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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 2010 Jan. 4.0 TT = JDT 2455200.5
T 2008 Aug. 12.7555 TT                                  MPC
q   7.476212             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.000546       Peri.   52.7011      +0.1748547      -0.9187776
 +/-0.000008       Node   326.8070      -0.9748925      -0.1112188
e   0.995920       Incl.  139.7209      +0.1378783      +0.3787851
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 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
2010 07 18    15 24.58   +24 31.1    8.399    8.656   101.3     6.6  20.0
2010 07 23    15 22.45   +24 14.6    8.480    8.671    97.5     6.7  20.0
2010 07 28    15 20.56   +23 57.0    8.563    8.687    93.6     6.7  20.1
2010 08 02    15 18.90   +23 38.7    8.647    8.702    89.7     6.7  20.1
2010 08 07    15 17.48   +23 19.6    8.732    8.717    85.9     6.7  20.1
2010 08 12    15 16.28   +23 00.1    8.816    8.733    82.0     6.6  20.1
2010 08 17    15 15.31   +22 40.4    8.900    8.749    78.2     6.5  20.2
2010 08 22    15 14.55   +22 20.5    8.983    8.764    74.4     6.4  20.2
2010 08 27    15 14.00   +22 00.7    9.064    8.780    70.6     6.2  20.2
2010 09 01    15 13.64   +21 41.1    9.142    8.796    66.9     6.1  20.2
2010 09 06    15 13.46   +21 21.7    9.218    8.812    63.3     5.9  20.3
2010 09 11    15 13.47   +21 02.8    9.292    8.828    59.8     5.7  20.3
2010 09 16    15 13.63   +20 44.5    9.361    8.844    56.4     5.4  20.3
2010 09 21    15 13.95   +20 26.9    9.427    8.860    53.1     5.2  20.3
2010 09 26    15 14.41   +20 10.1    9.488    8.876    49.9     5.0  20.4
2010 10 01    15 14.99   +19 54.1    9.545    8.892    47.0     4.7  20.4
2010 10 06    15 15.69   +19 39.1    9.597    8.908    44.3     4.5  20.4
2010 10 11    15 16.50   +19 25.2    9.644    8.925    41.8     4.3  20.4
2010 10 16    15 17.39   +19 12.4    9.686    8.941    39.7     4.1  20.4
2010 10 21    15 18.37   +19 00.8    9.721    8.958    38.0     3.9  20.5
2010 10 26    15 19.41   +18 50.5    9.752    8.974    36.7     3.8  20.5
2010 10 31    15 20.50   +18 41.5    9.776    8.991    35.9     3.7  20.5
2010 11 05    15 21.63   +18 33.9    9.795    9.007    35.6     3.7  20.5
2010 11 10    15 22.79   +18 27.8    9.807    9.024    35.9     3.7  20.5
2010 11 15    15 23.97   +18 23.2    9.814    9.041    36.8     3.8  20.5
2010 11 20    15 25.15   +18 20.2    9.815    9.058    38.1     3.9  20.5
2010 11 25    15 26.31   +18 18.8    9.810    9.075    39.9     4.0  20.5
2010 11 30    15 27.45   +18 19.0    9.799    9.092    42.1     4.2  20.5

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