SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 22.28°
- Perihelion
- 0.049 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 70.18°
- Argument of periapsis
- 33.7°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454481.25000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 18
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 15 January 2008
- Last observed
- 16 January 2008
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2008 A3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB