SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 13.68°
- Perihelion
- 0.048 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 50.7°
- Argument of periapsis
- 51.84°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452547.84000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 64
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 30 September 2002
- Last observed
- 1 October 2002
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2002 S11
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB