SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.04 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 14.78°
- Perihelion
- 0.043 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 51°
- Argument of periapsis
- 63.68°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450423.67000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 6
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 5 December 1996
- Last observed
- 6 December 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 X3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB