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Table 3

Best-fit (left) and alternative (middle) model parameters, together with realistic uncertainties (right).

var. val. val. Unit σ
m1 1.492735 × 10−12 1.651829 × 10−12 MS 0.16 × 10−12
m2 2 × 10−16 4 × 10−16 MS 2 × 10−16
m3 3 × 10−16 9 × 10−16 MS 3 × 10−16
P1 1.822359 1.818203 day 0.004156
log e1 −3.991 −4.100 1 −3 (i.e. 0.001)
i1 70.104 68.719 deg 1.0
Ω1 252.920 253.751 deg 1.0
ϖ1 0.089 13.892 deg 10.0
λ1 59.665 60.565 deg 1.0
P2 2.745820 2.740999 day 0.004820
log e2 −3.998 −4.138 1 −3
i2 70.347 69.383 deg 1.0
Ω2 252.954 252.033 deg 1.0
ϖ2 1.601 −9.757 deg 10.0
λ2 108.357 107.865 deg 1.0
lpole 72.961 73.472 deg 1.0
bpole 19.628 20.480 deg 1.0

nsky 66 66
nsky2 28 28
nao 3240 3240

113 124
66 78
621 584
χ2 368 381

1.71 1.87
2.35 2.78
0.19 0.18

Notes. Orbital elements of the moons are osculating, for the epoch T0 = 2 454 728.761806 (cf. Fig. 11). m1 denotes the mass of body 1 (i.e. Kleopatra), m2 body 2 (first moon), m3 body 3 (second moon), P1 the orbital period of the first orbit, e1 eccentricity, i1 inclination, Ω1 longitude of node, ϖ1 longitude of pericentre, λ1 true longitude, etc. of the second orbit; lpole ecliptic longitude of Kleopatra’s rotation pole, bpole ecliptic latitude; n numbers of observations (SKY, SKY2, AO), χ2 values, reduced values. The angular orbital elements are expressed in the standard stellar reference frame. If the orbits lie in the equatorial plane of body 1, they fulfil i = 90° − bpole, Ω = 180° + lpole.

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