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
- 70.94°
- Perihelion
- 0.038 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 71.57°
- Argument of periapsis
- 57.28°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2454594.79000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 32
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 7 May 2008
- Last observed
- 8 May 2008
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2008 J12
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB