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
- 144.24°
- Perihelion
- 0.005 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 0.58°
- Argument of periapsis
- 80.19°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453372.14000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 58
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 31 December 2004
- Last observed
- 1 January 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2004 Y12
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB