SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.03 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 72.62°
- Perihelion
- 0.035 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 72.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 57.11°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450798.05000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 15 December 1997
- Last observed
- 15 December 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 X7
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB