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
- 50.4°
- Perihelion
- 0.039 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 156.59°
- Argument of periapsis
- 299.54°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453601.73000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 16
- Data arc
- 0 hours
- First observed
- 19 August 2005
- Last observed
- 19 August 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 Q6
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB