Orbit Fit and Astrometric record for 20KU53

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: 20KU53    
# Created Tue Apr  1 01:11:19 2025
# Orbit generated from Bernstein formalism
# Fitting     15 observations of     15
# Arc:  76.97d
# First observation: 2020/05/29
#  Last observation: 2020/08/14
Preliminary a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
   0.000000   0.013762   0.000002  -0.000399   0.020452   0.000000
# Chi-squared of fit:     0.09 DOF:     24 RMS:  0.01
# Min/Max residuals:    -0.02    0.02
# Exact a, adot, b, bdot, g, gdot:
  1.369665E-05  1.851283E-02 -2.942812E-07 -3.966548E-04  2.126421E-02 -1.932989E-04
# Covariance matrix:
  3.2037E-13  1.0127E-10 -5.0045E-14  4.1504E-15  1.9808E-11  5.4584E-10
  1.0127E-10  2.2081E-07 -1.0458E-10  3.8700E-11  4.0706E-08  6.5865E-07
 -5.0045E-14 -1.0458E-10  2.5156E-13 -1.1021E-12 -1.9300E-11 -3.1727E-10
  4.1504E-15  3.8700E-11 -1.1021E-12  1.1279E-11  6.9521E-12  6.8685E-11
  1.9808E-11  4.0706E-08 -1.9300E-11  6.9521E-12  7.5168E-09  1.2461E-07
  5.4584E-10  6.5865E-07 -3.1727E-10  6.8685E-11  1.2461E-07  2.7803E-06
#      lat0       lon0       xBary       yBary       zBary        JD0
    2.723937  -74.122456    0.621805    0.037639   -0.793809  2458998.947781
# Heliocentric elements and errors
Epoch:              2458990.5000  =  2020/05/21
Mean Anomaly:          199.05517 +/-    51.431
Argument of Peri:      277.58960 +/-    51.159
Long of Asc Node:      171.10905 +/-     0.668
Inclination:             2.93171 +/-     0.015
Eccentricity:         0.07798586 +/-    0.0570
Semi-Major Axis:     44.52574794 +/-    1.2348
Time of Perihelion: 2507507.0374 +/-   15371.7
Perihelion:          41.05336940 +/-    2.7801
Aphelion:            47.99812648 +/-    2.8643
Period (y)              297.1153 +/-     12.36
# Ecliptic coordinates at JD0 (AU and AU/d)
Ecliptic X           12.47630083 +/-    0.0524
Ecliptic Y          -46.12346288 +/-    0.1842
Ecliptic Z            2.23497475 +/-    0.0091
Ecliptic XDOT         0.00229464 +/-    0.0001
Ecliptic YDOT         0.00067724 +/-    0.0002
Ecliptic ZDOT        -0.00005243 +/-    0.0000
# Distances at JD0 (AU)
Heliocenter to KBO   47.83332544 +/-    0.1782
Geocenter to KBO     47.02737789 +/-    0.1917
# Hcoef:  8.65

The following table shows the complete astrometric record for 20KU53. 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 (20KU53) followed by the observatory code and reference code for the source of the astrometry.

2020 05  29.44698  19 07 32.016  -19 47 22.51  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 05  29.53371  19 07 31.715  -19 47 22.83  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 05  29.61905  19 07 31.418  -19 47 23.13  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 05  31.44139  19 07 25.132  -19 47 29.97  25.3r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 05  31.52961  19 07 24.817  -19 47 30.32  25.3r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 05  31.61814  19 07 24.499  -19 47 30.66  25.3r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 06  21.45390  19 06 01.879  -19 49 17.40  25.2r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 06  21.53376  19 06 01.527  -19 49 17.89  25.2r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 06  21.61261  19 06 01.181  -19 49 18.36  25.2r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  12.26680  19 02 21.582  -19 55 44.22  25.6r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  12.34843  19 02 21.289  -19 55 44.84  25.6r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  12.42950  19 02 20.999  -19 55 45.45  25.6r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  14.24286  19 02 14.750  -19 55 59.16  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  14.33285  19 02 14.437  -19 55 59.84  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      
2020 08  14.42134  19 02 14.129  -19 56 00.50  25.4r 20KU53    266  C~6c5Y      

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     0.01       0.00    -0.00
     2   0.0002     -4.26     0.02       0.17     0.00
     3   0.0005     -8.46     0.02       0.36     0.01
     4   0.0055    -97.37    -0.02       3.82     0.00
     5   0.0057   -101.83    -0.01       3.98     0.00
     6   0.0059   -106.33    -0.02       4.17     0.00
     7   0.0630  -1276.88     0.01      31.59    -0.01
     8   0.0632  -1281.87     0.00      31.66    -0.01
     9   0.0634  -1286.78     0.00      31.75    -0.00
    10   0.2048  -4408.88    -0.02      -8.71    -0.01
    11   0.2051  -4413.06    -0.02      -8.88    -0.01
    12   0.2053  -4417.19    -0.02      -9.04    -0.01
    13   0.2103  -4506.32     0.02     -13.16     0.01
    14   0.2105  -4510.78     0.02     -13.36     0.02
    15   0.2107  -4515.17     0.01     -13.55     0.01

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.

20KU53    quality flag:1

Type:      CLASSICAL CLASSICAL  SCATNEAR

axisobj        44.032    51.244    41.145
ecceobj         0.089     0.192     0.222
incobj          2.932     2.892     2.974
qmin           39.238    40.858    31.277
qmax           49.467    62.866    63.012
amean          44.243    51.585    40.339
amin           43.886    51.104    35.786
amax           44.621    52.129    47.654
emean           0.093     0.194     0.179
emin            0.077     0.184     0.080
emax            0.109     0.206     0.326
imean           3.250     2.813     1.491
imin            2.487     2.579     0.040
imax            3.994     3.042     2.987
excite_mean     0.109     0.201     0.181
fracstop        1.000     1.000     1.000
cjmean          3.090     3.148     3.019

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       187.7     172.1     177.3
kozaiamp        180.0     180.0     180.0