The following information shows the result of the orbit fit based on Gary Bernstein's method. Most of the information should be self-explanatory. Take special note that while the original Bernstein software works with barycentric coordinates, we convert these results into a heliocentric coordinate system.
# Object: 00SM331 # Created Tue Apr 23 01:10:13 2024 # Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism # Fitting 6 observations of 6 # Arc: 1.13d # First observation: 2000/09/23 # Last observation: 2000/09/24 # WARNING Fitting with energy constraint # WARNING and with gdot fixed = 0 # WARNING MRQMIN stopped after 13 iterations -- oscilliatory solution # Chi-squared of fit: 1.46 DOF: 8 RMS: 0.09 # Min/Max residuals: -0.18 0.12 # Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot: 1.618923E-05 2.747720E-02 4.838119E-06 7.416192E-03 2.744720E-02 0.000000E+00 # Covariance matrix: 1.6605E-10 2.8566E-07 1.2827E-11 2.3128E-08 8.6881E-08 0.0000E+00 2.8566E-07 4.9322E-04 2.2131E-08 3.9901E-05 1.4989E-04 0.0000E+00 1.2827E-11 2.2131E-08 1.3851E-12 1.6481E-09 6.7275E-09 0.0000E+00 2.3128E-08 3.9901E-05 1.6481E-09 3.3673E-06 1.2129E-05 0.0000E+00 8.6881E-08 1.4989E-04 6.7275E-09 1.2129E-05 4.5566E-05 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 2.7209E-04 # lat0 lon0 xBary yBary zBary JD0 -2.874537 60.419605 0.864118 -0.025212 -0.498441 2451810.924063 # Heliocentric elements and errors Epoch: 2451810.5000 = 2000/09/23 Mean Anomaly: 300.71125 +/- 208.198 Argument of Peri: 51.00990 +/- 284.379 Long of Asc Node: 69.53129 +/- 5.467 Inclination: 15.25773 +/- 8.018 Eccentricity: 0.02549595 +/- 0.6456 Semi-Major Axis: 37.41766805 +/- 21.7270 Time of Perihelion: 2465578.8949 +/- 382566.6 Perihelion: 36.46366896 +/- 32.1230 Aphelion: 38.37166714 +/- 32.8638 Period (y) 228.8881 +/- 199.36 # Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d) Ecliptic X 18.96536818 +/- 4.4179 Ecliptic Y 31.65734529 +/- 7.7825 Ecliptic Z -1.82692322 +/- 0.4493 Ecliptic XDOT -0.00237276 +/- 0.0016 Ecliptic YDOT 0.00139032 +/- 0.0016 Ecliptic ZDOT 0.00073899 +/- 0.0001 # Distances at JD0 (AU) Heliocenter to KBO 36.94875302 +/- 7.0431 Geocenter to KBO 36.43359208 +/- 8.9603 # Hcoef: 8.47
The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 00SM331. 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 (00SM331) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.
2000 09 23.42332 03 55 32.66 +17 25 36.3 24.0R 00SM331 568 Cc1430 2000 09 23.54753 03 55 32.36 +17 25 35.7 23.9R 00SM331 568 Cc1430 2000 09 23.61663 03 55 32.19 +17 25 35.1 00SM331 568 Cc1430 2000 09 24.42582 03 55 30.22 +17 25 29.2 24.0R 00SM331 568 Cc1430 2000 09 24.49186 03 55 30.07 +17 25 28.7 23.8R 00SM331 568 Cc1430 2000 09 24.55453 03 55 29.91 +17 25 28.2 23.8R 00SM331 568 Cc1430
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 -0.07 0.00 -0.12
2 0.0003 -4.33 0.05 0.30 0.12
3 0.0005 -6.83 0.06 0.21 0.01
4 0.0027 -35.63 -0.18 0.24 0.07
5 0.0029 -37.84 0.07 0.19 -0.01
6 0.0031 -40.18 0.08 0.17 -0.06
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.
00SM331 quality flag:0 Type: ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE ERR2LARGE axisobj 0.000 0.000 0.000 ecceobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 incobj -1.000 -1.000 -1.000 qmin 0.000 0.000 0.000 qmax 0.000 0.000 0.000 amean 0.000 0.000 0.000 amin 0.000 0.000 0.000 amax 0.000 0.000 0.000 emean 0.000 0.000 0.000 emin 0.000 0.000 0.000 emax 0.000 0.000 0.000 imean 0.000 0.000 0.000 imin 0.000 0.000 0.000 imax 0.000 0.000 0.000 excite_mean 0.000 0.000 0.000 fracstop 0.000 0.000 0.000 cjmean 0.000 0.000 0.000 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 0.0 0.0 0.0 kozaiamp 0.0 0.0 0.0