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C/2006 K4 (NEAT)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 62270:
C/2006 K4 (NEAT)
Epoch 2007 Dec. 6.0 TT = JDT 2454440.5
T 2007 Nov. 29.3349 TT                                  MPC
q   3.188547             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000650       Peri.  233.6141      +0.0036618      -0.5535641
 +/-0.000002       Node   116.6035      -0.3087722      +0.7914835
e   0.997926       Incl.  111.3444      -0.9511290      -0.2590765
From 331 observations 2006 May 18-2008 Mar. 14, mean residual 0".7.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2006 K4 (NEAT)
Epoch 2008 May 14.0 TT = JDT 2454600.5
T 2007 Nov. 29.3682 TT                                  MPC
q   3.188644             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000693       Peri.  233.6229      +0.0035760      -0.5535684
 +/-0.000002       Node   116.6036      -0.3086514      +0.7915285
e   0.997790       Incl.  111.3446      -0.9511685      -0.2589298
An explanation of the orbital elements is available.

These orbital elements are also available in forms suitable for loading into a number of popular planetarium-type software programs.


Ephemeris

The following ephemeris is at intervals of five days. A daily ephemeris covering the same time interval is also available.

Personalized ephemerides for this (and other) objects may be generated using the Minor Planet & Comet Ephemeris Service.

Recent magnitude estimates for this comet (as reported to the ICQ) may be available.

Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase   m1    m2
2008 04 14    06 19.68   -73 34.9    3.224    3.446    94.2    16.9  13.9
2008 04 19    06 33.09   -71 09.2    3.234    3.464    94.7    16.8  13.9
2008 04 24    06 44.73   -68 44.3    3.252    3.482    94.8    16.7  14.0
2008 04 29    06 55.13   -66 21.6    3.275    3.502    94.5    16.7  14.0
2008 05 04    07 04.61   -64 02.1    3.305    3.521    93.9    16.6  14.1
2008 05 09    07 13.39   -61 46.9    3.342    3.541    93.0    16.5  14.1
2008 05 14    07 21.61   -59 36.8    3.384    3.562    91.8    16.5  14.2
2008 05 19    07 29.38   -57 32.4    3.432    3.583    90.3    16.4  14.2
2008 05 24    07 36.77   -55 34.2    3.484    3.605    88.6    16.3  14.3
2008 05 29    07 43.85   -53 42.7    3.541    3.627    86.7    16.2  14.3
2008 06 03    07 50.64   -51 57.9    3.601    3.649    84.6    16.1  14.4
2008 06 08    07 57.20   -50 20.2    3.665    3.672    82.4    15.9  14.5
2008 06 13    08 03.53   -48 49.6    3.731    3.695    80.1    15.7  14.5
2008 06 18    08 09.66   -47 26.0    3.799    3.718    77.8    15.5  14.6
2008 06 23    08 15.59   -46 09.3    3.868    3.742    75.4    15.2  14.7
2008 06 28    08 21.35   -44 59.2    3.937    3.767    72.9    15.0  14.7
2008 07 03    08 26.94   -43 55.8    4.007    3.791    70.5    14.6  14.8
2008 07 08    08 32.37   -42 58.6    4.076    3.817    68.1    14.3  14.9
2008 07 13    08 37.63   -42 07.5    4.145    3.842    65.8    14.0  14.9
2008 07 18    08 42.73   -41 22.1    4.212    3.868    63.6    13.6  15.0
2008 07 23    08 47.67   -40 42.3    4.277    3.894    61.4    13.2  15.1
2008 07 28    08 52.46   -40 07.6    4.339    3.920    59.3    12.9  15.1
2008 08 02    08 57.08   -39 38.0    4.400    3.947    57.4    12.5  15.2
2008 08 07    09 01.53   -39 13.1    4.457    3.974    55.7    12.2  15.2
2008 08 12    09 05.82   -38 52.6    4.510    4.001    54.1    11.8  15.3
2008 08 17    09 09.92   -38 36.4    4.560    4.028    52.7    11.5  15.3
2008 08 22    09 13.85   -38 24.0    4.606    4.056    51.6    11.3  15.4
2008 08 27    09 17.59   -38 15.5    4.649    4.084    50.7    11.0  15.4
2008 09 01    09 21.12   -38 10.4    4.686    4.112    50.1    10.9  15.5
2008 09 06    09 24.45   -38 08.6    4.720    4.141    49.8    10.7  15.5
2008 09 11    09 27.56   -38 09.9    4.748    4.170    49.8    10.6  15.6
2008 09 16    09 30.43   -38 14.1    4.773    4.199    50.1    10.6  15.6
2008 09 21    09 33.05   -38 20.8    4.792    4.228    50.7    10.6  15.7
2008 09 26    09 35.42   -38 30.0    4.807    4.257    51.6    10.6  15.7
2008 10 01    09 37.50   -38 41.5    4.817    4.287    52.8    10.7  15.7
2008 10 06    09 39.29   -38 54.9    4.823    4.317    54.3    10.8  15.8
2008 10 11    09 40.76   -39 10.0    4.824    4.347    56.1    11.0  15.8
2008 10 16    09 41.88   -39 26.7    4.821    4.377    58.1    11.2  15.8
2008 10 21    09 42.65   -39 44.5    4.813    4.407    60.4    11.3  15.9
2008 10 26    09 43.04   -40 03.4    4.802    4.438    62.8    11.5  15.9
2008 10 31    09 43.03   -40 22.9    4.787    4.468    65.5    11.7  15.9
2008 11 05    09 42.58   -40 42.7    4.769    4.499    68.4    11.8  15.9
2008 11 10    09 41.68   -41 02.4    4.748    4.530    71.4    12.0  15.9
2008 11 15    09 40.32   -41 21.6    4.724    4.561    74.5    12.1  16.0
2008 11 20    09 38.46   -41 40.0    4.699    4.592    77.8    12.1  16.0
2008 11 25    09 36.11   -41 56.9    4.671    4.624    81.2    12.2  16.0
2008 11 30    09 33.23   -42 12.0    4.643    4.655    84.6    12.2  16.0
2008 12 05    09 29.84   -42 24.6    4.614    4.687    88.2    12.1  16.0
2008 12 10    09 25.94   -42 34.1    4.585    4.719    91.7    12.0  16.0
2008 12 15    09 21.55   -42 40.0    4.557    4.751    95.3    11.9  16.1
2008 12 20    09 16.69   -42 41.8    4.530    4.783    98.9    11.7  16.1
2008 12 25    09 11.40   -42 38.8    4.506    4.815   102.5    11.5  16.1
2008 12 30    09 05.74   -42 30.4    4.484    4.847   105.9    11.2  16.1
2009 01 04    08 59.77   -42 16.3    4.466    4.879   109.3    11.0  16.1
2009 01 09    08 53.57   -41 56.0    4.451    4.912   112.5    10.7  16.2
2009 01 14    08 47.22   -41 29.4    4.442    4.944   115.4    10.3  16.2
2009 01 19    08 40.82   -40 56.3    4.437    4.977   118.1    10.0  16.2
2009 01 24    08 34.44   -40 16.7    4.439    5.010   120.4     9.8  16.2
2009 01 29    08 28.20   -39 30.9    4.446    5.042   122.4     9.5  16.3
2009 02 03    08 22.16   -38 39.1    4.460    5.075   123.8     9.3  16.3
2009 02 08    08 16.41   -37 42.0    4.482    5.108   124.7     9.1  16.3
2009 02 13    08 11.02   -36 40.2    4.510    5.141   125.1     9.0  16.4
2009 02 18    08 06.03   -35 34.2    4.545    5.174   124.9     9.0  16.4
2009 02 23    08 01.48   -34 25.0    4.587    5.207   124.1     9.0  16.5
2009 02 28    07 57.40   -33 13.2    4.637    5.240   122.9     9.1  16.5
2009 03 05    07 53.80   -31 59.8    4.693    5.274   121.1     9.3  16.6
2009 03 10    07 50.70   -30 45.5    4.756    5.307   118.9     9.4  16.6
2009 03 15    07 48.07   -29 31.0    4.824    5.340   116.3     9.6  16.7
2009 03 20    07 45.92   -28 16.9    4.899    5.374   113.5     9.8  16.8
2009 03 25    07 44.22   -27 04.0    4.979    5.407   110.4    10.0  16.8
2009 03 30    07 42.96   -25 52.6    5.063    5.441   107.1    10.1  16.9
2009 04 04    07 42.11   -24 43.2    5.152    5.474   103.6    10.2  16.9
2009 04 09    07 41.65   -23 36.2    5.244    5.508   100.1    10.3  17.0
2009 04 14    07 41.54   -22 31.9    5.339    5.541    96.4    10.4  17.1
2009 04 19    07 41.76   -21 30.5    5.437    5.575    92.7    10.4  17.1
2009 04 24    07 42.29   -20 32.1    5.536    5.609    89.0    10.3  17.2
2009 04 29    07 43.10   -19 36.8    5.636    5.642    85.2    10.2  17.3
2009 05 04    07 44.16   -18 44.7    5.737    5.676    81.5    10.1  17.3
2009 05 09    07 45.45   -17 55.9    5.839    5.710    77.7     9.9  17.4
2009 05 14    07 46.95   -17 10.3    5.939    5.744    74.0     9.7  17.5
2009 05 19    07 48.63   -16 27.8    6.039    5.777    70.3     9.5  17.5

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