Comet
SOHO
323P/SOHO
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.842 AU
- True anomaly
- 177.57°
- 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
- 2.582 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9848
- Inclination
- 5.37°
- Orbital period
- 4.15 years
- Perihelion
- 0.039 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.124 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 324.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 353.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459232.13131 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 23.4
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)