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Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught) was discovered by Rob H. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey) on the 27th May, 2009
The discovery now takes Rob McNaughts discovery tally to 49 comets.
The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the  18th April, 2010 at a distance of approximately 1.4 AU from the Sun.
The comet will then be well placed  for northern hemisphere observers, and could reach magnitude 9.5 in April 2010.

Ephemeris

Orbital elements:
    C/2009 F5 (McNaught)
T 2008 Nov. 4.8312 TT                                   MPC
q   2.245425             (2000.0)            P               Q
z  +0.012468       Peri.  297.3703      -0.4058209      -0.6642273
                   Node   219.0641      +0.1413161      -0.7242305
e   0.972003       Incl.   84.9913      -0.9029613      +0.1851817
From 358 observations 2009 Mar. 20-May 28.

MPEC 2009 - K70

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Orbital elements:
    C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
T 2010 Apr. 18.616 TT                                   MPC
q   1.35690              (2000.0)            P               Q
                   Peri.   67.954       -0.249289       +0.086998
                   Node   259.967       -0.670396       +0.703237
e   1.0            Incl.  101.624       +0.698874       +0.705613
From 24 observations 2009 May 27-29.

MPEC 2009 - K67

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