C/2006 K1 ( McNaught )

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Updated on March 12, 2009

Profile Discovery Date May 17, 2006 Magnitude 17.6 mag Discoverer R. H. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey)

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62270: Epoch 2007 Aug. 8.0 TT = JDT 2454320.5 T 2007 July 20.5586 TT MPC q 4.425510 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000336 Peri. 296.4432 +0.6390938 +0.0251448 +/-0.000001 Node 72.1149 +0.5277811 +0.7126807 e 1.001488 Incl. 53.8770 -0.5594696 +0.7010377 From 280 observations 2006 May 17-2008 Feb. 29, mean residual 0".5.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 6.5 + 5 log d + 10.0 log r

The orbital elements are published at the MPC Ephemerides and Orbital Elements. The charts are made with StellaNavigator Ver.2.0 for Windows (AstroArts / ASCII). The magnitudes graphs are made with Comet for Windows.