C/2006 K1 McNaught
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C/2006 K1 was discovered on 17 May 2006 by Robert H. McNaught on the Siding Spring Survey images taken with the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt telescope [IAUC 8712, 2006 May 18].
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 30 October 2007 (3.761 au), 3.3 months after perihelion.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 2.8 yr (3 oppositions) in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.60 au – 4.426 au (perihelion) – 6.41 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape of the comet from the solar system on hiperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.
This comet made its closest approach to the Earth on 30 October 2007 (3.761 au), 3.3 months after perihelion.
Solution given here is based on data spanning over 2.8 yr (3 oppositions) in a range of heliocentric distances: 5.60 au – 4.426 au (perihelion) – 6.41 au.
This Oort spike comet suffers moderate planetary perturbations during its passage through the planetary system that lead to escape of the comet from the solar system on hiperbolic orbit (see future barycentric orbit).
See also Królikowska 2014 and Królikowska and Dybczyński 2017.
| solution description | ||
|---|---|---|
| number of observations | 417 | |
| data interval | 2006 05 17 – 2009 02 28 | |
| data type | perihelion within the observation arc (FULL) | |
| data arc selection | entire data set (STD) | |
| range of heliocentric distances | 5.6 au – 4.43 au (perihelion) – 6.41 au | |
| detectability of NG effects in the comet's motion | NG effects not determinable | |
| type of model of motion | GR - gravitational orbit | |
| data weighting | YES | |
| number of residuals | 829 | |
| RMS [arcseconds] | 0.47 | |
| orbit quality class | 1a+ | |
| next orbit statistics, both Galactic and stellar perturbations were taken into account | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -351.80 – -350.63 – -349.44 | |
| next perihelion distance [au] | 6.699 – 6.706 – 6.713 | |
| synchronous stop epoch [Myr] | 0.932 | S |
| percentage of VCs with qnext < 10 | 100 | |
Time distribution of positional observations with corresponding heliocentric (red curve) and geocentric (green curve) distance at which they were taken. The horizontal dotted line shows the perihelion distance for a given comet whereas vertical dotted line — the moment of perihelion passage.
| next orbit statistics, here only the Galactic tide has been included | ||
|---|---|---|
| no. of returning VCs in the swarm | 0 | |
| no. of escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | |
| no. of hyperbolas among escaping VCs in the swarm | 5001 | * |
| next reciprocal semi-major axis [10-6 au-1] | -351.74 – -350.56 – -349.38 | |
| next perihelion distance [au] | 7.027 – 7.035 – 7.043 | |
| synchronous stop epoch [Myr] | 0.931 | S |
| percentage of VCs with qnext < 10 | 100 | |