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
- 138.78°
- Perihelion
- 0.009 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 339.97°
- Argument of periapsis
- 58.93°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453997.94000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 34
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 18 September 2006
- Last observed
- 19 September 2006
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2006 S8
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB