"Pseudo-MPEC" for 2017-018B = NORAD 42663 = CZ-3B Stage 3
Created 2017 Nov 13 13:24:13 UT using Find_Orb
Astrometry: 2017-018B tC2017 10 19.20280 03 59 04.48 +24 11 58.4 11.7 Rq Y00 2017-018B tC2017 10 19.20389 03 59 39.10 +24 10 27.4 11.7 Rq Y00 2017-018B tC2017 10 19.20487 04 00 10.81 +24 09 03.7 11.6 Rq Y00 2017-018B tC2017 10 21.18735 03 48 30.97 +24 29 10.1 11.8 Rq Y00 2017-018B tC2017 10 21.18805 03 48 52.50 +24 28 12.1 12.0 Rq Y00 2017-018B tC2017 10 21.18906 03 49 24.45 +24 26 45.3 12.1 Rq Y00 Station data: (Y00) SONEAR Observatory, Oliveira (S20.715080 W44.784960) Brazil. Observers C. Jacques, E. Pimentel, J. Barros. Measurer C. Jacques. 0.28-m f/2.2 astrograph + CCD. Orbital elements: 2017-018B = NORAD 42663 = CZ-3B Stage 3 Perigee 2017 Oct 21.430563 +/- 0.00134 TT = 10:20:00 (JD 2458047.930563) Epoch 2017 Oct 21.2 TT = JDT 2458047.7 Gray M 194.43078 +/- 0.9 (J2000 equator) n 718.10910976 +/- 0.0321 Peri. 292.24919 +/- 0.20 a 26656.9146 +/- 0.795 Node 301.52108 +/- 0.007 e 0.7517839 +/- 0.00114 Incl. 20.73008 +/- 0.06 P 721.88m/0.501d H 28.6 G 0.15 U 10.4 q 6616.67301 +/- 30.1 Q 46697.1563 +/- 31.7 From 6 observations 2017 Oct. 19-21 (47.7 hr); mean residual 1".550
Residuals in arcseconds: 171019 Y00 .499+ .153- 171019 Y00 2.08+ .374- 171021 Y00 3.20- .771+ 171019 Y00 2.59- .527+ 171021 Y00 2.23+ .476- 171021 Y00 .976+ .296- Ephemerides (geocentric): Date (UTC) HH RA Dec delta r elong mag " sig PA ---- -- -- -- ------------ ------------ ------ ------ ----- --- ---- --- 2017 10 21 00 00 56 55.656 +19 51 52.51 28173 0.9957 165.7 10.8 782 75 2017 10 21 01 01 54 14.851 +20 42 07.58 36368 0.9958 169.5 11.2 174 61 2017 10 21 02 02 33 13.951 +20 35 41.34 41851 0.9958 164.3 11.7 51.7 157 2017 10 21 03 03 04 33.703 +20 06 41.44 45180 0.9958 158.2 12.1 62.1 113 2017 10 21 04 03 32 29.882 +19 23 03.18 46616 0.9958 152.2 12.3 27.0 84 2017 10 21 05 03 59 30.490 +18 25 07.90 46255 0.9957 146.1 12.5 69.6 126 2017 10 21 06 04 27 41.573 +17 08 33.47 44076 0.9957 139.6 12.6 226 116 2017 10 21 07 04 59 46.604 +15 22 03.88 39921 0.9956 132.0 12.6 500 114 2017 10 21 08 05 41 02.337 +12 36 54.74 33436 0.9956 121.9 12.5 1048 113 2017 10 21 09 06 47 25.783 +07 15 15.08 23858 0.9955 105.1 12.3 2611 113 2017 10 21 10 10 24 55.821 -12 10 03.78 9776 0.9954 48.7 13?? 272' 108 2017 10 21 11 22 47 25.755 +13 48 15.34 15565 0.9955 136.8 10.4 5169 72 2017 10 21 12 00 55 10.175 +19 50 17.05 27859 0.9956 165.1 10.8 878 76 2017 10 21 13 01 53 26.826 +20 42 07.18 36155 0.9956 169.9 11.2 213 67 2017 10 21 14 02 32 47.079 +20 35 34.29 41714 0.9957 164.8 11.7 47.0 8 2017 10 21 15 03 04 15.865 +20 06 13.28 45106 0.9957 158.7 12.1 43.9 121 2017 10 21 16 03 32 15.096 +19 22 15.39 46599 0.9956 152.7 12.3 11.7 66 2017 10 21 17 03 59 14.540 +18 24 08.00 46295 0.9956 146.7 12.5 82.9 121 2017 10 21 18 04 27 20.045 +17 07 35.84 44175 0.9956 140.2 12.6 240 115 2017 10 21 19 04 59 12.639 +15 21 39.16 40086 0.9955 132.7 12.6 514 113 2017 10 21 20 05 40 00.451 +12 38 26.42 33684 0.9954 122.7 12.5 1060 113 2017 10 21 21 06 44 58.761 +07 24 32.37 24223 0.9954 106.2 12.3 2596 113 2017 10 21 22 10 08 08.882 -10 56 16.47 10268 0.9953 53.3 13?? 254' 109 2017 10 21 23 22 40 29.181 +13 22 29.48 15089 0.9954 134.7 10.4 5816 72 2017 10 22 00 00 53 21.022 +19 48 36.00 27540 0.9954 164.5 10.8 980 76 2017 10 22 01 01 52 37.556 +20 42 07.41 35938 0.9955 170.1 Sha 255 71 2017 10 22 02 02 32 19.646 +20 35 28.07 41573 0.9955 165.4 11.7 56.6 37 2017 10 22 03 03 03 57.767 +20 05 45.46 45029 0.9955 159.3 12.0 27.4 139 2017 10 22 04 03 32 00.233 +19 21 27.41 46580 0.9955 153.3 12.3 8.7 141 2017 10 22 05 03 58 58.671 +18 23 07.28 46333 0.9955 147.3 12.5 96.5 118