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C/2023 F2 (SOHO)

C/2023 F2 (SOHO)
Discovery[1]
Discovered bySOHO
Hanjie Tan
Discovery date21 March 2023
Designations
SOHO-4658
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch21 March 2023 (JD 2460024.5)
Observation arc1 day
Earliest precovery date20 March 2023
Number of
observations
164
Perihelion0.035 AU
Eccentricity1.01293
Inclination64.655°
81.953°
Argument of
periapsis
48.215°
Last perihelion21 March 2023
Earth MOID0.522 AU
Jupiter MOID3.479 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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