STEREO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 143.49°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 11.17°
- Argument of periapsis
- 90.43°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454517.01000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 13
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 19 February 2008
- Last observed
- 19 February 2008
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2008 D2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB