14 Jan
2007
14 Jan
'07
6:38 p.m.
For a graphic "3-D" demonstration go to http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ orbits/ and where it says "Object Number, Designation, or Name" enter C/2006 P1 and click on Search. You'll then be presented with a chart you can move in all directions, zooms and times. Start at about 1 December 2006 and move forward 1 day at a time and watch the comet move earthward and then quickly dive south through the ecliptic and out of (our) sight. pw On 14 Jan 2007, at 18:02, Chuck Hards wrote:
Plugging it into the computer, I see that McNaught's track is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic- it's traveling south and east. Gone for us northerners.