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
- 13.8°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 52.93°
- Argument of periapsis
- 54.78°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452467.42000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 14
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 11 July 2002
- Last observed
- 12 July 2002
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2002 N2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB