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
- 12.47°
- Perihelion
- 0.047 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 48.9°
- Argument of periapsis
- 53.31°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452159.82000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 5
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 7 September 2001
- Last observed
- 7 September 2001
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2001 R9
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB