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
- 141.26°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 11.94°
- Argument of periapsis
- 86.47°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2450954.90000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 20 May 1998
- Last observed
- 21 May 1998
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1998 K12
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB