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
- 53.86°
- Perihelion
- 0.035 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 322.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 288.02°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450915.89000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 67
- Data arc
- 3 days
- First observed
- 10 April 1998
- Last observed
- 13 April 1998
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1998 G3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB