SOHO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.05 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 24.9°
- Perihelion
- 0.048 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 80.27°
- Argument of periapsis
- 23.44°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453691.78000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 55
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 16 November 2005
- Last observed
- 17 November 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 W1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB