SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 144.11°
- Perihelion
- 0.007 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 347.94°
- Argument of periapsis
- 65.71°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450111.10000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 20
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 27 January 1996
- Last observed
- 28 January 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 B3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB