UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual
INDEX
1.Introduction...............................................................................................................................................................2
2. Setup..........................................................................................................................................................................2
3. Basic procedure.....................................................................................................................................................2
4. Operation guide......................................................................................................................................................3
4.1 Base window .......................................................................................................................................................3
4.2 Main sheet...........................................................................................................................................................5
4.3 Quality sheet ......................................................................................................................................................7
4.4 Stream sheet ................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.5 Radiant sheet .................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.6 Trail map sheet ............................................................................................................................................... 13
4.7 Ground map sheet.......................................................................................................................................... 16
4.8 Orbit sheet ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
5. Technical information ....................................................................................................................................... 19
5.1 Data format ...................................................................................................................................................... 19
5.2 Limitation .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3 External data inport ....................................................................................................................................... 22
6. Cautions................................................................................................................................................................. 25
7. Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................................. 25

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual11.Introduction
UFOOrbit is a software for computing and visualizing orbits of meteors that were observed bymulti-stations. It provides you with these features:• Detect simultaneous observed meteors from multi-stations observation data (M*.csv for
UFOAnalyzer output data) and compute radiant point, trail on the ground and the orbit.
• Draw the radiant point map.
• Draw the trail map that shows relation between observed trail and radiant point on thestar map.
• Draw the trail map on the ground.
• Draw the orbit map in the solar system.
• Output U2_*.csv for meteor information data base, UFORadiant.
General notation used in UFOOrbit• all angle values are expressed in the format of decimal degree• abbreviations
Ra : right ascension J2000 (0.0 .. 360.0)
Dec,dc: celestial declination J2000 (-90.0 .. 90.0)
Az: azimuth direction (0.0 .. 360.0)
0.0 for North, 90.0 for East, 180.0 for South, 270.0 for West
exception
in input CSV files , South oriented directions are used
Alt,Ev : elevation angle from ground (0.0(G) .. 90.0(Z))
Long,lng : geographical longitude (-180.0(W) .. 180.0(E))
Lat : geographical latitude (-90.0(S) .. 90.0(N))
Alt,H : altitude of the station (m), height of meteor position (km)2. Setup•••••

Windows 2000/Xp/Vista is required.
Download UO2xx.zip (or .lzh) from SonotaCo.com.
Expand it into appropriate directory (e.g. c:\Program Files\UO2).
o Invoke UO2.exe in UO2 directory to start the program.
If you want to uninstall, delete UO2 directory.
Japan map is included in UO2xx.zip (or .lzh).
o If you need another map;
download map data GM*.zip from SonotaCo.com and expand it into UO2
directory.
specify it as Base Map in Ground Map sheet.
if you don’t find your region’s map, please contact SonotaCo.

3. Basic procedure
1. Gather multi-stations observation data (M*.csv of UFOAnalyzer output data) and saveinto a certain directory.
2. Specify the directory into “csv dir” on Main sheet.
3. Specify the date range with all/range/latest and click “read M.csv” to read M*.csv.
4. After reading files, it starts detecting of simultaneous meteors and analyzing.
5. You can brows by using functions for each sheet. Click “save” button for each sheet to
output the figure if needed.
6. Click “save U.csv” on Main sheet to output U2_*.csv for UFORadiant if needed.
7. You can select the records by their quality on Quality sheet or streams on Stream sheet.
UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual24. Operation guide
4.1 Base window

Base window consists of 4 parts, title bar, left sheets, right sheets, and record lists.
• title bar
o There are 3 buttons, which are minimize, maximize and terminate button, at theupper right corner. Click x button to terminate the program.
o After reading M.csv, the following items are displayed at the title bar.
ID : number of IDs.
rec : number of all records.
err : number of error records.
They are number of incomplete, inconsistent, and ignored records.
The ignored records are saved as ErrRec.csv in UO2 directory.
dup : number of duplicated records
The records, which have the same localtime and ID, are counted
as the duplicated records.
Either one in duplicated records may be used for calculation.
The status of duplicated record is saved as DupRec.csv in UO2
directory.
If displayed other than 0, check the csv not to include duplicatedrecords.
indate : number of records within specified period.
single : number of records satisfied with conditions in Single on Quality
sheet.
orbit, paired orbit, UNIFIED orbit : number of orbits calculated as possible
simultaneous meteors. (not displayed if single site mode)
meteors : number of meteors. (not displayed if single site mode)plots : number of plots. (not displayed if single site mode)

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual3•Left sheets : There are 3 sheets, Main, Quality, Stream sheet. Click tab to change thesheet.

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Right sheets : There are 4 sheets, Radiant, Trail map, Ground map, Orbit sheet.

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Record list : List of results.
o Click column name to display the following menu. (This function is common for all
tables.)Hide : Hide the row.
Row Select : Select the row to display.
Sort + : Sort the row in ascending order.
Sort - : Sort the row in descending order.
o Drug the boundary line to change the row width.
o The following operation is available for each row.
Click the row to select the row (map display N/OFF).
Click the row with pressing ctrl key to additionally select the row ON/OFF.
Right click in *column or #column to select lines that have same # (samemeteor).
Right click in other columns to display table of all the values of one row.
o Click all on / all off button to select all rows ON/OFF.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual44.2 Main sheet

csv dir : Click "..." button to enter the input directory, which contains M*.csv. All M*.csv files
under the specified directory and its lower level directories are read into.
out dir : Click "..." button to enter the output directory, which outputs maps and U.csv.
read M.csv : Read all csv in specified input directory.
save U.csv : Save records, which marked * in lower list, to out dir as csv format.
all : All records in input directory will be are processed.
range : Records from y1/m1/d1 to y2/m2/d2 (UTC) will be processed.
latest : Records within specified days from current day will be processed.
ID list : All IDs in inputted CSV files are listed. Following options are available.
• * column: Only * marked IDs are processing.
o Double click the column to toggle ON/OFF.
o Click “all ID on” button to set all ID ON.
o Click “all ID off” button to set all ID OFF.
• key column : Only * marked IDs combinations are processing.
o Double click the column to toggle ON/OFF.
• count column : Number of records to be read.
single station : Set operation mode to handle inputted single station records.
• Single station mode is used to confirm the inputs.
• Trail map and Stream selection can be valid in single station mode.
• Radiant , Ground map and Orbit are not available.
pair : Set operation mode to compute all possible combination of two records.
• Max n*(n-1) orbits for n observations per a meteor (2 orbits per pair) will be reduced.
unified radiant : Set operation mode to compute one unified radiant and one average velocity
from possible simultaneous records.

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Firstly, same computation and qualification process as pair mode will be done, and thevalid simultaneous observations are decided.
Using simultaneous observations, one unified radiant will be computed.
Using the unified radiant, n results are computed from n valid simultaneous
observations.
One record per a meteor that is named “UNIFIED_n” will be added.
“UNIFIED_n” record has combined trajectory information.
UO2_Unify.log will be created if the log checkbox of Quality sheet is on.
Two additional mode below can be assigned.
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time : Force to use same time in computation.
• Error will be reduced when observation time error exists.
• Error will be added when observed sections were different.

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trail : Make an unified trajectory if possible.

mono chrome : Set display mode to monochrome.
all on: Set select of all records ON.
all off: Set select of all records OFF.
1/t :• in pair mode : Only one record, which has most high total quality (QA ) in thesimultaneous meteors, is set select ON.
• in unified radiant mode : Only “UNIFIED” record that a is set select ON.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual64.3 Quality sheet

In Quality sheet, set the selection conditions of records to be used to compute the orbit.
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Only records satisfied with the checked conditions in Single column are used to detect
simultaneous meteors.
Only results satisfied with the checked conditions in Pair column are listed in the record
list.
Records that are permitted by the condition in Multi column are treated as one acctual
meteor and will be given same #.
Q0,Q1,Q2,Q3 sets the preset conditions.
o Q0: all combinations that is permitted by the condition of time difference (dt) andground distance of two stations (GD ) will be processed. In this case, there
contains many inappropriate combinations or incorrect results.
o Q1 : minimum conditions for normal radiant computation.
o Q2 : standard conditions for radiant and velocity computation.
o Q3 : conditions for high precision computation.
o You can add or modify conditions at ant time.
Normally, conditions of Qo,Qc, and QA are effective to reject poor
quality observations.
If you need precise radiant coordinates, Ed is effective condition.
If you need precise velocity or orbital radius, Ex is effective condition.
If you narrow records down to the precise observations in Single column,
it might raise processing speed to reduce combinations to calculate.
log : Check “log” to output UO2_Group.log and UO2_Quality.log.
Vio : Specify the deceleration by the atmosphere (Vinf - Vo) to calculate the orbit.
Usually 0.0 is used.
UTls : Specify accumulated leap seconds between UT1 and UTC. In 2007, it is 33
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Single selection condition
name
unit
explanation
Qo
degminimum observed trajectory angle
dursec
minimum duration timeNtssample minimum total samples in duration timeNossample minimum detected object samples
leap%(Nts - Nos)/Nts*100.0
tme
sec
maximum recorded time error (value in the input file is checked)
rstar
minimum reference stars in analyzing
ddeg
deg
maximum average positioning error in analyzing
cdeg
deg
maximum linearity error in analyzing
drop f check reject if frame drop detected
inout check reject if start or end point is out of view

Pair selection condition(They are selected only if combination of records, which conform simultaneous observation,satisfied with the pair selection conditions simultaneously.)
name
dt
GD
Qc
Ed
Ex
Vo
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dGP
Gm
dV
H1
H2
zmv
QA
H1>H2

unit
sec
km
deg
deg
deg
km/s
deg
%
%
km
km
deg
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explanation
maximum time difference between 2 stations (*1)
minmun ground distance between 2 stations
minimum cross angle of two observed planemaximum quality assessment of radiant position(*2)
maximum quality assessment of trajectory positioning(*3)
minimum observed velocity
maximum eccentricity (equivalent to upper limit of velocity)maximum difference of 2 pole of ground trajectory
minimum overlap percentage of 2 observed trajectory
maximum difference of 2 velocity
maximum and minimum height of start point
maximum height of end point
maximum distance between modified radiant and observed radianttotal quality assessment (*4)
reject if H1 is lower than H2Multi condition (acctual meteor determination condition)
name
unit
explanationdDdegmaximum angle difference of radiant and ground pole (*5)

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual8*1 : The criteria for simultaneity of time are used meteor duration time and tme as well as dt. For
this reason, there may contain records that have bigger time difference than dt.
*2 : Ed is added assessment of trail length, radiant point elongation and observed planecrossing angle to observed position error.
• It is calculated on the following formula. (Qr2 is an elongation between end point andradiant point.)• Ed = ( cdeg/sqrt(Nts) + ddeg ) / Qo * Qr2 / sin( Qc )*3 : Ex is added assessment of perpendicular angle at the end of the trail to Ed. It is used toassess calculated position error on the trail.
• It is calculated on the following formula. (Qd2 is the perpendicular angle at the end of thetrail, which is different the angle between perpendicular to the other observed plane andthe direction of the end of the trail from 90 degree.)• Ex = Ed / sin (Qd2)*4 : QA is total quality assessment (from 0.0 to 1.0) mainly based on Qo and Ex. This means thenearer 1.0, the more reliable.
• QA is calculated on the empiric formula and used in 1/t processing for selecting the best
result.
• If you need clear criteria for selecting the orbit, set the individual conditions.
• QA is calculated by the following elements.
o assessment of single record
drop,inout,tme,leap,Qoo assessment of pair records
vo,e,Ex*5 : dD is used in the determination of one actual meteor by following conditions.
• time difference is less than 60 seconds.
• difference of radiant direction is less than dD.
• difference of ground pole direction is less than dD.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual94.4 Stream sheet

In stream sheet, you can set parameters for grouping the stream and select the stream to belisted.
dr%: Specify upper tolerant percentage of angular separation (dr) between modified radiantpoint (ra t, dc t) and catalog radiant point by catalog radius (R).
• If catalog R is 3 degree and you specify 120 in dr%, it can tolerate within 3.6 degree.
dv%: Specify upper tolerant percentage of velocity difference (dv) between calculated
geocentric velocity (vg) and catalog vg by catalog vg.
• If catalog vg is 40km/s and you specify 40 in dv%, it can tolerate error within +/- 16km/s.
ddays : Specify +/- ddays to extend appearance period from M/D1 to M/D2 in catalog.
It can classify the stream that has the smallest dr if dr, dv, ddays are all tolerated.
all on: Set all stream ON.
all off: Set all stream OFF.
cnt > 0: Set ON only if the number of meteors classified (cnt) is positive.
In cnt column in the table, number of records that are classified to the stream are listed. Click 1/t
button in Main sheet to list number of records without duplications.
Click the row in table to display only the classified records on each map. If displayed for 1/t,
cancel it. Operate again in Main sheet.
Click the row with pressing ctrl key to additionally select the row.
re-goup : Classify again under current conditions. It is effective for single site mode.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual104.5 Radiant sheet

Radiant map is plotted the radiant points on Sanson projection (sinusoidal projection) map. The
following options are available.
Click the radiant point to select and highlight the records.
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ra/elg: Specify Ra or ecliptic longitude in degree at the center position.
dec/elt: Specify Dec or ecliptic latitude in degree at the center position.
scl : Specify angle in degree for vertical size of window.
mk : Specify 1 to 4 for the size of the radiant point mark.
clr : If checked, radiant points are displayed with color corresponding to their speed. Set-79 to 79 in clr for velocity 0.0km/s. If minus, gradation is inverted.
star : Specify the limit magnitude of stars to display.
+d : Specify the increase or decrease days to calculate the date of radiant point, apex,
anti-helion
st: Display the radiant point in catalog.
stp: Display the radiant point at maximum time’s position.
ax : Draw Ra, Dec line or ecliptic longitude, ecliptic latitude line.
ap : Draw ecliptic, apex and anti-helion.

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txt : Display text information.
R: Equatorial coordinate system mode
L: Ecliptic coordinate system mode
L-Ls: The ecliptic longitude is used ecliptic longitude - ecliptic longitude of the sun.*vg : Display with color corresponding to geocentric velocity.
vs : Display with color corresponding to heliocentric velocity.
save : Save the map as bmp format.

*L-Ls almost cancels the typical radiant movement of showers (1 deg/day of Ra). Also it means
the radiant direction from sun direction shown in below.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual124.6 Trail map sheet

Trail map is plotted the observed trails, direction for radiant point, observed radiant point andmodified radiant point on gnomonic projection map. The following options are available.
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ra : Specify Ra in degree at the center on the map.
dec : Specify Dec or ecliptic latitude in degree at the center on the map.
rot : Specify rotation angle in degree at the center on the map.
scl : Specify angle in degree for horizontal size of window.
star : Specify the limit magnitude of stars to display.
+d : Specify the increase or decrease days to calculate the date of radiant point, apex,
anti-helion.
st : Display the radiant point in catalog
stp : Display the radiant point at maximum time’s position.
ro : Display observed trajectory(red),coming direction(green), and observed
radiant(yellow).
rt : Display modified radiant and zmv line (observed radiant to modified radiant line).
ax : Draw Ra, Dec line.
ap : Draw ecliptic, apex and anti-helion.

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txt : Display text information.
save : Save the map as bmp format.

Click a green line on trail map to select the record.
The selected record is highlighted in record list and on map.
On trail map, the observed radiant point and modified radiant point are shown as below.

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“UNIFIED” records inn unified radiant mode, trajectories and coming directions are notdisplayed. The zmv line and modified radiant is displayed in orange color.
“UNIFIED” recored when ro and rt are both ON.

“UNIFIED” record when rt is ON.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual154.7 Ground map sheet

Ground map shows the observed location, observed direction and observed trail on gnomonic
projection map. The following options are available.
Click the lines on ground map to select and highlight the record.
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zoom : Specify zoom rate.
spin button : Move the viewport.
center : Move the viewport at the center of trails.
txt : Display text information.
save : Save the map as bmp format.

AXML : By following steps, you can plot height(H) and observed velocity(Vo) of every
samples on Ground map.

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Prepare M*A.XML that contains the analysis result of one observation by
UFOAnalyzerV2 V2.11 or later.
Click “…” button right hand of AXML check box and assign the M*A.XML file. On
Ground Map sheet.
Click one result on the record list that is correspond to M*A.XML.
Check AXML check box ON

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual174.8 Orbit sheet

Orbit shows the meteor orbits in the solar system. The following options are available.
Click one of the orbits on the map to select and highlight the record.
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ra : Specify Ra in degree at the view point.
dec : Specify Dec in degree at the view point.
scl : Specify distance (AU) for horizontal size of window.
star : Specify the limit magnitude of stars to display.
+d : Specify the increase or decrease days to calculate the date of radiant point, apex,
anti-helion.
ax : Draw Ra, Dec line.
txt : Display text information.
top view : view from top of ecliptic plane.
side view : view from side of ecliptic plane.
pole view : view from pole of selected orbit pane. (need to select oner orbit.)save : Save the map as bmp format.

UFOOrbitV2 Users Manual185. Technical information
5.1 Data format
The content of record list is shown below. (They correspond to U2_*.csv. Some of the items areunavailable in single site mode.)
name*#localtime

type
a1
d
a20

unit
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explanation*: displayed
number of meteor
YYMMDD_hhmmss

mjd

f

day

Modified Julian Day (conform to UTC)

sol
ID1
ID2
amag
ra_o
dc_o
ra_t
dc_t

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a20
a20
f
f
f
f
f

deg
deg
deg

elang

f

elat
vo
vg
vs
a
q
e
p
peri
node
incl
stream
dr

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f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
a7
f

dv%

f

dur
Qo
mag
av
Voa
Pra

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f
f
f
f
f

remarksolar longitude of observed timelocation ID
referenced location ID
absolute magnitude
Ra of observed radiant point
Dec of observed radiant point
Ra of modified radiant point
Dec of modified radiant point
ecliptic longitude of modified radiant
deg
point
deg
ecliptic latitude of modified radiant point
km/s
observed velocity
km/s
geocentric velocity
km/s
heliocentric velocity
ausemi-major axis
auperihelion distanceeccentricity
year
perioddegargument of periheliondeglongitude of the ascending nodedeg
inclination
meteor stream namedeg
distance from radiant point on catalogueerror of geocentric velocity from%
catalogue value
secduration timedegobserved trajectory angle
observed magnitude
deg/sec dominant angular velocity
km/s
reserveddeg
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Pdc
GPlng
GPlat
ra1
dc1
az1
ev1
lng1
lat1
H1
LD1

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f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f

deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
km
km

Qr1

f

deg

Qd1

f

deg

ra2
dc2
az2
ev2
lng2
lat2
H2
LD2

f
f
f
f
f
f
f
f

deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
km
km

Qr2

f

deg

Qd2

f

deg

LD21
az1r

f
f

km
deg

ev1r

f

deg

evro
evrt
Nts
Nos
leap
rstar
ddeg
cdeg
drop

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f
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d
f
d
f
f
d

deg
deg
samplesample
%
star
deg
deg
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inout

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Dec trajectory pole*1longitude of ground trajectory polelatitude of ground trajectory pole
Ra of start point
Dec of start point
Az of start point
Ev of start point
longitude of start point
latitude of start point
height of start point
distance between start points and station
angle between start point and radiantpoint
angle between start point-station line
and its projected line onto the observed *2
trajectory plane of second station
Ra of end point
Dec of end point
Az of end point
Ev of end point
longitude of end point
latitude of end point
height of end point
distance between end point and station
angle between end point and radiantpoint
angle between end point-station line
and its projected line onto the observed *2
trajectory plane of second station
observed trajectory length
Az of radiant point from start point
Ev of radiant point from start point (entry
angle)
observed radiant elevation angle
modified radiant elevation angle
total samples in duration time
detected object samples(Nts - Nos)/Nts*100.0
number of reference stars in analyzing
average positioning error in analyzing
average linearity error in analyzing
whether drop frame detected
position of start and end point
0: both points are out of the field of view

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tme
dt
GD
Qc
dGP

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f
f
f

sec
sec
km
deg
deg

Gm%

f

%

dv12%

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%

zmv

f

deg

Ed

f

deg

Ex

f

deg

QA
Y_ut
M_ut
D_ut
h_ut
m_ut
s_ut
No

f
d
d
d
d
d
f
d

year
month
day
hour
minutesecond
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Qp

f

deg

1: only start point is in the field of view
2: only end point is in the field of view
3: both points are in the field of view
possible time error
time difference between 2 stations
ground distance between 2 stations
cross angle of two observed planedifference of 2 pole of ground trajectory
overlap percentage of 2 observed
trajectory
difference of 2 velocity
distance between modified radiant point
and observed radiant point
quality assessment of radiant position
quality assessment of trajectory
positioning
total quality assessment
observed year (UT)
observed month (UT)
observed day (UT)
observed hour (UT)
observed minute
observed second
simultaneous observation countcorrection angle of trajectory pole byradiant unification.

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V2.02 or later
V2.02 or later
V2.02 or later
V2.02 or later
V2.02 or later
V2.02 or later
V2.10 or later
V2.10 or later *3*1 : Relation between radiant R, observed plane , trajectory pole P1.P2, cross angle Qc

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*2 : Relation between observed plane, trajectory pole P2, cross angle Qd and line distance L*3: Radiant unification and pole correction on “unified radiant” mode

5.2 Limitation
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o ID : less than 1000o total records to be read : less than 400000
In M*.csv, classified group name beginning with the letter “_” is not read into.
In M*.csv, dur less than 0.01 second is not read into.
The record unmatched relation between equatorial coordinate and horizontal coordinate
seems to be error and is ignored.
If there are 2 or more records that have the same localtime, ID, ra1, either one is used
and the other is discarded.
Date earlier than 1970 will cause troubles.

5.3 External data inport

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External data must be comma-delimited (CSV) format that has record version R90 or
R80.
Put R90 or R80 format CSV file in input directory to read as well as M.CSV, you can findsimultaneous meteor and calculate its orbit.
In external data, the longitude , latitude and altitude of observing station must be as
accurate as possible.

[R90 format]• If Ra, Dec of observed meteor is unknown, it calculates Ra, Dec from longitude, latitude
of observation location and observed Az, Alt of meteor.
• If Az, Alt of observed meteor is unknown, it calculates Az, Alt from longitude, latitude ofobservation location and observed Ra, Dec of meteor• Shown below as sample of R90 format.
o complete format -> R90-1.csv
o if Ra and Dec is unknown -> R90-2.csv
o if Az and Alt is unknown -> R90-3.csv• Shown below as explanation of recordo Ver: R90 fixed.
o Y M D h m s: meteor detected time (local time).
o Mag: magnitude. (this is optional. set 0 if unknown.)
o Dur: duration time (second) --- it is used to calculate angular velocity. Set as
accurate as possible, or 0 if unknown.
o Az1: Az of start point (degree) that measured from the south toward the west. (0for south, 90 for west, 180 for north, 270 for east) --- If Az, Alt is unknown, set
Az1, Alt1, Az2, Alt2 to all 999.9.
o Alt1: Alt of start point (degree).
o Az2: Az of end point (degree) that measured from the south toward the west. (0for south, 90 for west, 180 for north, 270 for east)o Alt2: Alt of end point (degree).
o Ra1: Ra of start point (degree) --- If Ra, Dec is unknown, set Ra1, Dec1, Ra2,
Dec2 to all 999.9.
o Dec1: Dec of start point (degree).
o Ra2: Ra of end point (degree).
o Dec2: Dec of end point (degree).
o ID: location ID (up to 16 alpha-numeric characters).
o Long: longitude of observation location (degree). (plus for east hemisphere,
minus for west hemisphere)o Lat: latitude of observation location (degree). (plus for north hemisphere, minus
for south hemisphere)o Alt: height above sea level of observation location (meter).
o TZ: time zone of observation location (hour). (0 for GMT, 9 for Japan)[R80 format]• R80 format is the format which is almost equivalent to MCSV of UFOAnalyzer. It holds
the direction of observation plane pole, and error values.
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name

R80 format can be generated by INF2MCSV. About INF2MCSV, please refer
SonotaCo.com.
Sample of R80 format fileo R80sample.csv
Record format of R80

type unit

explanation

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SystemID
EventName
samples
Dur
Mag
Y
M
D
H
M
S

a8
a16
a20
d
f
f
d
d
d
d
d
f

second
year
month
day
hour
minutesecond

Az1

f

deg

Ev1

f

deg

Ra1
Dc1
Ra2
Dc2
PoleRaPoleDc

f
f
f
f
f
f

deg
deg
deg
deg
deg
deg

longitudefdeg

latitudefdeg

altitude

f

m

rate

f

Hz

inout

d

-

posErrlineErr

f
f

deg
deg

refstarsd-magErrtimeErrff

second“R80” fixed string
string that identify the camera
string that identify the event
count of frames or fields of the meteor
duration of the meteor
observed magnitude

event start time(UT)direction of start point that measured fromthe south toward the west. (0 for south, 90
for west, 180 for north, 270 for east)
elevation angle of start point that measured
from the ground toward zenith
Ra of start point
Dec of start point
Ra of end point
Dec of end point
Ra of pole direction of observed plane
Dec of pole direction of observed planelongitude of the station(-180.0 ～180.0 , east plus, west minus)
latitude of the station(-90.0 ～ 90.0, north plus, south minus)
altitude of the station
sampling frequency of the system(25.0 for PAL frame processing system,
59.97 for NTSC de-interlacing system)
position of start and end point
0: both points are out of the field of view
1: only start point is in the field of view
2: only end point is in the field of view
3: both points are in the field of view
average error of direction
average error of linearity
number of fixed stars that were used for thedetermination of direction
average error of observed magnitude
possible maximum time error

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6. Cautions
UFOOrbitV2 is upgrade version from UFOOrbit that was made in December 2004. Copyrights
SonotaCo, all rights reserved.
You can use it free for personal use. You should not redistribute it.
About figures that UFOOrbit output, you can use it free for non commercial educational or
academic usage.
Please contact SonotaCo for other usage.
UFOOrbitV2 package contains data that based on the third party’s. Please pay attention tohandling.
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Star catalog data : Star catalog data for UFO series, which contains brighter than 6th
magnitude, are modified from the following.
o SKY2000 Star Catalog http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/sky2k.html
Map data : Map data for UFO series are modified from the following.
o SRTM30 based on the observation of NASA space shuttle ladder.
Radiant point information : Radiant point information is based on the following
information and the observation of SonotaCo Network after 2004.
o International Meteor Organization http://www.imo.net/
o http://www.metrec.org/imc06.pdf by Sirko Molau
o The Nippon Meteor Society http://www.nms.gr.jp/

7. Acknowledgments
Originally, UFOOrbit is made to handle the observation results by the member of SonotaCo
Network Japan. UFOOrbit might not exist without the effort of all members who has
observed meteors every night for many years and has opened their results.
Algorithms that are used in UFOOrbit are mostly based on the document below.
“Tentai Kidou Ron (Determination of Orbits)” by Ichiro Hasegawa, Koseisya Koseikaku 1983
(ISBN 4-7699-0572-6 C 3044)
This English manual is originally translated by Toshhiro Masuzawa.
I appeal best thanks to the people who concern this product.
9/Feb/2008
SonotaCo

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