C/2006 K4 ( NEAT )

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Profile Discovery Date May 18, 2006 Magnitude 19.9 mag Discoverer Near-Earth-Asteroid Tracking Team (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Pictures

Orbital Elements The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 59875: Epoch 2007 Dec. 6.0 TT = JDT 2454440.5 T 2007 Nov. 29.3342 TT MPC q 3.188569 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000649 Peri. 233.6136 +0.0036664 -0.5535642 +/-0.000002 Node 116.6035 -0.3087791 +0.7914808 e 0.997932 Incl. 111.3444 -0.9511267 -0.2590846 From 237 observations 2006 May 18-2007 May 12, mean residual 0".6.

Finding Charts

Magnitudes Graph m1 = 9.5 + 5 log d + 7.0 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.