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
- 144.52°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 4.09°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83.23°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450775.93000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 24
- Data arc
- 2 days
- First observed
- 21 November 1997
- Last observed
- 23 November 1997
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1997 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB