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
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 356.23°
- Argument of periapsis
- 77.06°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450341.72000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 8
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 14 September 1996
- Last observed
- 14 September 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 R4
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB