C/2006 K1 ( McNaught )

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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 59042: Epoch 2007 Aug. 8.0 TT = JDT 2454320.5 T 2007 July 20.5703 TT MPC q 4.425485 (2000.0) P Q z -0.000340 Peri. 296.4449 +0.6390939 +0.0251258 +/-0.000003 Node 72.1149 +0.5278027 +0.7126649 e 1.001506 Incl. 53.8770 -0.5594490 +0.7010545 From 171 observations 2006 May 17-2007 Feb. 15, 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.