Orbital elements:
P/2011 P1 (McNaught)
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5
T 2010 July 23.90303 TT MPC
q 4.9531394 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.04521634 Peri. 342.21817 +0.99043857 +0.13664326
a 7.8031949 Node 9.98553 -0.10950715 +0.86238435
e 0.3652421 Incl. 6.28253 -0.08390249 +0.48746472
P 21.80
From 89 observations 2011 Aug. 1-Nov. 2
Orbital elements:
P/2011 P1 (McNaught)
T 2009 Mar. 24.83844 TT MPC
q 2.3463744 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.15598206 Peri. 228.84072 -0.59853277 +0.80106522
a 3.4178497 Node 4.41299 -0.70373501 -0.52142332
e 0.3134940 Incl. 5.43100 -0.38277351 -0.29395959
P 6.32
From 12 observations 2011 Aug. 1-4.
Comet P/2011 P1 (MCNAUGHT) was discovered on the 1st August, 2011, by R. McNaught (Siding Spring Survey). The preliminary orbital elements of the comet indicate a perihelion passage on the 24th March, 2009, at a distance of 2.3 AU from the Sun, and a period of 6.32 years.
