SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 27.08°
- Perihelion
- 0.05 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 82.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 27.2°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451370.74000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 38
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 10 July 1999
- Last observed
- 11 July 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 N5
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB