Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 13UC17

The following information shows the result of the orbit fit based on Gary Bernstein's method. Most of the information should be self-explanatory. Take special note that while the original Bernstein software works with barycentric coordinates, we convert these results into a heliocentric coordinate system.

# Object: 13UC17    
# Created Fri Nov 22 02:09:46 2024
# Orbit generated by ELGB
# -->Covariance matrix from a Bernstein fit
# Fitting     25 observations of     25
# Arc:   7.27y
# First observation: 2013/10/06
#  Last observation: 2021/01/11
# Chi-squared of fit:     7.45 DOF:     44 RMS:  0.10
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.18    0.32
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  2.118842E-05  8.453065E-02 -1.334480E-05 -5.378558E-02  6.230027E-02 -4.565846E-03
# Covariance matrix:
  1.3373E-13 -9.6216E-14 -2.9617E-14  6.0769E-14  5.5750E-14 -1.4324E-13
 -9.6216E-14  1.7331E-13  5.5780E-14 -1.1618E-13 -1.0333E-14  2.5905E-13
 -2.9617E-14  5.5780E-14  1.0012E-13 -5.6968E-14 -1.1153E-14  9.1696E-14
  6.0769E-14 -1.1618E-13 -5.6968E-14  9.6059E-14  1.9838E-14 -1.8997E-13
  5.5750E-14 -1.0333E-14 -1.1153E-14  1.9838E-14  1.8768E-13 -7.2843E-14
 -1.4324E-13  2.5905E-13  9.1696E-14 -1.8997E-13 -7.2843E-14  4.3218E-13
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
   -0.618016   15.214260    0.039176   -0.010698   -0.998813  2456571.901908
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2456572.5000  =  2013/10/07
Mean Anomaly:          340.63391 +/-     0.005
Argument of Peri:      206.23215 +/-     0.007
Long of Asc Node:      194.17668 +/-     0.000
Inclination:            32.47287 +/-     0.000
Eccentricity:         0.12916061 +/-    0.0000
Semi-Major Axis:     19.36694383 +/-    0.0007
Time of Perihelion: 2458247.1713 +/-       1.6
Perihelion:          16.86549759 +/-    0.0007
Aphelion:            21.86839006 +/-    0.0009
Period (y)               85.2314 +/-      0.00
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           16.46141228 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic Y            4.43918109 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic Z           -0.17334228 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic XDOT        -0.00119925 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00352386 +/-    0.0000
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00236122 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   17.05037093 +/-    0.0001
Geocenter to KBO     16.05135478 +/-    0.0001
# Hcoef: 11.39

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 13UC17. The first three columns show the date of observation. The next six columns are RA and DEC. The next column (when provided) is the observed magnitude and filter. The next column is the object name (13UC17) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2013 10  06.40113  00 56 59.981  +05 25 18.29  23.5r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 10  06.48380  00 56 59.137  +05 25 10.39  23.2r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 10  31.23096  00 53 02.356  +04 47 10.22  24.2r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 10  31.27407  00 53 01.964  +04 47 06.50  24.0r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 10  31.31685  00 53 01.586  +04 47 02.79  23.6r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 11  01.25731  00 52 53.404  +04 45 41.95  23.5r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 11  01.37789  00 52 52.336  +04 45 31.49  23.9r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 11  05.38291  00 52 18.639  +04 39 55.63  23.8r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 11  29.22005  00 49 46.591  +04 12 06.96  24.0r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 12  04.24712  00 49 27.490  +04 07 43.48  23.3r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 12  04.29457  00 49 27.324  +04 07 41.24  23.0r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2013 12  06.21068  00 49 21.454  +04 06 09.98  24.0r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 07  24.58453  01 26 13.671  +05 53 36.68  24.1r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 08  22.54448  01 25 33.977  +05 29 05.65  23.9r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 08  22.58310  01 25 33.780  +05 29 02.92  23.9r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 08  27.61916  01 25 09.651  +05 23 06.98  23.8r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 10  23.34457  01 17 00.409  +03 59 09.59  23.6r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 10  26.43997  01 16 30.078  +03 54 34.88  23.2r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 10  27.38331  01 16 20.943  +03 53 11.96  23.8r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2014 12  17.24304  01 10 53.740  +03 01 25.52  23.8r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2015 01  17.26915  01 11 43.927  +02 58 56.71  24.1r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2015 08  20.50250  01 48 01.106  +04 29 12.49  23.8r 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2015 12  07.39011  01 33 38.467  +02 05 39.51  23.2w 13UC17    568  C~2NKY      
2021 01  11.132760 03 22 15.430  -03 24 03.36  23.7G 13UC17    G37  C~4UBD      
2021 01  11.198840 03 22 15.150  -03 24 01.39        13UC17    G37  C~4UBD      

The following table shows the residuals to the orbit fit. The first coumn is the point number. The second column is the time, in years, measured from the first observation. The third and fifth columns are the regularized positions used in the orbit fit. The fourth and sixth columns are the residuals, in arc seconds, for RA and Dec respectively.

     1   0.0000      0.00     0.08       0.00    -0.04
     2   0.0002      0.00    -0.00       0.00    -0.09
     3   0.0680      0.00     0.09       0.00     0.01
     4   0.0681      0.00    -0.02       0.00     0.01
     5   0.0682      0.00     0.06       0.00    -0.02
     6   0.0708      0.00    -0.07       0.00    -0.02
     7   0.0711      0.00    -0.08       0.00    -0.17
     8   0.0821      0.00     0.05       0.00     0.18
     9   0.1473      0.00     0.07       0.00    -0.03
    10   0.1611      0.00    -0.10       0.00    -0.01
    11   0.1612      0.00    -0.10       0.00     0.07
    12   0.1665      0.00    -0.06       0.00    -0.08
    13   0.7972      0.00    -0.01       0.00    -0.07
    14   0.8765      0.00     0.15       0.00     0.08
    15   0.8766      0.00    -0.18       0.00    -0.03
    16   0.8904      0.00    -0.00       0.00     0.01
    17   1.0457      0.00    -0.13       0.00    -0.08
    18   1.0542      0.00     0.12       0.00     0.32
    19   1.0568      0.00     0.04       0.00     0.09
    20   1.1960      0.00     0.23       0.00    -0.13
    21   1.2810      0.00    -0.03       0.00    -0.02
    22   1.8702      0.00     0.01       0.00    -0.02
    23   2.1683      0.00    -0.05       0.00     0.08
    24   7.2655      0.00     0.07       0.00     0.02
    25   7.2657      0.00    -0.07       0.00    -0.07

The following table comes from a 10My integration of the orbit of the object. Three columns are shown. The first column is the result of integrating the nominal orbit. The other two columns are based on clones of the nominal orbit that are +/- 3 sigma from the nominal orbit. If all three types agree then the classificiation is deemed secure. The basis for these calculations is described in more detail in AJ, 129, 1117 (2005). Any use made of these calculations should refer to and credit this publication and the Deep Ecliptic Survey Team.

13UC17    quality flag:3

Type:       CENTAURR  CENTAURR  CENTAURR

axisobj        19.366    19.366    19.366
ecceobj         0.129     0.129     0.129
incobj         32.428    32.428    32.428
qmin           15.506    14.263    15.319
qmax           23.637    23.535    23.587
amean          19.366    19.097    19.105
amin           18.819    18.734    17.976
amax           19.637    19.581    19.565
emean           0.134     0.144     0.133
emin            0.040     0.028     0.064
emax            0.204     0.241     0.208
imean          31.578    31.659    32.126
imin           30.347    29.389    30.892
imax           33.111    33.290    34.104
excite_mean     0.543     0.547     0.549
fracstop        0.081     0.070     0.200
cjmean          2.907     2.915     2.912

libcent 0      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libamp  0      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libcent 1      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libamp  1      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libcent 2      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libamp  2      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libcent 3      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libamp  3      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libcent 4      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0
libamp  4      -180.0    -180.0    -180.0

kozaimean       177.5     243.0     203.5
kozaiamp        112.8     179.1     180.0