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
- 73.75°
- Perihelion
- 0.034 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 74.29°
- Argument of periapsis
- 57.2°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2453729.63000 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 11
- Data arc
- 24 hours
- First observed
- 24 December 2005
- Last observed
- 25 December 2005
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2005 Y8
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB