C/2007 K6 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

The following orbital elements are taken from MPEC 2007-M52:
C/2007 K6 (McNaught)
T 2007 July 4.648 TT                                    MPC
q   3.43751              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.  337.805       +0.522479       -0.037277
                   Node   298.014       -0.562217       -0.766158
e   1.0            Incl.  105.228       -0.641036       +0.641571
From 20 observations 2007 May 27-June 23.
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
2007 06 29    22 02.01   -43 48.6    2.672    3.438   132.2    12.7  18.5
2007 07 04    21 50.24   -43 51.4    2.617    3.438   137.7    11.5  18.5
2007 07 09    21 37.45   -43 47.8    2.570    3.438   143.1    10.2  18.4
2007 07 14    21 23.81   -43 36.0    2.533    3.439   148.1     9.0  18.4
2007 07 19    21 09.56   -43 14.6    2.507    3.440   152.4     7.9  18.4
2007 07 24    20 55.02   -42 42.7    2.492    3.442   155.5     7.0  18.4
2007 07 29    20 40.50   -42 00.1    2.488    3.445   156.8     6.7  18.4
2007 08 03    20 26.34   -41 07.1    2.496    3.448   156.0     6.9  18.4
2007 08 08    20 12.83   -40 04.7    2.516    3.452   153.2     7.6  18.4
2007 08 13    20 00.19   -38 54.6    2.548    3.457   149.1     8.7  18.4
2007 08 18    19 48.63   -37 38.4    2.591    3.462   144.1     9.9  18.5
2007 08 23    19 38.23   -36 18.2    2.644    3.468   138.6    11.1  18.5
2007 08 28    19 29.05   -34 55.8    2.706    3.474   133.0    12.3  18.6
2007 09 02    19 21.08   -33 32.9    2.777    3.481   127.2    13.4  18.6
2007 09 07    19 14.26   -32 10.7    2.855    3.489   121.4    14.3  18.7
2007 09 12    19 08.55   -30 50.3    2.940    3.497   115.8    15.0  18.8
2007 09 17    19 03.87   -29 32.4    3.030    3.506   110.2    15.6  18.9
2007 09 22    19 00.12   -28 17.5    3.124    3.515   104.7    16.0  18.9
2007 09 27    18 57.23   -27 05.7    3.221    3.525    99.3    16.3  19.0
2007 10 02    18 55.10   -25 57.3    3.321    3.536    94.1    16.4  19.1
2007 10 07    18 53.66   -24 52.1    3.422    3.547    88.9    16.4  19.2
2007 10 12    18 52.84   -23 49.9    3.523    3.558    83.9    16.2  19.2
2007 10 17    18 52.58   -22 50.6    3.625    3.570    79.0    15.9  19.3
2007 10 22    18 52.80   -21 53.9    3.725    3.583    74.1    15.5  19.4
2007 10 27    18 53.46   -20 59.5    3.824    3.596    69.4    15.0  19.5
2007 11 01    18 54.50   -20 07.2    3.920    3.610    64.8    14.4  19.5
2007 11 06    18 55.88   -19 16.7    4.014    3.624    60.2    13.7  19.6
2007 11 11    18 57.56   -18 27.8    4.104    3.639    55.7    13.0  19.7
2007 11 16    18 59.50   -17 40.0    4.191    3.654    51.3    12.2  19.7
2007 11 21    19 01.66   -16 53.3    4.273    3.670    46.9    11.3  19.8
2007 11 26    19 04.02   -16 07.3    4.351    3.686    42.6    10.4  19.9
2007 12 01    19 06.54   -15 22.0    4.424    3.703    38.4     9.5  19.9
2007 12 06    19 09.21   -14 36.9    4.492    3.720    34.3     8.6  20.0
 
2008 02 14    19 48.90   -03 18.6    4.818    4.004    30.9     7.3  20.4
2008 02 19    19 51.14   -02 22.4    4.798    4.027    34.9     8.1  20.5
2008 02 24    19 53.20   -01 24.6    4.772    4.050    38.9     8.8  20.5
2008 02 29    19 55.07   -00 25.4    4.742    4.074    43.0     9.5  20.5
2008 03 05    19 56.73   +00 35.4    4.708    4.098    47.1    10.2  20.5
2008 03 10    19 58.14   +01 37.7    4.670    4.122    51.3    10.8  20.5
2008 03 15    19 59.30   +02 41.6    4.628    4.147    55.5    11.4  20.5
2008 03 20    20 00.18   +03 47.0    4.584    4.171    59.7    11.9  20.5
2008 03 25    20 00.75   +04 53.9    4.537    4.197    64.0    12.3  20.5
2008 03 30    20 01.00   +06 02.3    4.488    4.222    68.3    12.7  20.5
2008 04 04    20 00.91   +07 12.1    4.438    4.248    72.6    13.0  20.5
2008 04 09    20 00.45   +08 23.1    4.387    4.273    76.9    13.2  20.5
2008 04 14    19 59.59   +09 35.2    4.336    4.300    81.2    13.3  20.5
2008 04 19    19 58.32   +10 48.1    4.286    4.326    85.6    13.4  20.5
2008 04 24    19 56.62   +12 01.7    4.237    4.353    89.9    13.4  20.5
2008 04 29    19 54.47   +13 15.6    4.189    4.379    94.2    13.3  20.5
2008 05 04    19 51.86   +14 29.4    4.144    4.407    98.4    13.1  20.5
2008 05 09    19 48.76   +15 42.7    4.103    4.434   102.6    12.8  20.5
2008 05 14    19 45.19   +16 55.0    4.065    4.461   106.7    12.5  20.5
2008 05 19    19 41.14   +18 05.7    4.032    4.489   110.6    12.2  20.5
2008 05 24    19 36.63   +19 14.3    4.003    4.517   114.4    11.8  20.6
2008 05 29    19 31.67   +20 20.1    3.981    4.545   117.9    11.4  20.6
2008 06 03    19 26.29   +21 22.5    3.964    4.573   121.2    10.9  20.6
2008 06 08    19 20.53   +22 20.8    3.955    4.602   124.1    10.5  20.6
2008 06 13    19 14.44   +23 14.4    3.952    4.630   126.6    10.1  20.6
2008 06 18    19 08.10   +24 02.9    3.957    4.659   128.6     9.8  20.7
2008 06 23    19 01.56   +24 45.8    3.969    4.688   130.1     9.5  20.7
2008 06 28    18 54.91   +25 22.8    3.988    4.717   130.9     9.4  20.7
2008 07 03    18 48.22   +25 53.7    4.015    4.746   131.1     9.3  20.8
2008 07 08    18 41.59   +26 18.5    4.049    4.776   130.7     9.3  20.8
2008 07 13    18 35.09   +26 37.2    4.091    4.805   129.8     9.4  20.9
2008 07 18    18 28.80   +26 50.2    4.140    4.835   128.2     9.5  20.9
2008 07 23    18 22.79   +26 57.7    4.195    4.865   126.2     9.7  21.0

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