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
- 13.07°
- Perihelion
- 0.045 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 44.76°
- Argument of periapsis
- 56.22°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452146.31000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 24 August 2001
- Last observed
- 25 August 2001
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2001 Q8
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB