=*= Orbit Determination =*= Tiffany K. Ng =*= SSP 2000! Julian days: t(-1) = 2451759.806 t(0) = 2451765.799 t(+1) = 2451773.790 Radians: RA(-1) = 5.5987046628 Dec(-1) = -0.0594938382 RA(0) = 5.5773703034 Dec(0) = -0.0722809687 RA(1) = 5.5481380747 Dec(1) = -0.0916549960 Gaussian: tau(-1) = -0.1031031884 tau(0) = 0.2405586243 tau(+1) = 0.1374554359 phat(-1) = 0.7733768133i + -0.6311520909j + -0.0594587478k phat(0) = 0.7590958602i + -0.6469606084j + -0.0722180460k phat(1) = 0.7386854668i + -0.6678073376j + -0.0915267232k phatdot0 = -0.1427870056i + -0.1526133494j + -0.1309186929k phat2dot0 = -0.0829409839i + 0.0138462280j + -0.1390061818k R-vector(-1) = -0.6691982068i + 0.6998265772j + 0.3033843391k R-vector(0) = -0.7414811915i + 0.6343051325j + 0.2749770899k R-vector(+1) = -0.8259562820i + 0.5370827625j + 0.2328215737k |r(0)| = 2.5658522023 |p(0)| = 1.5646617759 |p(0)dot| = -0.1582467850 R0dot = -0.6652433307i + -0.6679102145j + -0.2896009850k r0 = 1.9292094683i + -1.6465796670j + -0.3879739060k r0dot = 0.3217054814i + 0.5315013766j + 0.0961857840k * f & g series * f(-1) = 0.9996867942 g(-1) = -0.1030923748 f(+1) = 0.9994373515 g(+1) = 0.1374298123 First rho-hat: 0.7733768133i + -0.6311520909j + -0.0594587478k Approximated rho-hat: 0.7732824126i + -0.6312620018j + -0.0595197069k Third rho-hat: 0.7386854668i + -0.6678073376j + -0.0915267232k Approximated rho-hat: 0.7389719081i + -0.6675143511j + -0.0913515742k * Orbital elements for Ecliptic and Equinox 2000 * a = 2.6026194 e = 0.1814509 i = 12.27249 Node = 171.84581 w = 242.78512 Mo = 292.97580 * JPL Horizons orbital elements * a = 2.6674628 e = 0.2585759 i = 12.96833 Node = 170.16748 w = 248.08453 M = 298.02114