(119951) 2002KX14


Object

Object (119951) 2002KX14
Diameter(1) 455 km
Dynamic class(1) cubewano
Absolute magnitude 4.72
G slop 0.15
(1) Data from the johnston archive list.

Orbital elements

Epoch (Julian date) 2459800.5
Semi major axis 38.849366 ± 0.000256 au
Eccentricity 0.047616269 ± 0.000002522
Inclination 0.400757184 ± 0.000013644 °
Longitude of ascending node 286.975356 ± 0.001124 °
Argument of perihelia 71.515728 ± 0.006197 °
Mean anomaly 271.636337 ± 0.006183 °
Orbital period 242.15 yr

Ephemeris & Observations

Ephemeris version NIMAv10
Observation file (documentation) omc_ast_NIMAv10.txt
bsp file 119951_2002KX14_nima_v10.bsp
Date of first observation 1984-05-31
Date of last observation 2023-05-19
Number of observations used in the fit 239
Number of rejected observations 9
Number of DES observations 0
Number of MPC observations 190
Number of unpublished observations 58
RMS of observations 0.115 arcsec

Residuals

residual plot

Residuals in right ascension and declination compared to NIMAv10 ephemeris.
Colours indicate the estimated precision in arcsec used as weights in the fitting process.

Orbit quality

date σα (arcsec) σδ (arcsec)
2023-01 0.013 0.009
2023-07 0.015 0.010
2024-01 0.017 0.010
2024-07 0.020 0.012
2025-01 0.022 0.012
2025-07 0.026 0.013
2026-01 0.028 0.013
2026-07 0.033 0.014
2027-01 0.035 0.014

Ephemeris comparison

residual plot

Difference between NIMAv10 and JPL17 in right ascension (weighted by cos δ) and in declination.
Gray area represents the 1-σ uncertainty of NIMA ephemeris. Green dots represent the DES observations.

Previous NIMA versions