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Minor Planet Center

C/2007 M1 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPC 63376:
C/2007 M1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2008 Aug. 2.0 TT = JDT 2454680.5
T 2008 Aug. 11.3547 TT                                  MPC
q   7.474827             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000619       Peri.   52.6089      +0.1763393      -0.9184943
 +/-0.000008       Node   326.8073      -0.9747106      -0.1127919
e   0.995377       Incl.  139.7206      +0.1372723      +0.3790069
From 97 observations 2007 June 16-2008 June 27, mean residual 0".6.
Elements are also available for the current standard epoch:
C/2007 M1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2009 June 18.0 TT = JDT 2455000.5
T 2008 Aug. 12.2910 TT                                  MPC
q   7.475474             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000629       Peri.   52.6726      +0.1753108      -0.9186903
 +/-0.000008       Node   326.8069      -0.9748373      -0.1117029
e   0.995299       Incl.  139.7209      +0.1376892      +0.3788543
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 06 08    17 27.26   +20 08.9    6.937    7.707   136.7     5.2  19.1
2009 06 13    17 22.85   +20 18.6    6.947    7.715   136.5     5.2  19.1
2009 06 18    17 18.45   +20 25.4    6.963    7.723   135.7     5.3  19.1
2009 06 23    17 14.10   +20 29.3    6.987    7.731   134.2     5.4  19.1
2009 06 28    17 09.84   +20 30.4    7.018    7.739   132.3     5.6  19.1
2009 07 03    17 05.69   +20 28.8    7.056    7.747   129.9     5.8  19.1
2009 07 08    17 01.69   +20 24.6    7.100    7.755   127.1     6.0  19.2
2009 07 13    16 57.87   +20 18.0    7.150    7.763   123.9     6.2  19.2
2009 07 18    16 54.24   +20 09.1    7.205    7.772   120.6     6.5  19.2
2009 07 23    16 50.84   +19 58.1    7.266    7.780   117.0     6.7  19.2
2009 07 28    16 47.67   +19 45.3    7.331    7.789   113.3     6.9  19.2
2009 08 02    16 44.75   +19 31.0    7.401    7.798   109.5     7.0  19.3
2009 08 07    16 42.10   +19 15.3    7.473    7.806   105.6     7.2  19.3
2009 08 12    16 39.70   +18 58.5    7.549    7.815   101.6     7.3  19.3
2009 08 17    16 37.57   +18 40.8    7.626    7.825    97.6     7.4  19.3
2009 08 22    16 35.70   +18 22.5    7.705    7.834    93.6     7.4  19.4
2009 08 27    16 34.09   +18 03.7    7.785    7.843    89.6     7.4  19.4
2009 09 01    16 32.75   +17 44.7    7.866    7.853    85.6     7.4  19.4
2009 09 06    16 31.64   +17 25.7    7.946    7.862    81.6     7.3  19.5
2009 09 11    16 30.78   +17 06.8    8.025    7.872    77.6     7.2  19.5
2009 09 16    16 30.15   +16 48.2    8.104    7.882    73.7     7.0  19.5
2009 09 21    16 29.74   +16 30.0    8.180    7.891    69.9     6.9  19.5
2009 09 26    16 29.53   +16 12.4    8.254    7.901    66.1     6.7  19.6
2009 10 01    16 29.52   +15 55.6    8.324    7.911    62.5     6.4  19.6
2009 10 06    16 29.69   +15 39.6    8.392    7.922    58.9     6.2  19.6
2009 10 11    16 30.02   +15 24.5    8.456    7.932    55.4     5.9  19.6
2009 10 16    16 30.51   +15 10.5    8.515    7.942    52.1     5.7  19.7
2009 10 21    16 31.14   +14 57.7    8.571    7.953    49.0     5.4  19.7
2009 10 26    16 31.90   +14 46.1    8.621    7.963    46.1     5.2  19.7
2009 10 31    16 32.77   +14 35.8    8.666    7.974    43.4     4.9  19.7
2009 11 05    16 33.73   +14 26.9    8.706    7.985    41.1     4.7  19.7
2009 11 10    16 34.78   +14 19.5    8.740    7.996    39.1     4.5  19.7
2009 11 15    16 35.90   +14 13.6    8.769    8.007    37.5     4.3  19.7
2009 11 20    16 37.08   +14 09.2    8.791    8.018    36.4     4.2  19.8
2009 11 25    16 38.29   +14 06.4    8.808    8.029    35.9     4.1  19.8
2009 11 30    16 39.53   +14 05.4    8.818    8.040    35.9     4.1  19.8
2009 12 05    16 40.78   +14 06.0    8.823    8.052    36.5     4.2  19.8
2009 12 10    16 42.02   +14 08.3    8.822    8.063    37.5     4.3  19.8
2009 12 15    16 43.25   +14 12.5    8.814    8.075    39.1     4.4  19.8
2009 12 20    16 44.44   +14 18.4    8.801    8.086    41.2     4.6  19.8
2009 12 25    16 45.58   +14 26.1    8.782    8.098    43.6     4.8  19.8
2009 12 30    16 46.66   +14 35.6    8.758    8.110    46.3     5.0  19.8
2010 01 04    16 47.66   +14 46.9    8.729    8.122    49.3     5.3  19.8
2010 01 09    16 48.56   +14 59.9    8.695    8.134    52.5     5.5  19.8
2010 01 14    16 49.36   +15 14.8    8.656    8.146    55.9     5.7  19.8
2010 01 19    16 50.03   +15 31.4    8.614    8.158    59.5     6.0  19.8
2010 01 24    16 50.56   +15 49.8    8.567    8.171    63.2     6.2  19.8
2010 01 29    16 50.94   +16 09.8    8.518    8.183    67.0     6.4  19.8
2010 02 03    16 51.15   +16 31.3    8.465    8.196    70.9     6.5  19.8
2010 02 08    16 51.18   +16 54.4    8.410    8.208    74.9     6.7  19.8
2010 02 13    16 51.01   +17 18.9    8.354    8.221    78.9     6.8  19.8
2010 02 18    16 50.64   +17 44.6    8.297    8.234    82.9     6.8  19.8
2010 02 23    16 50.04   +18 11.6    8.239    8.247    87.0     6.9  19.7
2010 02 28    16 49.22   +18 39.5    8.181    8.260    91.1     6.9  19.7
2010 03 05    16 48.15   +19 08.3    8.123    8.273    95.2     6.9  19.7
2010 03 10    16 46.84   +19 37.7    8.068    8.286    99.3     6.8  19.7
2010 03 15    16 45.28   +20 07.5    8.014    8.299   103.3     6.7  19.7
2010 03 20    16 43.47   +20 37.5    7.963    8.312   107.2     6.6  19.7
2010 03 25    16 41.40   +21 07.5    7.914    8.326   111.1     6.4  19.7
2010 03 30    16 39.08   +21 37.2    7.870    8.339   114.8     6.2  19.7
2010 04 04    16 36.51   +22 06.3    7.830    8.353   118.4     6.0  19.7
2010 04 09    16 33.71   +22 34.6    7.795    8.366   121.8     5.8  19.7
2010 04 14    16 30.68   +23 01.7    7.766    8.380   124.9     5.6  19.7
2010 04 19    16 27.45   +23 27.4    7.742    8.394   127.7     5.4  19.7
2010 04 24    16 24.02   +23 51.5    7.724    8.408   130.2     5.2  19.7
2010 04 29    16 20.44   +24 13.6    7.713    8.422   132.1     5.1  19.7
2010 05 04    16 16.71   +24 33.6    7.709    8.436   133.6     5.0  19.7
2010 05 09    16 12.87   +24 51.2    7.711    8.450   134.6     4.9  19.7
2010 05 14    16 08.95   +25 06.4    7.720    8.464   134.9     4.8  19.7
2010 05 19    16 04.99   +25 18.9    7.737    8.479   134.7     4.9  19.7
2010 05 24    16 01.01   +25 28.7    7.760    8.493   133.8     4.9  19.7
2010 05 29    15 57.05   +25 35.7    7.790    8.507   132.5     5.0  19.8
2010 06 03    15 53.14   +25 40.0    7.827    8.522   130.6     5.2  19.8
2010 06 08    15 49.32   +25 41.6    7.870    8.537   128.3     5.4  19.8
2010 06 13    15 45.60   +25 40.5    7.920    8.551   125.6     5.5  19.8
2010 06 18    15 42.03   +25 36.9    7.975    8.566   122.7     5.7  19.8
2010 06 23    15 38.61   +25 30.8    8.035    8.581   119.5     5.9  19.9
2010 06 28    15 35.39   +25 22.6    8.100    8.596   116.1     6.1  19.9
2010 07 03    15 32.35   +25 12.3    8.170    8.611   112.5     6.3  19.9
2010 07 08    15 29.54   +25 00.2    8.243    8.626   108.9     6.4  19.9
2010 07 13    15 26.94   +24 46.3    8.319    8.641   105.1     6.5  20.0

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