planetarium / comet

Clear skies!

C/2006 K1 (McNaught)

Basic Information of C/2006 K1 (McNaught)

Orbital Elements

Parameter Value
Orbit type C
Perihelion distance (AU) 4.394827
Eccentricity 1.002163
Inclination (deg) 53.773100
Longitude of ascending node (deg) 72.084300
Argument of perihelion (deg) 296.303100
Epoch 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000
Reference , MPC orbital elements

Latest Perihelion

Field Value
Date (UTC) 2007-07-27T21:02:00.960

Magnitude

Magnitude Chart Placeholder

Ephemeris

Date (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Δ (AU) Motion (arcsec/hr) Dir (deg) Nearest HIP Dist (arcmin)
2025-11-21 11:32:12.56 +61:11:45.9 35.175 3.40 32.2 HIP 56290 6.87
2025-11-22 11:32:18.59 +61:12:55.1 35.168 3.41 31.0 HIP 56290 7.96
2025-11-23 11:32:24.43 +61:14:05.1 35.161 3.41 29.8 HIP 56290 9.13
2025-11-24 11:32:30.06 +61:15:16.1 35.155 3.41 28.6 HIP 56290 10.36
2025-11-25 11:32:35.49 +61:16:28.0 35.148 3.41 27.3 HIP 56290 11.64
2025-11-26 11:32:40.71 +61:17:40.7 35.141 3.42 26.1 HIP 56290 12.94
2025-11-27 11:32:45.73 +61:18:54.3 35.135 3.42 24.9 HIP 56290 14.26
2025-11-28 11:32:50.54 +61:20:08.8 35.128 3.42 23.7 HIP 56290 15.60
2025-11-29 11:32:55.13 +61:21:24.0 35.122 3.43 22.5 HIP 56290 16.95
2025-11-30 11:32:59.52 +61:22:40.0 35.115 3.43 21.3 HIP 56290 18.31
2025-12-01 11:33:03.69 +61:23:56.8 35.109 3.44 20.1 HIP 56290 19.67
2025-12-02 11:33:07.65 +61:25:14.4 35.103 3.45 18.9 HIP 56290 21.04
2025-12-03 11:33:11.39 +61:26:32.6 35.096 3.45 17.7 HIP 56290 22.42
2025-12-04 11:33:14.91 +61:27:51.5 35.090 3.46 16.6 HIP 56290 23.80
2025-12-05 11:33:18.22 +61:29:11.1 35.084 3.47 15.4 HIP 56290 25.18
2025-12-06 11:33:21.31 +61:30:31.4 35.078 3.48 14.2 HIP 56290 26.57
2025-12-07 11:33:24.17 +61:31:52.3 35.072 3.48 14.2 HIP 56290 27.96