SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 144.26°
- Perihelion
- 0.007 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 5.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 77.39°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452377.74000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 13
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 12 April 2002
- Last observed
- 13 April 2002
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2002 G5
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB