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
- 28.31°
- Perihelion
- 0.052 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 85.69°
- Argument of periapsis
- 20.16°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452520.80000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 35
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 3 September 2002
- Last observed
- 3 September 2002
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2002 R4
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB