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
- 147.3°
- Perihelion
- 0.008 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 353.27°
- Argument of periapsis
- 73.18°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452251.93000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 7 December 2001
- Last observed
- 8 December 2001
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2001 X7
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB