"Pseudo-MPEC" for S/2003 J 23

Created Mon Feb 02 15:36:56 2004 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
    SK03J230  C2003 02 06.45622 09 04 23.66 +17 04 51.4          23.5 R EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 06.47625 09 04 22.90 +17 04 53.9                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 09.52620 09 02 31.57 +17 11 40.2                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 09.53469 09 02 31.22 +17 11 41.6                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.44958 08 53 22.60 +17 45 03.0                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.45775 08 53 22.34 +17 45 04.2                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.47360 08 53 21.83 +17 45 05.9          23.4 R EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.48177 08 53 21.52 +17 45 06.7          23.8 R EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.48930 08 53 21.33 +17 45 07.9          23.8 R EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.50451 08 53 20.85 +17 45 09.8          23.4 R EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 25.51985 08 53 20.41 +17 45 10.7                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 27.47205 08 52 19.57 +17 48 55.0                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 27.48692 08 52 19.11 +17 48 56.5                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 02 27.50178 08 52 18.64 +17 48 58.2                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 03 07.25711 08 48 37.61 +18 02 35.6                 EB081568
    SK03J230  C2003 03 07.32112 08 48 35.88 +18 02 41.8                 EB081568

Station data:
(568) Mauna Kea (N19.8262 W155.4722).   Observers D. C. Jewitt, S. S.
    Sheppard, J. Kleyna.  Measurer S. S. Sheppard.  8.3-m Subaru reflector +
    CCD.

Orbital elements:
S/2003 J 23
   Perijove 2003 Mar 7.607847 TT
Epoch 2003 Dec 27.0 TT = JDT 2453000.5                  Find_Orb
M 139.58201              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.47413632     Peri.  268.71809     -0.70872380      0.57098581     
a   0.1603873      Node    54.07695      0.64922680      0.75769603     
e   0.3089636      Incl.  149.22515     -0.27607085      0.31602517     
P   2.08 /759.26d  H   16.4           G   0.15      q 0.1108335
From 16 observations 2003 Feb. 6-Mar. 7;   RMS error 0.493 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
030206 568  .19+  .05+    030225 568  .23-  .19-    030227 568  .49+  .39+    
030206 568  .03+  .11-    030225 568  .89-  .31-    030227 568  .41+  .46+    
030209 568  .14+  .07-    030225 568  .13-  .03+    030307 568  .07-  .01-    
030209 568  .38-  .22+    030225 568  .01+  .21+    030307 568  .16-  .14-    
030225 568  .33-  .35-    030225 568  .77+  .63-    
030225 568  .27-  .08-    030227 568  .42+  .53+    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
 2 Feb 2004  11 19 30.559   +07 20 21.53  4.3998 5.2334 144.5 23.6
 7 Feb 2004  11 18 00.560   +07 32 36.71  4.3574 5.2345 150.0 23.6
12 Feb 2004  11 16 17.182   +07 45 56.48  4.3217 5.2358 155.5 23.5
17 Feb 2004  11 14 22.189   +08 00 07.08  4.2931 5.2372 161.0 23.4
22 Feb 2004  11 12 17.723   +08 14 52.68  4.2720 5.2389 166.5 23.4
27 Feb 2004  11 10 06.290   +08 29 55.44  4.2585 5.2407 171.9 23.4
 3 Mar 2004  11 07 50.547   +08 44 57.18  4.2528 5.2427 176.5 23.4
 8 Mar 2004  11 05 33.147   +08 59 40.46  4.2550 5.2449 175.3 23.4
13 Mar 2004  11 03 16.683   +09 13 49.10  4.2650 5.2473 170.2 23.4
18 Mar 2004  11 01 03.733   +09 27 07.80  4.2827 5.2498 164.8 23.4
23 Mar 2004  10 58 56.916   +09 39 21.61  4.3078 5.2525 159.4 23.5
28 Mar 2004  10 56 58.705   +09 50 17.01  4.3403 5.2554 154.0 23.6
 2 Apr 2004  10 55 11.243   +09 59 43.13  4.3795 5.2585 148.6 23.6
 7 Apr 2004  10 53 36.292   +10 07 31.87  4.4252 5.2617 143.3 23.7
12 Apr 2004  10 52 15.270   +10 13 37.57  4.4768 5.2651 138.0 23.7
17 Apr 2004  10 51 09.414   +10 17 55.67  4.5339 5.2686 132.9 23.8
22 Apr 2004  10 50 19.752   +10 20 22.72  4.5959 5.2723 127.8 23.9
27 Apr 2004  10 49 46.963   +10 20 57.16  4.6624 5.2762 122.8 23.9
 2 May 2004  10 49 31.356   +10 19 39.50  4.7327 5.2802 117.9 24.0
 7 May 2004  10 49 32.924   +10 16 31.91  4.8061 5.2843 113.1 24.0