STEREO is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.51 AU. Orbit from the JPL solution of 15 April 2021.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 135.5°
- Perihelion
- 0.512 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 283.35°
- Argument of periapsis
- 56.08°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2456706.74537 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
- Earth MOID · 112.6 LD
- 0.2894 AU
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 297
- Data arc
- 58 days
- First observed
- 31 January 2014
- Last observed
- 30 March 2014
- Residual RMS
- 0.58 ″
- Solution · Otto Matic
- 15 April 2021
Visual & observation
- Absolute magnitude (H)
- 14.4
- Total magnitude M₁ · K₁ 9.3
- 14.4
Discovery & classification
Also known as 2014 C2
Named
Sources
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- visual properties: JPL SBDB (lookup)
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB