C/2006 P1
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| Orbital period | 92,663 years |
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| Discovered | August 7, 2006 |
| Last perihelion | January 12, 2007 |
| Discoverer | Robert H. McNaught |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Eccentricity | 1. 000019 (hyperbolic trajectory) |
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| ID | 2198994 |
About C/2006 P1
Comet McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007 and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a non-periodic comet discovered on 7 August 2006 by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope.