SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.14 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 18.32°
- Perihelion
- 0.136 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 225.82°
- Argument of periapsis
- 201.47°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450571.67000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 115
- Data arc
- 6 days
- First observed
- 29 April 1997
- Last observed
- 5 May 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 H2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB