"Pseudo-MPEC" for Saturn XXV

Created Fri Oct 10 09:54:03 2003 using Find_Orb


 Astrometry 
 Observing stations 
 Orbital elements 
 Residuals 
 Ephemeris 

Astrometry:
S025S        6C2000 09 23.46308 03 53 01.51 +18 03 10.6          24.2 R      568
S025S        6C2000 09 23.51909 03 53 01.21 +18 03 09.1          23.5 R      568
S025S        6C2000 09 23.59611 03 53 00.83 +18 03 07.1          24.3 R      568
S025S        6C2000 09 24.47540 03 52 56.65 +18 02 43.2          23.8 R      568
S025S        6C2000 09 24.53443 03 52 56.33 +18 02 41.7          23.8 R      568
S025S        6C2000 09 24.59810 03 52 55.98 +18 02 39.9          24.0 R      568
S025S         C2000 11 04.26280 03 44 26.54 +17 29 43.6                      309
S025S         C2000 11 04.30791 03 44 25.68 +17 29 40.7                      309
S025S         C2000 11 27.30408 03 37 07.92 +17 05 02.3          23.5 R      675
S025S         C2000 11 27.31056 03 37 07.78 +17 05 02.1                      675
S025S         C2000 11 27.35535 03 37 06.95 +17 04 59.6                      675
S025S         C2000 11 27.36185 03 37 06.79 +17 04 59.3                      675
S025S         C2000 11 27.40497 03 37 05.96 +17 04 56.2                      675
S025S         C2000 11 27.41136 03 37 05.86 +17 04 55.7                      675
S025S         C2001 01 21.15377 03 26 37.70 +16 36 47.2          24   Rx     675
S025S         C2001 01 21.24679 03 26 37.47 +16 36 51.7                      675
S025S         C2001 09 18.43091 04 57 58.73 +20 44 31.2          24.1 R      675
S025S         C2001 09 18.45386 04 57 58.81 +20 44 31.2          23.5 R      675
S025S         C2001 09 18.47747 04 57 58.91 +20 44 30.9          23.5 R      675
S025S         C2001 09 19.38304 04 58 02.59 +20 44 28.4                      675
S025S         C2001 09 19.43024 04 58 02.78 +20 44 28.6                      675
S025S         C2002 11 05.28841 05 49 10.91 +22 15 22.5                      675
S025S         C2002 11 05.36384 05 49 10.00 +22 15 22.5                      675
S025S         C2002 11 06.36083 05 48 57.98 +22 15 18.1                      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.

Orbital elements:
Saturn XXV
   Perisaturn 2001 Oct 28.929138 TT = 22:17:57 (JD 2452211.429138)
Epoch 2001 Apr  1.0 TT = JDT 2452000.5                  Find_Orb
M 281.30053              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.37310857     Peri.  295.77376     -0.79404965      0.58186627     
a   0.1258858      Node    79.70517      0.60180806      0.71185057     
e   0.2290599      Incl.  169.70544      0.08551136      0.39331970     
P   2.64 /964.85d  H   14.0           G   0.15      q 0.0970504
From 23 observations 2000 Sep. 23-2002 Nov. 6;   RMS error 0.668 arcseconds

Residuals in arcseconds:
000923 568  .54+  .20-    001127 675  .13-  .14-    010918 675  .12+  1.4+    
000923 568  .19+  .28-    001127 675  .34-  .07+    010918 675  .04-  1.3+    
000923 568  .28+  .26-    001127 675  .15+  .35+    010918 675  .06+  1.0+    
000924 568  .18+  .20-    001127 675  .35-  .46+    010919 675  .02-  .28-    
000924 568  .14+  .12-    001127 675  .36-  .06+    010919 675  .29+  .07-    
000924 568  .10+  .16-    001127 675  .04-  .04-    021105 675  .10+  1.1+    
001104 309  .51+  .08-    010121 675( 1.2+  3.2-)   021105 675  .15+  1.3+    
001104 309  .21+  .09-    010121 675  .68-  .24+    021106 675  .15-  .38+    

Ephemerides:
Da Mon Year   RA              Dec         delta   r     elong mag
-- --- ----  ------------   ------------  ------ ------ ----- ---
15 Oct 2003  06 58 13.444   +22 00 06.25  8.7231 8.9117  97.7 23.9
20 Oct 2003  06 58 39.987   +21 59 17.11  8.6445 8.9142 102.6 23.9
25 Oct 2003  06 58 54.357   +21 58 45.25  8.5675 8.9168 107.5 23.9
30 Oct 2003  06 58 56.434   +21 58 31.34  8.4927 8.9195 112.5 23.8
 4 Nov 2003  06 58 46.302   +21 58 35.65  8.4209 8.9224 117.5 23.8
 9 Nov 2003  06 58 24.171   +21 58 58.00  8.3526 8.9254 122.6 23.8
14 Nov 2003  06 57 50.318   +21 59 37.89  8.2884 8.9286 127.8 23.8
19 Nov 2003  06 57 05.113   +22 00 34.50  8.2289 8.9319 133.0 23.7
24 Nov 2003  06 56 09.069   +22 01 46.81  8.1746 8.9353 138.2 23.7
29 Nov 2003  06 55 02.930   +22 03 13.46  8.1261 8.9389 143.5 23.6
 4 Dec 2003  06 53 47.662   +22 04 52.72  8.0840 8.9426 148.9 23.6
 9 Dec 2003  06 52 24.326   +22 06 42.58  8.0486 8.9464 154.3 23.6
14 Dec 2003  06 50 54.058   +22 08 40.95  8.0204 8.9503 159.7 23.5
19 Dec 2003  06 49 18.085   +22 10 45.72  7.9996 8.9544 165.2 23.5
24 Dec 2003  06 47 37.783   +22 12 54.84  7.9865 8.9586 170.7 23.5