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
- 111.42°
- Perihelion
- 0.048 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 235.5°
- Argument of periapsis
- 342.21°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451541.21000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 23
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 28 December 1999
- Last observed
- 28 December 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 Y2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB