SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 144.25°
- Perihelion
- 0.004 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 358.88°
- Argument of periapsis
- 78.82°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453732.25000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 69
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 26 December 2005
- Last observed
- 27 December 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 Y9
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB