"Pseudo-MPEC" for Jupiter XII

Created Fri Oct 10 13:19:32 2003 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
J012S         C1954 02 26.22638  5  8  5.489+22 33 33.76                     711
J012S         C1954 03 01.24155  5  8 53.628+22 38 19.92                     711
J012S         C1958 04 14.24968 13 39 25.465-08  2 43.30                     690
J012S         C1958 04 14.29608 13 39 23.993-08  2 37.25                     690
J012S         C1961 10 12.17058 20  7 40.416-20 40 37.98                     690
J012S         C1974 07 23.31667 23 15 23.570-06 52 36.41                     711
J012S         C1974 07 26.30208 23 14 35.164-06 56 53.11                     711
J012S         C1974 08 14.43889 23  7 15.979-07 34 50.40                     711
J012S         C1975 11 03.25174  1 11 45.718+04 39 25.63                     711
J012S         C1976 10 30.41806  3 54 14.609+19 56 17.22                     711
J012S         C1976 11 01.43403  3 53 20.373+19 52 55.22                     711
J012S         C1976 12 18.20833  3 29 18.097+18 19 50.23                     711
J012S         C1977 10 15.43819  6 20 12.329+22  3 32.04                     711
J012S         C1977 11 12.46701  6 17 59.288+22 11 31.91                     711
J012S         C1978 01 08.15139  5 51  3.077+22 51 30.83                     711
J012S         C1979 03 23.20000  7 58 32.217+20 16 20.31                     711
J012S         C1980 02 18.36285 10 38 26.146+10 46 17.08                     711
J012S         C1981 02 14.44028 12 34 53.589-03 20  0.66                     711
J012S         C1988 10 20.32867  4 20 59.617+20 47 40.85                     711
J012S         C1988 11 04.42784  4 15 22.285+20 26  4.26                     711
J012S         C1988 11 07.69306  4 13 51.620+20 20 32.25                     381
J012S         C1988 11 08.63737  4 13 24.605+20 18 54.20                     381
J012S         C1988 11 08.69578  4 13 21.973+20 19  7.83                     381
J012S         C1988 11 09.61941  4 12 55.766+20 17  9.70                     381
J012S         C1988 11 10.61623  4 12 26.285+20 15 22.99                     381
J012S         C1988 11 10.64819  4 12 25.189+20 15 19.53                     381
J012S         C1988 12 06.49400  3 58 43.077+19 25 44.69                     381
J012S         C1988 12 07.47669  3 58 12.773+19 23 53.14                     381
J012S         C1989 01 28.21903  3 45  6.728+18 32  7.58                     711
J012S         C1989 01 31.08720  3 45 22.264+18 32 46.65                     711
J012S         C1989 02 25.18462  3 52  2.510+18 52 52.66                     711
J012S         C1989 12 22.58764  6 21 13.197+23  0 32.34                     381
J012S         C1993 01 21.49224 12 49 49.080-04 53 17.10                     711
J012S         C1993 03 19.21875 12 39 30.74 -03 25 20.8                      809
J012S         C1993 03 20.23368 12 39 06.03 -03 22 13.7                      809
J012S         C1993 03 24.19965 12 37 27.71 -03 09 51.6                      809
J012S         C1993 03 26.18881 12 36 37.810-03 03 35.80                     711
J012S         C1993 03 28.20016 12 35 47.060-02 57 13.50                     711
J012S         C1993 03 29.37411 12 35 17.200-02 53 28.30                     711
J012S         C1993 04 18.30380 12 27 19.490-01 52 45.80                     711

Station data:
(381) Tokyo-Kiso (N35.7941 E137.6283).
(690) Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff (N35.2020 W111.6633).
(711) McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis (N30.6715 W104.0215).
(809) European Southern Observatory, La Silla (S29.2572 W70.7296).

Orbital elements:
Jupiter XII
   Perijove 1981 Aug 27.384267 TT =  9:13:20 (JD 2444843.884267)
Epoch 1982 Jan 31.0 TT = JDT 2445000.5                  Find_Orb
M  92.10104              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.58807022     Peri.   46.36835     -0.06190918     -0.88286001     
a   0.1389375      Node   306.60447     -0.99777112      0.06638181     
e   0.2716033      Incl.  144.55553      0.02490037      0.46492112     
P   1.68 /612.16d      q 0.1012016
From 34 observations 1958 Apr. 14-1993 Apr. 18;   RMS error 1.061 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
540226 711(55.4- 90.4+)   780108 711  .26-  .37+    890128 711  2.0+  .38+    
540301 711( 144-  156+)   790323 711  .81-  .37+    890131 711  .92-  1.9+    
580414 690  2.1+  .04+    800218 711  .49+  .07+    890225 711  .17-  .71-    
580414 690  .79+  .29-    810214 711  .42+  .32-    891222 381  .68+  .24+    
611012 690  .40+  2.5+    881020 711  .21-  .18+    930121 711  .47+  .27+    
740723 711  .35+  .64+    881104 711  1.2-  .01+    930319 809  .76-  .48+    
740726 711  .05+  .53+    881107 381  .34+  .05-    930320 809  .09-  .54+    
740814 711  .28+  .14-    881108 381  2.3+  .67+    930324 809  .56-  .21+    
751103 711(11.2+  4.3+)   881108 381(10.2- 20.5+)   930326 711  .09-  .64+    
761030 711( 8.0-  2.5-)   881109 381  .01-  .15+    930328 711  .78+  .54-    
761101 711  .28+  .52-    881110 381  .50+  .20+    930329 711  .15+  .41+    
761218 711( 855-  4.6+)   881110 381  1.2-  .17+    930418 711  .27-  .18-    
771015 711  .06+  .18+    881206 381  1.0+  .19-    
771112 711  .12+  .43+    881207 381  .59+  .40-    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
15 Oct 2003  10 47 38.332   +09 05 57.68  5.9980 5.2903  41.3
20 Oct 2003  10 51 30.925   +08 44 45.01  5.9457 5.2924  45.3
25 Oct 2003  10 55 15.857   +08 24 05.09  5.8903 5.2951  49.3
30 Oct 2003  10 58 52.158   +08 04 04.25  5.8319 5.2985  53.3
 4 Nov 2003  11 02 18.885   +07 44 48.63  5.7709 5.3025  57.4
 9 Nov 2003  11 05 35.157   +07 26 23.81  5.7076 5.3073  61.5
14 Nov 2003  11 08 40.050   +07 08 55.51  5.6423 5.3128  65.7
19 Nov 2003  11 11 32.557   +06 52 29.89  5.5752 5.3190  70.0
24 Nov 2003  11 14 11.587   +06 37 13.75  5.5067 5.3259  74.4
29 Nov 2003  11 16 36.048   +06 23 14.03  5.4371 5.3334  78.8
 4 Dec 2003  11 18 44.987   +06 10 36.74  5.3668 5.3416  83.3
 9 Dec 2003  11 20 37.541   +05 59 27.26  5.2962 5.3502  87.8
14 Dec 2003  11 22 12.862   +05 49 50.87  5.2257 5.3593  92.5
19 Dec 2003  11 23 30.110   +05 41 52.94  5.1557 5.3689  97.2
24 Dec 2003  11 24 28.497   +05 35 38.72  5.0866 5.3787 102.0