| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | SOHO S. Stezelberger |
| Discovery date | 3 May 1998 |
| Designations | |
| SOHO-49[2] | |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch | 9 June 1998 (JD 2450973.5) |
| Observation arc | 94 days |
| Number of observations | 318 |
| Perihelion | 0.153 AU |
| Eccentricity | 1.00017 |
| Inclination | 62.932° |
| 351.65° | |
| Argument of periapsis | 110.56° |
| Mean anomaly | 0.0012° |
| Last perihelion | 8 May 1998 |
| Earth MOID | 0.316 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 3.143 AU |
| Physical characteristics[4] | |
| Comet total magnitude (M1) | 6.5 |
| Comet nuclear magnitude (M2) | 10.0 |
| 0.0 (1998 apparition) | |
C/1998 J1 (SOHO) is a hyperbolic comet discovered from the edge of SOHO's LASCO-C3 field-of-view on 3 May 1998.[5] It is one of the few small comets observed by SOHO that has survived its close encounter with the Sun.[6]
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