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
- 139.55°
- Perihelion
- 0.008 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 339°
- Argument of periapsis
- 62.81°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452444.14000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 100
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 17 June 2002
- Last observed
- 18 June 2002
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2002 M2
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB