"Pseudo-MPEC" for S/2003 S 1

Created Thu Feb 26 15:39:50 2004 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
    SK03S010  C2003 02  5.22404 05 31 40.42 +21 54 00.7          24.5 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 02  5.32186 05 31 39.57 +21 54 02.5                      568
    SK03S010  C2003 02  6.22399 05 31 32.38 +21 54 18.9          24.2 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 02  6.24979 05 31 32.16 +21 54 19.0          24.2 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 02 23.33250 05 30 27.23 +22 00 16.4                      568
    SK03S010  C2003 02 24.28470 05 30 27.73 +22 00 39.2          24.0 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 03  4.34024 05 30 49.29 +22 04 02.1               R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 03  4.37686 05 30 49.45 +22 04 03.0                      568
    SK03S010  C2003 04  2.27247 05 36 13.41 +22 18 05.9          23.9 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 04  2.29013 05 36 13.71 +22 18 06.3          24.0 R      568
    SK03S010  C2003 04  3.27522 05 36 31.01 +22 18 36.9                      568
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.12121 06 35 23.99 +23 08 27.3                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.19446 06 35 22.53 +23 08 28.6                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.19865 06 35 22.46 +23 08 29.0                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.20281 06 35 22.38 +23 08 29.4                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.20696 06 35 22.29 +23 08 29.1                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.21111 06 35 22.21 +23 08 29.3                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.21525 06 35 22.12 +23 08 29.4                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.21940 06 35 22.06 +23 08 29.5                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 01 24.22355 06 35 21.99 +23 08 29.5                      675
    SK03S010  C2004 02 23.33887 06 28 12.94 +23 16 30.7               R      568
    SK03S010  C2004 02 23.35689 06 28 12.78 +23 16 30.9          23.9 R      568
    SK03S010  C2004 02 24.33176 06 28 05.31 +23 16 39.3          23.8 R      568
    SK03S010  C2004 02 24.34075 06 28 05.19 +23 16 39.3                      568

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.
(675) Palomar Mountain (N33.3561 W116.8640).

Orbital elements:
S/2003 S 1
   Perisaturn 2004 Jul 27.725164 TT
Epoch 2004 Feb  5.0 TT = JDT 2453040.5                  Find_Orb
M 298.15031              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.35602032     Peri.  173.35860      0.98563839      0.16269968     
a   0.1298824      Node   183.76546      0.10493124     -0.38021597     
e   0.3181043      Incl.  136.47074      0.13231173     -0.91047494     
P   2.77           H   14.2           G   0.15      q 0.0885663
From 24 observations 2003 Feb. 5-2004 Feb. 24;   RMS error 0.332 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
030205 568  .28-  .06-    030402 568  .50+  .25-    040124 675  .05-  .05+    
030205 568  .29-  .01-    030402 568  .47+  .36-    040124 675  .15-  .05+    
030206 568  .29-  .25+    030403 568  .70+  .03+    040124 675  .16+  .05+    
030206 568  .39-  .14-    040124 675  .18-  .25+    040124 675  .34+  .04-    
030223 568  .13+  .16+    040124 675  .22-  .25-    040223 568  .24+  .07-    
030224 568  .17+  .22+    040124 675  .03-  .05+    040223 568  .10+  .01-    
030304 568  .06-  .06+    040124 675  .01+  .35+    040224 568  .20+  .07-    
030304 568  .07-  .06+    040124 675  .09-  .05-    040224 568  .48-  .14-    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
25 Feb 2004  06 28 00.448   +23 16 44.86  8.5747 9.1206 120.8 24.1
27 Feb 2004  06 27 47.143   +23 17 00.22  8.6033 9.1202 118.7 24.1
29 Feb 2004  06 27 35.759   +23 17 13.79  8.6324 9.1198 116.6 24.1
 2 Mar 2004  06 27 26.309   +23 17 25.58  8.6621 9.1193 114.6 24.1
 4 Mar 2004  06 27 18.801   +23 17 35.61  8.6923 9.1189 112.6 24.2
 6 Mar 2004  06 27 13.239   +23 17 43.89  8.7228 9.1184 110.5 24.2
 8 Mar 2004  06 27 09.626   +23 17 50.43  8.7538 9.1179 108.5 24.2
10 Mar 2004  06 27 07.961   +23 17 55.24  8.7851 9.1174 106.5 24.2
12 Mar 2004  06 27 08.244   +23 17 58.33  8.8167 9.1168 104.5 24.2
14 Mar 2004  06 27 10.476   +23 17 59.70  8.8486 9.1163 102.5 24.2
16 Mar 2004  06 27 14.656   +23 17 59.37  8.8807 9.1157 100.6 24.2
18 Mar 2004  06 27 20.780   +23 17 57.33  8.9130 9.1151  98.6 24.2
20 Mar 2004  06 27 28.841   +23 17 53.57  8.9455 9.1145  96.6 24.2
22 Mar 2004  06 27 38.828   +23 17 48.08  8.9780 9.1138  94.7 24.2
24 Mar 2004  06 27 50.726   +23 17 40.83  9.0107 9.1131  92.8 24.3
26 Mar 2004  06 28 04.513   +23 17 31.82  9.0434 9.1124  90.8 24.3
28 Mar 2004  06 28 20.167   +23 17 21.02  9.0760 9.1117  88.9 24.3
30 Mar 2004  06 28 37.662   +23 17 08.42  9.1086 9.1109  87.0 24.3
 1 Apr 2004  06 28 56.972   +23 16 53.98  9.1411 9.1102  85.1 24.3
 3 Apr 2004  06 29 18.067   +23 16 37.70  9.1735 9.1094  83.2 24.3
 5 Apr 2004  06 29 40.917   +23 16 19.55  9.2057 9.1086  81.3 24.3
 7 Apr 2004  06 30 05.493   +23 15 59.51  9.2378 9.1077  79.4 24.3
 9 Apr 2004  06 30 31.768   +23 15 37.56  9.2696 9.1069  77.6 24.3
11 Apr 2004  06 30 59.716   +23 15 13.67  9.3012 9.1060  75.7 24.3
13 Apr 2004  06 31 29.311   +23 14 47.81  9.3324 9.1051  73.9 24.3
15 Apr 2004  06 32 00.527   +23 14 19.95  9.3634 9.1041  72.0 24.3
17 Apr 2004  06 32 33.333   +23 13 50.05  9.3940 9.1032  70.2 24.3
19 Apr 2004  06 33 07.697   +23 13 18.08  9.4242 9.1022  68.4 24.3
21 Apr 2004  06 33 43.584   +23 12 43.99  9.4541 9.1012  66.6 24.3
23 Apr 2004  06 34 20.958   +23 12 07.75  9.4834 9.1002  64.8 24.3
25 Apr 2004  06 34 59.780   +23 11 29.31  9.5123 9.0992  63.0 24.3
27 Apr 2004  06 35 40.009   +23 10 48.65  9.5407 9.0981  61.2 24.3
29 Apr 2004  06 36 21.607   +23 10 05.73  9.5685 9.0970  59.4 24.3
 1 May 2004  06 37 04.532   +23 09 20.52  9.5958 9.0959  57.6 24.3
 3 May 2004  06 37 48.746   +23 08 32.99  9.6225 9.0947  55.8 24.3
 5 May 2004  06 38 34.210   +23 07 43.12  9.6486 9.0936  54.1 24.3
 7 May 2004  06 39 20.889   +23 06 50.88  9.6741 9.0924  52.3 24.3
 9 May 2004  06 40 08.749   +23 05 56.24  9.6990 9.0912  50.6 24.3
11 May 2004  06 40 57.760   +23 04 59.17  9.7232 9.0900  48.8 24.3
13 May 2004  06 41 47.887   +23 03 59.64  9.7467 9.0888  47.1 24.3
15 May 2004  06 42 39.096   +23 02 57.62  9.7694 9.0875  45.4 24.3
17 May 2004  06 43 31.350   +23 01 53.09  9.7915 9.0862  43.6 24.3
19 May 2004  06 44 24.609   +23 00 46.00  9.8128 9.0849  41.9 24.3
21 May 2004  06 45 18.833   +22 59 36.35  9.8334 9.0836  40.2 24.3
23 May 2004  06 46 13.983   +22 58 24.11  9.8531 9.0823  38.5 24.3
25 May 2004  06 47 10.016   +22 57 09.27  9.8721 9.0809  36.8 24.3
27 May 2004  06 48 06.892   +22 55 51.81  9.8902 9.0795  35.1 24.3
29 May 2004  06 49 04.570   +22 54 31.73  9.9075 9.0781  33.4 24.3
31 May 2004  06 50 03.011   +22 53 09.03  9.9239 9.0767  31.7 24.3
 2 Jun 2004  06 51 02.176   +22 51 43.71  9.9395 9.0753  30.0 24.3