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
- 143.9°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 357.32°
- Argument of periapsis
- 75.07°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450350.12000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 22
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 22 September 1996
- Last observed
- 23 September 1996
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1996 S3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB