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
- 144.81°
- Perihelion
- 0.006 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 3.63°
- Argument of periapsis
- 81.72°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451217.37000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 46
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 6 February 1999
- Last observed
- 7 February 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 C1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB