SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 144.16°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 9.41°
- Argument of periapsis
- 88.38°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450684.62000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 22 August 1997
- Last observed
- 24 August 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 Q2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB