"Pseudo-MPEC" for Jupiter VIII

Created Fri Oct 10 13:35:59 2003 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
J008S         C1974  6 26.39236 23 20 42.77 - 5 28 24.3                      711
J008S         C1974  6 28.38889 23 20 55.82 - 5 28 34.0                      711
J008S         C1974  7 25.30556 23 19 16.62 - 6  0 39.7                      711
J008S         C1974  8 13.33704 23 13 15.14 - 6 53 39.8                      711
J008S         C1974  8 16.29201 23 12  1.57 - 7  3 33.7                      711
J008S         C1976  1 31.10417  1 14 48.40 + 6 56 39.5                      711
J008S         C1976 11  1.29271  3 35 26.29 +16 59 38.4                      711
J008S         C1976 11 29.39340  3 20 11.74 +15 58 56.7                      711
J008S         C1977 11 12.41285  6 30  2.96 +22 40 16.6                      711
J008S         C1977 12 09.28242  6 19  1.00 +23 10 42.9                      711
J008S         C1978 01 09.31840  5 59 53.09 +23 40 42.4                      711
J008S         C1980 04 14.21736 10  8 35.80 +13  5 15.1                      711
J008S         C1981 02 14.30838 12 44 38.59 - 4 32 13.3                      711
J008S         C1986 11 30.43291 23  5 34.40 - 8 27 23.5                      381
J008S         C1986 11 30.50637 23  5 35.37 - 8 27 13.6                      381
J008S         C1986 12 01.42373 23  5 47.26 - 8 25 39.3                      381
J008S         C1987 09 22.64369  1 36 34.44 + 8  5 40.1                      381
J008S         C1987 09 22.71715  1 36 32.69 + 8  5 33.2                      381
J008S         C1987 12 16.47119  1  9  9.90 + 6 13 26.5                      381
J008S         C1987 12 16.52199  1  9 10.08 + 6 13 30.6                      381
J008S         C1988 01 20.42204  1 19 48.15 + 7 37 47.4                      381
J008S         C1988 01 20.51665  1 19 51.03 + 7 38  6.9                      381
J008S         C1988 02 15.41622  1 36 21.45 + 9 23 19.2                      381
J008S         C1988 11 05.27853  3 58 11.10 +17 54 17.2                      711
J008S         C1988 11 07.63262  3 56 54.20 +17 50 10.9                      381
J008S         C1988 11 07.69305  3 56 52.16 +17 50  3.7                      381
J008S         C1988 11 08.63737  3 56 20.82 +17 48 23.4                      381
J008S         C1988 11 08.69577  3 56 18.87 +17 48 17.5                      381
J008S         C1988 11 09.54215  3 55 50.58 +17 46 47.0                      381
J008S         C1988 11 09.61941  3 55 47.96 +17 46 38.9                      381
J008S         C1988 11 10.61622  3 55 14.27 +17 44 51.9                      381
J008S         C1988 11 10.64819  3 55 13.13 +17 44 48.4                      381
J008S         C1988 12 05.59709  3 40 54.44 +17  1 45.3                      381
J008S         C1988 12 05.63434  3 40 53.20 +17  1 41.2                      381
J008S         C1988 12 06.49400  3 40 25.74 +17  0 23.2                      381
J008S         C1988 12 06.53860  3 40 24.26 +17  0 19.3                      381
J008S         C1988 12 07.47669  3 39 54.52 +16 58 55.7                      381
J008S         C1988 12 07.54666  3 39 52.24 +16 58 49.2                      381
J008S         C1988 12 08.41665  3 39 25.12 +16 57 33.4                      381
J008S         C1988 12 08.44353  3 39 24.20 +16 57 30.7                      381
J008S         C1988 12 30.21770  3 30 22.75 +16 35 30.1                      711
J008S         C1989 01 30.12451  3 28  1.36 +16 45 15.1                      711
J008S         C1989 02 02.42863  3 28 33.79 +16 49 13.3                      381
J008S         C1989 02 02.46740  3 28 34.21 +16 49 18.3                      381
J008S         C1989 02 03.43039  3 28 45.24 +16 50 31.9                      381
J008S         C1989 02 24.18155  3 35 37.80 +17 27 14.2                      711
J008S         C1989 02 27.41333  3 37  9.70 +17 34 17.7                      381
J008S         C1989 11 21.60788  6 45 33.79 +23  5 43.6                      381
J008S         C1989 12 22.58763  6 32  4.56 +23 35 58.5                      381
J008S         C1992 03 06.09722 10 48 10.49 +09 55 55.9                      809
J008S         C1992 03 08.17222 10 47 00.85 +10 02 26.5                      809
J008S         C1992 03 09.08958 10 46 30.23 +10 05 16.4                      809
J008S         C1992 04 06.15243 10 32 57.69 +11 11 02.0                      809
J008S         C1993 03 19.21875 12 48 26.80 -04 34 20.8                      809
J008S         C1993 03 20.23368 12 48 01.33 -04 31 18.5                      809
J008S         C1993 03 24.19965 12 46 19.57 -04 19 12.8                      809
J008S         C1993 03 26.41022 12 45 21.46 -04 12 22.2                      711
J008S         C1993 03 28.27554 12 44 32.20 -04 06 30.2                      711
J008S         C1993 04 16.29155 12 36 15.68 -03 07 30.1                      711
J008S         C1993 04 21.61042 12 34 09.81 -02 52 24.3                      413
J008S         C1993 05 21.27040 12 26 36.49 -01 56 02.2                      711

Station data:
(381) Tokyo-Kiso (N35.7941 E137.6283).
(413) Siding Spring Observatory (S31.2768 E149.0661).   Observers G. J.
    Garradd, R. H. McNaught.  Measurer R. H. McNaught.  1.0-m f/8 reflector +
    CCD.
(711) McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis (N30.6715 W104.0215).
(809) European Southern Observatory, La Silla (S29.2572 W70.7296).

Orbital elements:
Jupiter VIII
   Perijove 2002 May 16.420617 TT = 10:05:41 (JD 2452410.920617)
Epoch 2003 Mar  2.0 TT = JDT 2452700.5                  Find_Orb
M 142.94721              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.49363741     Peri.  167.66158     -0.92205218      0.24525309     
a   0.1561349      Node   328.03245      0.28929412      0.95064277     
e   0.2381518      Incl.  145.55602      0.25715497     -0.19007689     
P   2.00 /729.27d      q 0.1189512
From 56 observations 1974 Jun. 28-1993 May. 21;   RMS error 0.867 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
740626 711( .16-  .23-)   880120 381  .37-  .78-    890202 381  .61+  1.1-    
740628 711  1.2-  1.0-    880215 381  .67-  .37-    890202 381  .78+  .98+    
740725 711  .29-  .11-    881105 711  .40+  .68-    890203 381  .79-  1.2-    
740813 711  .14-  .14+    881107 381  .22+  .79+    890224 711  .82-  1.4+    
740816 711  .63+  .21-    881107 381  .27+  .01+    890227 381  .08+  .38-    
760131 711  1.1+  .36-    881108 381  .23+  .02-    891121 381( .84-  2.2-)   
761101 711  .33-  .09+    881108 381  .85+  .31+    891222 381  .42+  .37+    
761129 711  .54+  .07+    881109 381  .40+  .18+    920306 809  .91-  1.0+    
771112 711  .42-  .60-    881109 381  .87+  .24+    920308 809  .18-  1.2+    
771209 711  .76-  .32+    881110 381  .80+  .02-    920309 809  .63-  1.3+    
780109 711  .44-  .16-    881110 381  .36+  .10-    920406 809( 3.0-  .72+)   
800414 711  .77-  .66+    881205 381  .24-  .78+    930319 809  .04-  .04-    
810214 711  .45-  .55+    881205 381  .39-  .13+    930320 809  .33+  .23+    
861130 381( 1.1-  .54-)   881206 381  .47+  .18+    930324 809  1.1+  .32-    
861130 381  .13+  1.7+    881206 381  .15+  .26+    930326 711  .35+  .62-    
861201 381  .70-  .48-    881207 381  .27+  .36+    930328 711  .84+  .11-    
870922 381  .68+  .26-    881207 381  .05-  .03-    930416 711  .12+  .00     
870922 381( .86+  1.4+)   881208 381  .97+  .39+    930421 413  .40-  .01+    
871216 381  .00   1.1-    881208 381  .01-  .05-    930521 711  .93+  .85-    
871216 381  .45-  .54-    881230 711  .09+  .85+    
880120 381  .49-  .41-    890130 711  1.1-  .21-    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
15 Oct 2003  10 53 07.145   +08 46 25.31  5.9651 5.2401  40.0
20 Oct 2003  10 56 50.297   +08 26 10.26  5.9173 5.2460  43.9
25 Oct 2003  11 00 25.440   +08 06 40.10  5.8656 5.2520  48.0
30 Oct 2003  11 03 51.755   +07 48 01.30  5.8102 5.2582  52.1
 4 Nov 2003  11 07 08.473   +07 30 20.06  5.7514 5.2645  56.2
 9 Nov 2003  11 10 14.892   +07 13 41.91  5.6896 5.2710  60.4
14 Nov 2003  11 13 10.279   +06 58 12.43  5.6251 5.2776  64.6
19 Nov 2003  11 15 53.821   +06 43 57.53  5.5580 5.2843  69.0
24 Nov 2003  11 18 24.616   +06 31 03.64  5.4888 5.2912  73.4
29 Nov 2003  11 20 41.750   +06 19 37.24  5.4179 5.2982  77.8
 4 Dec 2003  11 22 44.427   +06 09 43.77  5.3458 5.3052  82.3
 9 Dec 2003  11 24 31.923   +06 01 27.89  5.2730 5.3124  87.0
14 Dec 2003  11 26 03.494   +05 54 54.09  5.1998 5.3197  91.6
19 Dec 2003  11 27 18.373   +05 50 06.88  5.1268 5.3271  96.4
24 Dec 2003  11 28 15.799   +05 47 10.51  5.0546 5.3345 101.3