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
- 144.21°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 2.86°
- Argument of periapsis
- 82.17°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2451562.37000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 29
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 17 January 2000
- Last observed
- 18 January 2000
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2000 B5
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB