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
- 139.87°
- Perihelion
- 0.007 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 21.99°
- Argument of periapsis
- 97.12°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452978.91000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 12
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 4 December 2003
- Last observed
- 5 December 2003
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2003 X5
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB