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
- 143.18°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 359.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 78.19°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450542.94000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 5
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 4 April 1997
- Last observed
- 4 April 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 G3
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB