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
- 144.24°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 5.48°
- Argument of periapsis
- 84.42°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450440.76000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 32
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 21 December 1996
- Last observed
- 23 December 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 Y1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB