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
- 26.55°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 81.74°
- Argument of periapsis
- 21.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451405.54000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 22
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 15 August 1999
- Last observed
- 15 August 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 P9
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB