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
- 71.32°
- Perihelion
- 0.037 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 73°
- Argument of periapsis
- 57.64°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451403.66000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 12 August 1999
- Last observed
- 13 August 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 P7
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB