Comet
SOHO
322P/SOHO
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.145 AU
- True anomaly
- 185.37°
- As of
- 29 August 2026
Two-body Kepler propagation — accurate to ~0.1% for major planets over decades, less so for highly-perturbed bodies. Use JPL Horizons for high precision.
Orbital elements
- Semi-major axis
- 2.516 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9787
- Inclination
- 12.59°
- Orbital period
- 3.99 years
- Perihelion
- 0.054 AU
- Aphelion
- 4.979 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 359.52°
- Argument of periapsis
- 49.05°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457269.56405 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 19
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)