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
- 143.78°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 5.49°
- Argument of periapsis
- 83.51°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451319.87000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 40
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 20 May 1999
- Last observed
- 21 May 1999
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1999 K1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB