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
- 143.65°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 9.3°
- Argument of periapsis
- 87.29°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450970.78000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 5 June 1998
- Last observed
- 6 June 1998
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1998 L6
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB