Comet
SOHO
342P/SOHO
Where is it now
- Distance from Sun
- 2.903 AU
- True anomaly
- 191.21°
- 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
- 3.043 AU
- Eccentricity
- 0.9826
- Inclination
- 13.27°
- Orbital period
- 5.31 years
- Perihelion
- 0.053 AU
- Aphelion
- 6.033 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 43.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 58.7°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2457571.13593 (perihelion)
Visual & observation
- Spectral type
- JFC
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB (comets)