"Pseudo-MPEC" for Saturn XXII

Created Fri Oct 10 09:52:40 2003 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
S022S        6C2000 09 23.44526 03 57 45.16 +17 42 52.4          22.8 R      568
S022S        6C2000 09 23.50233 03 57 44.94 +17 42 51.7                      568
S022S        6C2000 09 23.57560 03 57 44.65 +17 42 50.2          22.6 R      568
S022S        6C2000 09 23.63840 03 57 44.39 +17 42 49.0                      568
S022S        6C2000 09 24.46410 03 57 41.36 +17 42 34.8          22.6 R      568
S022S        6C2000 09 24.51465 03 57 41.13 +17 42 33.9          22.6 R      568
S022S        6C2000 09 24.57914 03 57 40.84 +17 42 32.7          22.7 R      568
S022S         C2000 11 02.29914 03 50 17.20 +17 21 08.1                      695
S022S         C2000 11 02.30310 03 50 17.14 +17 21 07.9                      695
S022S         C2000 11 02.30758 03 50 17.06 +17 21 07.8                      695
S022S         C2000 11 03.30891 03 49 59.47 +17 20 24.2                      695
S022S         C2000 11 03.31293 03 49 59.41 +17 20 23.9                      695
S022S         C2000 11 04.23929 03 49 42.93 +17 19 44.5          23   R      309
S022S         C2000 11 04.28299 03 49 42.14 +17 19 42.6                      309
S022S         C2000 11 24.11482 03 43 24.57 +17 05 26.0          22.6 R      809
S022S         C2000 11 24.15629 03 43 23.72 +17 05 24.4          22.4 R      809
S022S         C2000 11 24.20446 03 43 22.77 +17 05 22.3          22.4 R      809
S022S         C2000 12 16.33372 03 36 34.64 +16 53 18.4          22.6 R      695
S022S         C2000 12 16.36634 03 36 34.07 +16 53 17.9          22.2 R      695
S022S         C2000 12 18.17323 03 36 04.74 +16 52 38.3          22.1 R      695
S022S         C2000 12 18.24913 03 36 03.49 +16 52 36.6          22.1 R      695
S022S         C2000 12 18.30520 03 36 02.58 +16 52 35.3          22.6 R      695
S022S         C2001 01 21.12734 03 30 10.87 +16 53 50.0                      675
S022S         C2001 01 21.14055 03 30 10.82 +16 53 50.5                      675
S022S         C2001 01 21.21408 03 30 10.49 +16 53 52.2                      675
S022S         C2001 01 21.23214 03 30 10.41 +16 53 52.4                      675
S022S         C2001 08 24.53888 04 49 38.89 +20 18 40.3          23.1 R      568
S022S         C2001 08 24.55885 04 49 39.19 +20 18 40.5          23.1 R      568
S022S         C2001 08 24.57891 04 49 39.48 +20 18 40.9          23.2 R      568
S022S         C2001 09 18.42311 04 53 52.13 +20 18 24.5          23.0 R      675
S022S         C2001 09 18.44645 04 53 52.23 +20 18 24.2          23.1 R      675
S022S         C2001 09 18.47037 04 53 52.33 +20 18 23.9          22.8 R      675
S022S         C2001 09 19.37262 04 53 56.58 +20 18 14.7                      675
S022S         C2002 11 05.28013 05 51 08.18 +21 42 07.1                      675
S022S         C2002 11 05.30884 05 51 07.86 +21 42 07.1                      675
S022S         C2002 11 05.33616 05 51 07.55 +21 42 06.4                      675
S022S         C2002 11 06.29465 05 50 56.67 +21 41 50.6                      675
S022S         C2002 11 06.34767 05 50 56.04 +21 41 49.3                      675

Station data:
(309) Cerro Paranal (S24.6260 W70.4032).
(568) Mauna Kea (N19.8262 W155.4722).   Observers JJ Kavelaars, P. Nicholson,
    B. Gladman, V. Carruba.  Measurers J-M. Petit, B. Gladman.  Hale 5-m + CCD.
(675) Palomar Mountain (N33.3561 W116.8640).   Observers B. Gladman, J.
    Kavelaars, UT1 Science team (Service observing), P.D. Nicholson, JJ
    Kavelaars, J-M. Petit, M. Holman, T. Grav, P. Nicholson, C. Dumas, A.
    Harris.  Measurers J-M. Petit, B. Gladman.  Hale 5-m + CCD.
(695) Kitt Peak (N31.9588 W111.5947).   Observers C. W. Hergenrother, R. J.
    Whiteley, D. Means, B. Gladman, J. Kavelaars, A. Harris, J-M. Petit, M.
    Holman, R.L.Allen, T.Rigg, S.M. Larson, C. Hergenrother, A. Doressoundiram,
    J. Romon, P.D. Nicholson, JJ Kavelaars, C. W. Hergenrother, UT1 Science
    team (Service observing), B. Gladman, T. Grav, P. Nicholson.  Hale 5-m +
    CCD.
(809) European Southern Observatory, La Silla (S29.2572 W70.7296).

Orbital elements:
Saturn XXII
   Perisaturn 2001 Feb 21.502297 TT = 12:03:18 (JD 2451962.002297)
Epoch 2001 Apr  1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Find_Orb
M  30.72128              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.79800296     Peri.   70.53528     -0.58685787      0.72340569     
a   0.0758340      Node   151.35625     -0.63253473     -0.69001999     
e   0.3666154      Incl.   49.35229      0.50546774     -0.02359255     
P   1.24 /451.12d  H   12.8           G   0.15      q 0.0480321
From 38 observations 2000 Sep. 23-2002 Nov. 6;   RMS error 0.599 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
000923 568  .38+  .39-    001104 309  .20-  .07+    010824 568  .48+  .09-    
000923 568  .36+  .19-    001124 809  .11-  .10+    010824 568  .48+  .08-    
000923 568  .35+  .48-    001124 809  .43-  .17+    010824 568  .33+  .13+    
000923 568  .23+  .60-    001124 809  .25-  .03+    010918 675  .88-  1.2+    
000924 568  .52+  .23-    001216 695  .07+  .58+    010918 675  .96-  1.1+    
000924 568  .35+  .27-    001216 695  .25-  .84+    010918 675  1.1-  1.0+    
000924 568  .26+  .34-    001218 695  .24+  .26-    010919 675  .16+  .21+    
001102 695  .12-  .13+    001218 695  .22+  .42-    021105 675  .21-  .73-    
001102 695  .03+  .10+    001218 695  .36+  .56-    021105 675  .12-  .29-    
001102 695  .03+  .19+    010121 675  .20+  .10+    021105 675  .08-  .57-    
001103 695  .13-  .12+    010121 675  .29+  .26+    021106 675  .07-  .26-    
001103 695  .05+  .00     010121 675  .00   .12+    021106 675  .09-  .75-    
001104 309  .31-  .04+    010121 675  .07-  .13-    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
15 Oct 2003  06 55 31.886   +22 11 06.93  8.7832 8.9822  98.3 22.8
20 Oct 2003  06 55 43.390   +22 09 32.12  8.7019 8.9826 103.3 22.8
25 Oct 2003  06 55 43.106   +22 08 10.14  8.6225 8.9834 108.2 22.8
30 Oct 2003  06 55 30.961   +22 07 01.99  8.5456 8.9843 113.3 22.7
 4 Nov 2003  06 55 07.087   +22 06 08.27  8.4720 8.9856 118.4 22.7
 9 Nov 2003  06 54 31.744   +22 05 29.10  8.4022 8.9870 123.5 22.7
14 Nov 2003  06 53 45.259   +22 05 04.26  8.3367 8.9886 128.7 22.6
19 Nov 2003  06 52 48.054   +22 04 53.28  8.2761 8.9904 134.0 22.6
24 Nov 2003  06 51 40.697   +22 04 55.44  8.2211 8.9924 139.3 22.6
29 Nov 2003  06 50 23.988   +22 05 09.76  8.1720 8.9945 144.6 22.5
 4 Dec 2003  06 48 58.946   +22 05 34.93  8.1295 8.9968 150.0 22.5
 9 Dec 2003  06 47 26.679   +22 06 09.41  8.0940 8.9991 155.4 22.4
14 Dec 2003  06 45 48.366   +22 06 51.59  8.0657 9.0016 160.9 22.4
19 Dec 2003  06 44 05.274   +22 07 39.89  8.0449 9.0042 166.4 22.4
24 Dec 2003  06 42 18.808   +22 08 32.84  8.0320 9.0068 171.9 22.4