C/2006 Q1 (McNaught)
Orbital Elements
The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 61994:C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) Epoch 2008 June 23.0 TT = JDT 2454640.5 T 2008 July 3.8539 TT MPC q 2.763648 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000065 Peri. 344.3796 -0.9539006 -0.0880174 +/-0.000001 Node 199.5466 -0.0840335 -0.8394593 e 0.999821 Incl. 59.0469 -0.2881180 +0.5362472 From 355 observations 2006 Aug. 20-2008 Feb. 12, mean residual 0".4.Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5 T 2008 July 3.8360 TT MPC q 2.763786 (2000.0) P Q z +0.000197 Peri. 344.3805 -0.9538840 -0.0879930 +/-0.000001 Node 199.5500 -0.0841112 -0.8394180 e 0.999456 Incl. 59.0518 -0.2881503 +0.5363158An 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 2009 06 08 16 18.47 +37 30.4 3.757 4.337 118.7 11.8 14.2 2009 06 13 16 15.50 +37 36.6 3.816 4.372 117.0 11.9 14.3 2009 06 18 16 12.75 +37 37.0 3.878 4.407 115.2 12.0 14.4 2009 06 23 16 10.29 +37 32.1 3.944 4.443 113.2 12.1 14.5 2009 06 28 16 08.14 +37 22.2 4.012 4.478 111.0 12.2 14.5 2009 07 03 16 06.34 +37 08.0 4.082 4.514 108.8 12.3 14.6 2009 07 08 16 04.90 +36 49.9 4.155 4.550 106.5 12.4 14.7 2009 07 13 16 03.85 +36 28.4 4.229 4.585 104.2 12.4 14.7 2009 07 18 16 03.17 +36 04.0 4.305 4.621 101.8 12.4 14.8 2009 07 23 16 02.88 +35 37.2 4.383 4.657 99.3 12.4 14.9 2009 07 28 16 02.97 +35 08.3 4.461 4.693 96.9 12.4 15.0 2009 08 02 16 03.44 +34 37.8 4.541 4.729 94.4 12.4 15.0 2009 08 07 16 04.27 +34 06.2 4.621 4.765 92.0 12.3 15.1 2009 08 12 16 05.45 +33 33.7 4.702 4.801 89.5 12.2 15.2 2009 08 17 16 06.96 +33 00.6 4.782 4.837 87.1 12.1 15.2 2009 08 22 16 08.79 +32 27.3 4.863 4.874 84.6 11.9 15.3 2009 08 27 16 10.92 +31 54.1 4.944 4.910 82.2 11.8 15.4 2009 09 01 16 13.34 +31 21.2 5.023 4.946 79.8 11.6 15.4 2009 09 06 16 16.02 +30 48.9 5.103 4.982 77.5 11.4 15.5 2009 09 11 16 18.95 +30 17.2 5.181 5.019 75.2 11.2 15.6 2009 09 16 16 22.12 +29 46.6 5.258 5.055 72.9 11.0 15.6 2009 09 21 16 25.51 +29 17.0 5.335 5.092 70.7 10.7 15.7 2009 09 26 16 29.09 +28 48.7 5.409 5.128 68.5 10.5 15.8 2009 10 01 16 32.87 +28 21.8 5.483 5.164 66.4 10.2 15.8 2009 10 06 16 36.81 +27 56.5 5.554 5.201 64.4 10.0 15.9 2009 10 11 16 40.91 +27 32.9 5.624 5.237 62.5 9.7 15.9 2009 10 16 16 45.14 +27 11.0 5.691 5.274 60.6 9.5 16.0 2009 10 21 16 49.51 +26 51.0 5.757 5.310 58.8 9.2 16.1 2009 10 26 16 53.99 +26 33.0 5.820 5.347 57.2 9.0 16.1 2009 10 31 16 58.57 +26 17.1 5.881 5.384 55.6 8.8 16.2 2009 11 05 17 03.23 +26 03.4 5.940 5.420 54.2 8.5 16.2 2009 11 10 17 07.97 +25 51.8 5.996 5.457 53.0 8.3 16.3 2009 11 15 17 12.77 +25 42.5 6.049 5.493 51.8 8.1 16.3 2009 11 20 17 17.61 +25 35.5 6.100 5.530 50.9 8.0 16.4 2009 11 25 17 22.49 +25 30.9 6.148 5.566 50.1 7.8 16.4 2009 11 30 17 27.39 +25 28.6 6.193 5.603 49.5 7.7 16.4 2009 12 05 17 32.30 +25 28.8 6.235 5.639 49.1 7.6 16.5 2009 12 10 17 37.20 +25 31.4 6.274 5.676 48.9 7.5 16.5 2009 12 15 17 42.09 +25 36.4 6.310 5.713 49.0 7.5 16.6 2009 12 20 17 46.94 +25 43.9 6.344 5.749 49.2 7.4 16.6 2009 12 25 17 51.76 +25 53.8 6.375 5.786 49.6 7.4 16.6 2009 12 30 17 56.51 +26 06.1 6.402 5.822 50.2 7.5 16.7 2010 01 04 18 01.20 +26 20.8 6.427 5.859 51.0 7.5 16.7 2010 01 09 18 05.81 +26 37.8 6.450 5.895 52.0 7.6 16.8 2010 01 14 18 10.32 +26 57.2 6.469 5.932 53.2 7.6 16.8 2010 01 19 18 14.72 +27 18.8 6.486 5.968 54.5 7.7 16.8 2010 01 24 18 19.01 +27 42.6 6.500 6.005 55.9 7.8 16.8 2010 01 29 18 23.16 +28 08.5 6.512 6.041 57.5 7.9 16.9 2010 02 03 18 27.16 +28 36.3 6.522 6.077 59.3 8.0 16.9 2010 02 08 18 31.01 +29 06.1 6.529 6.114 61.1 8.1 16.9 2010 02 13 18 34.68 +29 37.8 6.535 6.150 63.0 8.2 17.0 2010 02 18 18 38.17 +30 11.1 6.538 6.187 65.0 8.3 17.0 2010 02 23 18 41.46 +30 46.0 6.540 6.223 67.1 8.4 17.0 2010 02 28 18 44.53 +31 22.2 6.541 6.259 69.3 8.5 17.0 2010 03 05 18 47.39 +31 59.7 6.540 6.295 71.5 8.6 17.1 2010 03 10 18 50.00 +32 38.4 6.538 6.332 73.7 8.7 17.1 2010 03 15 18 52.37 +33 17.9 6.535 6.368 76.0 8.7 17.1 2010 03 20 18 54.48 +33 58.1 6.532 6.404 78.3 8.8 17.1 2010 03 25 18 56.32 +34 38.8 6.528 6.440 80.6 8.8 17.2 2010 03 30 18 57.87 +35 19.7 6.524 6.477 82.9 8.8 17.2 2010 04 04 18 59.14 +36 00.7 6.520 6.513 85.2 8.8 17.2 2010 04 09 19 00.11 +36 41.5 6.516 6.549 87.5 8.8 17.2 2010 04 14 19 00.77 +37 21.8 6.512 6.585 89.8 8.8 17.3 2010 04 19 19 01.13 +38 01.4 6.509 6.621 92.0 8.7 17.3 2010 04 24 19 01.17 +38 40.0 6.508 6.657 94.2 8.7 17.3 2010 04 29 19 00.90 +39 17.2 6.507 6.693 96.3 8.6 17.3 2010 05 04 19 00.33 +39 52.9 6.508 6.729 98.4 8.5 17.3 2010 05 09 18 59.46 +40 26.7 6.510 6.765 100.4 8.4 17.4 2010 05 14 18 58.30 +40 58.4 6.514 6.801 102.3 8.3 17.4 2010 05 19 18 56.86 +41 27.7 6.520 6.837 104.1 8.3 17.4 2010 05 24 18 55.17 +41 54.3 6.529 6.873 105.7 8.2 17.4 2010 05 29 18 53.24 +42 18.0 6.539 6.909 107.3 8.1 17.5 2010 06 03 18 51.10 +42 38.6 6.553 6.944 108.7 8.0 17.5 2010 06 08 18 48.78 +42 55.9 6.569 6.980 109.9 7.9 17.5 2010 06 13 18 46.31 +43 09.8 6.587 7.016 111.0 7.8 17.6 2010 06 18 18 43.73 +43 20.1 6.609 7.052 111.9 7.7 17.6 2010 06 23 18 41.08 +43 26.8 6.634 7.087 112.6 7.6 17.6 2010 06 28 18 38.39 +43 29.9 6.662 7.123 113.1 7.5 17.6 2010 07 03 18 35.71 +43 29.4 6.693 7.158 113.5 7.5 17.7 2010 07 08 18 33.08 +43 25.2 6.727 7.194 113.6 7.4 17.7 2010 07 13 18 30.52 +43 17.7 6.764 7.230 113.5 7.4 17.7
