Comet
SOHO
323P/SOHO-C
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 4.795 AU
- True anomaly
- 176.85°
- 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
- 2.61 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9811
- Inclination
- 5.26°
- Orbital period
- 4.22 years
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Aphelion
- 5.17 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 324.67°
- Argument of periapsis
- 354.65°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2459231.40366 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 26.7
- Spectral type
- JFc
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)