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
- 131.81°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 349.99°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.73°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453358.77000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 6
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 18 December 2004
- Last observed
- 19 December 2004
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2004 Y2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB