
  3   0.0465  -1467.88     0.15      91.94     0.23
  4   0.0467  -1473.82 (   1.45)     92.06 (  -0.11)
  5   0.0545  -1735.89    -0.15     105.61    -1.21
  6   0.0547  -1745.19    -0.19     106.61    -0.77
  7   0.1362  -4474.73    -0.10     251.29     0.46
  8   0.1363  -4477.28    -0.31     251.40     0.43
  9   0.1363  -4477.56     0.03     251.51     0.51
 10   1.1058   5252.58     0.03    2014.32    -0.39
 11   1.1060   5246.38    -0.22    2014.96    -0.07
 12   1.1060   5244.13    -0.21    2015.37     0.21
 13   1.1061   5241.66     0.14    2014.88    -0.42
 14   1.1063   5235.12    -0.40    2015.46    -0.17
 15   1.2632   1521.40    -0.01    2210.26     0.35
 16   1.2687   1482.64     0.49    2215.01     0.17
 17   2.9155  27502.67    -0.04    5163.79     0.27
 18   2.9157  27501.07    -0.02    5164.64     0.58
 19   2.9157  27500.44    -0.11    5164.68     0.43
 20   3.0471  24561.25    -0.08    5507.85    -0.83
 21   3.0471  24559.90     0.32    5508.50    -0.31

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.

97SZ10    quality flag:3

Type:           2:1E      2:1E      2:1E

axisobj       48.527    48.547    48.506
ecceobj        0.371     0.371     0.371
incobj        11.771    11.770    11.771
qmin          29.646    29.583    29.434
qmax          66.976    67.162    67.197
amean         47.797    47.797    47.797
amin          47.169    47.180    47.214
amax          48.556    48.566    48.535
emean          0.341     0.331     0.348
emin           0.298     0.267     0.308
emax           0.380     0.383     0.385
imean         13.986    14.727    13.330
imin          11.374    10.975    10.754
imax          16.902    18.440    16.088
fracstop       1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean         2.926     2.926     2.926

libcent 0       77.0      78.4      74.0
libamp  0       44.2      42.4      34.4
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      289.1     260.9     324.7
kozaiamp       180.0     180.0      31.0