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
- 12.76°
- Perihelion
- 0.042 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 35.86°
- Argument of periapsis
- 65.37°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453139.27000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 13 May 2004
- Last observed
- 13 May 2004
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2004 J20
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB