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
- 144.16°
- Perihelion
- 0.007 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 354.19°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.41°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451216.24000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 7
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 6 February 1999
- Last observed
- 6 February 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 C2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB