SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.04 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 73.36°
- Perihelion
- 0.036 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 74.15°
- Argument of periapsis
- 56.25°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452656.58000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 20
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 16 January 2003
- Last observed
- 17 January 2003
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2003 B1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB