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
- 144.13°
- Perihelion
- 0.008 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 356.4°
- Argument of periapsis
- 73.48°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450692.90000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 17
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 31 August 1997
- Last observed
- 31 August 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 Q1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB