Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | SOHO Hanjie Tan |
Discovery date | 21 March 2023 |
Designations | |
SOHO-4658 | |
Orbital characteristics[2][3] | |
Epoch | 21 March 2023 (JD 2460024.5) |
Observation arc | 1 day |
Earliest precovery date | 20 March 2023 |
Number of observations | 164 |
Perihelion | 0.035 AU |
Eccentricity | 1.01293 |
Inclination | 64.655° |
81.953° | |
Argument of periapsis | 48.215° |
Last perihelion | 21 March 2023 |
Earth MOID | 0.522 AU |
Jupiter MOID | 3.479 AU |
Physical characteristics[3][4] | |
Comet total magnitude (M1) | 20.8 |
5.5 (2023 apparition) |
C/2023 F2 (SOHO), also known as SOHO-4658, is a sungrazing comet that was discovered by Chinese astronomer, Hanjie Tan, from images taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory on 20 March 2023.
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