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
- 144.43°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 3.57°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83.45°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450168.10000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 23
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 23 March 1996
- Last observed
- 25 March 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 F2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB