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Minor Planet Center

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 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2008 July 3.7527 TT                                   MPC
q   2.763578             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000309       Peri.  344.3644      -0.9538351      -0.0882087
 +/-0.000001       Node   199.5564      -0.0839782      -0.8394322
e   0.999146       Incl.   59.0539      -0.2883511      +0.5362581
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
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
2010 07 18    18 28.09   +43 06.7    6.805    7.265   113.2     7.4  17.8
2010 07 23    18 25.80   +42 52.7    6.848    7.300   112.7     7.4  17.8
2010 07 28    18 23.70   +42 35.7    6.895    7.336   112.0     7.4  17.8
2010 08 02    18 21.80   +42 16.1    6.945    7.371   111.1     7.4  17.9
2010 08 07    18 20.13   +41 54.1    6.998    7.407   110.0     7.4  17.9
2010 08 12    18 18.70   +41 29.8    7.053    7.442   108.8     7.4  18.0
2010 08 17    18 17.53   +41 03.7    7.112    7.477   107.4     7.4  18.0
2010 08 22    18 16.62   +40 36.1    7.173    7.513   105.9     7.4  18.0
2010 08 27    18 15.99   +40 07.1    7.236    7.548   104.2     7.5  18.1
2010 09 01    18 15.63   +39 37.2    7.301    7.583   102.4     7.5  18.1
2010 09 06    18 15.54   +39 06.6    7.369    7.618   100.6     7.5  18.2
2010 09 11    18 15.73   +38 35.5    7.438    7.653    98.6     7.5  18.2
2010 09 16    18 16.18   +38 04.2    7.509    7.688    96.5     7.5  18.2
2010 09 21    18 16.89   +37 33.1    7.581    7.723    94.4     7.4  18.3
2010 09 26    18 17.85   +37 02.2    7.654    7.758    92.3     7.4  18.3
2010 10 01    18 19.05   +36 31.9    7.728    7.793    90.0     7.4  18.4
2010 10 06    18 20.47   +36 02.3    7.803    7.828    87.8     7.3  18.4
2010 10 11    18 22.12   +35 33.6    7.878    7.863    85.5     7.3  18.4
2010 10 16    18 23.97   +35 06.0    7.954    7.898    83.2     7.2  18.5
2010 10 21    18 26.01   +34 39.7    8.029    7.933    80.9     7.1  18.5
2010 10 26    18 28.23   +34 14.8    8.104    7.968    78.6     7.0  18.6
2010 10 31    18 30.61   +33 51.4    8.178    8.003    76.4     6.9  18.6
2010 11 05    18 33.15   +33 29.6    8.251    8.037    74.2     6.8  18.6
2010 11 10    18 35.82   +33 09.6    8.323    8.072    72.0     6.7  18.7
2010 11 15    18 38.62   +32 51.4    8.394    8.107    69.8     6.6  18.7
2010 11 20    18 41.54   +32 35.0    8.464    8.141    67.8     6.5  18.7
2010 11 25    18 44.54   +32 20.7    8.531    8.176    65.8     6.3  18.8
2010 11 30    18 47.64   +32 08.3    8.596    8.210    63.9     6.2  18.8

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