SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.03 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 29.33°
- Perihelion
- 0.032 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 43.43°
- Argument of periapsis
- 52.38°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2452872.47000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 9
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 20 August 2003
- Last observed
- 21 August 2003
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2003 Q1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB