SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 33.41°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 89.36°
- Argument of periapsis
- 11.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450399.28000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 11 November 1996
- Last observed
- 12 November 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 V2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB