Re: Is McNaught a periodic comet

Sam Wormley <swormley1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:gWWoh.207751$aJ.200036
@attbi_s21:

Raymond Husk wrote:
If it is when will it revisit our solar system or is it a one time deal



C/2006 P1 (McNaught) Orbital Elements
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2006P1.html

The orbit is hyperbolic (one time)


Was it truely hyperbolic in the sense that it is an interloper, or did
its' orbit become hyperbolic due to interaction with the inner planets?

Klazmon.

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