SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.04 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 72.42°
- Perihelion
- 0.038 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 77.2°
- Argument of periapsis
- 58.37°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453607.87000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 5
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 25 August 2005
- Last observed
- 25 August 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 Q8
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB