SOHO and STEREO Comets 2008

The table list the provisional number for the comet, the day (UT) and month of the first (discovery) observation, the year and comet identification, the LASCO or STEREO coronagraph on which it was discovered, the discoverer (additional names are independent discoverers), with the number of their discoveries given in brackets following the name, and finally the date of discovery.

SOHO Observed   Des C  G  Observers				Discovered
U    08/01/2008     C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(January 8)
1429 16/01/2008 A3  C2 D  Rainer Kracht				(January 16)
1430 26/01/2008 B1  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 26)
1431 27/01/2008 B2  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(January 27)
1432 28/01/2008 B3  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 28)
1433 29/01/2008 B4  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(January 29)
1434 03/02/2008 C3  C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(February 3)
1435 03/02/2008 C4  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 3)
1436 05/02/2008 C5  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak  			(February 5)
1437 07/02/2008 C6  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(February 8)
1438 09/02/2008 C7  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 9)
1439 14/02/2008 C8  C3 K  John Sachs				(February 14)
1440 15/02/2008 C9  C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(February 15)
1441 19/02/2008 D5  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 19)
1442 19/02/2008 D6  C2 Y  Tony Hoffman				(February 19)
0001 16/02/2008 D1  H1 K  Alan Watson				(February 19)
0002 19/02/2008 D2  H1 K  Alan Watson				(February 21)
0003 20/02/2008 D3  H1 K  Alan Watson				(February 22)
0004 21/02/2008 D4  H1 K  Rainer Kracht				(February 23)
1443 25/02/2008 D7  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(February 25) 
1444 24/02/2008 D8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(February 26)
1445 29/02/2008 D9  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(February 29)
1446 04/03/2008 E4  C2 R  Hua Su				(March 4)
1447 05/03/2008 E7  C2 O  Hua Su				(March 5)
1448 07/03/2008 E8  C3 K  Hua Su				(March 7)
0005 05/03/2008 E5  H1 K  Alan Watson				(March 8)
0017 07/03/2008 E10 H1 K  Alan Watson				(March 11)
1449 12/03/2008 E9  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(March 12)
0006 15/03/2008 E6  H1 K  Rainer Kracht				(March 18)
1450 19/03/2008 F1  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(March 19)
1451 02/04/2008 G3  C2 K  Hua Su				(April 2)
1452 09/04/2008 G4  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(April 9)
1453 10/04/2008 G5  C2 K  Masanori Uchina			(April 10)
1454 12/04/2008 G6  C2 R  Bo Zhou				(April 13)
1455 16/04/2008 H2  C2 K  Hua Su				(April 16)
1456 16/04/2008 H3  C3 K  Rob Matson				(April 16)
1457 18/04/2008 H4  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(April 18)
1465 21/04/2008 H9  C2 K  Hua Su				(April 21)
XC64 23/04/2008     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Michal Kusiak		(April 23)
1458 25/04/2008 H5  C3 K  Hua Su				(April 25)
1459 27/04/2008 H6  C2 K  Eryk Banach				(April 27)
1460 29/04/2008 H7  C2 K  Maik Meyer				(April 29)
1461 30/04/2008 H8  C2 K  Michal Kusiak, Giuseppe Pappa		(April 30)
1462 01/05/2008 J7  C2 K  Hua Su				(May 1)
1463 05/05/2008 J8  C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(May 5)
1464 05/05/2008 J9  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(May 5)
XC65 23/04/2008     C2 K  Karl Battams				(May 5)
1466 07/05/2008 J10 C2 Y  Jiangao Ruan				(May 7)
1467 07/05/2008 J11 C2 K  Giuseppe Pappa (1)			(May 7)
1468 07/05/2008 J12 C2 Y  Shihong Yuan				(May 8)
1469 12/05/2008 J13 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(May 12)
1470 12/05/2008 J14 C3 K  Rob Matson				(May 12)
1471 12/05/2008 J15 C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(May 12)
1472 14/05/2008 J16 C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(May 14)
1473 17/05/2008 K1  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(May 17)
1474 17/05/2008 K2  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(May 17)
1475 18/05/2008 K3  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(May 18)
XC66 21/05/2008     C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 21)
1476 22/05/2008 K4  C3 K  Rob Matson				(May 22)
1477 23/05/2008 K5  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(May 23)
1478 25/05/2008 K6  C3 K  Hua Su				(May 25)
1479 25/05/2008 K7  C2 Y  Jiangao Ruan				(May 25)
1480 28/05/2008 K8  C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(May 28)
1481 28/05/2008 K9  C2 K  Giuseppe Pappa			(May 28)
1482 31/05/2008 K11 C2 K  Guoyou Sun				(May 31)
1483 31/05/2008 K10 C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(May 31)
XC67 01/06/2008     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(June 1)
1484 02/06/2008 L4  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(June 2)
1485 07/06/2008 L5  C2 K  Hua Su, Bo Zhou			(June 7)
1486 10/06/2008 L8  C2 K  Michele Mazzucato			(June 10)
1487 10/06/2008 L6  C2 R  Rainer Kracht				(June 10)
1488 10/06/2008 L7  C2 R  Rainer Kracht				(June 10)
1489 11/06/2008 L9  C3 K  Masanori Uchina, Bo Zhou		(June 11)
1490 12/06/2008 L10 C3 K  Masanori Uchina, Bo Zhou		(June 12)
1491 12/06/2008 L11 C2 Y  Michal Kusiak, Masanori Uchina	(June 12)
1492 13/06/2008 L12 C2 K  Michal Kusiak, Michele Mazzucato	(June 13)
1493 13/06/2008 L13 C2 K  Michal Kusiak, Michele Mazzucato	(June 13)
1494 15/06/2008 L14 C3 K  Tony Hoffman, Guiseppe Pappa		(June 15)
1495 15/06/2008 L15 C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(June 15)
1496 21/06/2008 M1  C2 K  Michal Kusiak, Hua Su			(June 21)
1497 22/06/2008 M2  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(June 22)
1498 23/06/2008 M3  C2 K  Hua Su				(June 23)
1499 25/06/2008 M4  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(June 25)
1500 25/06/2008 M5  C2 K  Rob Matson				(June 25)
1501 27/06/2008 M6  C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(June 27)
1502 28/06/2008 M7  C2 K  Tony Hoffman, Hua Su			(June 28)
1503 03/07/2008 N2  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 3)
1504 03/07/2008 N3  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(July 3)
1505 04/07/2008 N4  C2 R  Tony Hoffman				(July 4)
1506 04/07/2008 N5  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(July 4)
1507 05/07/2008 N6  C3 K  Hua Su				(July 5)
1508 06/07/2008 N7  C2 K  Tony Hoffman, Guiseppe Pappa		(July 6)
1509 07/07/2008 N8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 7)
1510 08/07/2008 N9  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 8)
1511 11/07/2008 N10 C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(July 11)
1512 12/07/2008 N11 C3 K  Hua Su				(July 12)
1513 17/07/2008 O5  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 17)
1514 17/07/2008 O6  C3 O  Hua Su				(July 17)
1515 18/07/2008 O7  C2 O  Bo Zhou				(July 18)
1516 25/07/2008 O4  C2 O  Michal Kusiak				(July 25)
1517 31/07/2008 O1  C3 K  Hua Su				(July 31)
1518 01/08/2008 P2  C3 K  Hua Su, Michal Kusiak			(August 1)
1519 06/08/2008 P3  C3 K  Michal Kusiak				(August 6)
1520 08/08/2008 P4  C3 K  Michal Kusiak, Hua Su			(August 8)
1521 09/08/2008 P5  C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(August 9)
1522 14/08/2008 P6  C3 K  Zhijian Xu, Masanori Uchina		(August 14)
1523 26/08/2008 Q5  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan				(August 27)
1524 03/09/2008 R8  C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(September 4)
1525 04/09/2008 R9  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Bo Zhou			(September 4)
1526 06/09/2008 R7  C3 R  Rainer Kracht				(September 6)
1527 07/09/2008 R10 C3 K  Rainer Kracht				(September 7)
1528 08/09/2008 R11 C3 K  Bo Zhou, Rainer Kracht		(September 8)
1529 11/09/2008 R12 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(September 12)
1530 14/09/2008 R13 C3 K  Hua Su				(September 14)
1531 17/09/2008 S4  C3 K  Rob Matson				(September 17)
1532 17/09/2008 S2  C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(September 18)
1533 19/09/2008 S5  C3 K  Rob Matson				(September 19)
1534 28/09/2008 S6  C3 K  Michal Kusiak				(September 28)
1535 29/09/2008 S7  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Bo Zhou			(September 29)
1536 30/09/2008 S8  C3 K  Michal Kusiak				(September 30)
1537 02/10/2008 T6  C2 Y? Bo Zhou				(October 2)
1538 03/10/2008 T7  C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(October 4)
1539 05/10/2008 T8  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan				(October 5)
1540 05/10/2008 T9  C2 K  Michal Kusiak, Rainer Kracht		(October 5)
U    10/10/2008     C3 O  Rob Matson				(October 10)
1541 11/10/2008 T10 C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(October 11)
1542 13/10/2008 T11 C3 K  Hua Su				(October 13)
1543 14/10/2008 T12 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(October 14)
1544 16/10/2008 U2  C2 K  Eryk Banach				(October 16)
1545 16/10/2008 U3  C2 K  Rob Matson				(October 16)
1546 16/10/2008 U4  C3 K  Rob Matson				(October 16)
1547 18/10/2008 U5  C2 K  Rob Matson				(October 18)
1548 18/10/2008 U6  C2 Y  Michal Kusiak				(October 18)
1549 20/10/2008 U7  C3 K  Rainer Kracht, Michal Kusiak		(October 20)
1550 20/10/2008 U8  C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(October 20)
1551 21/10/2008 U9  C2 K  Hua Su				(October 21)
1552 24/10/2008 U10 C2 K  Zhijian Xu, Masanori Uchina		(October 24)
1553 24/10/2008 U11 C3 K  Hua Su				(October 24)
1554 27/10/2008 U13 C3 K  Rob Matson				(October 27)
1555 27/10/2008 U14 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(October 27)
U    27/10/2008     C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(October 27)
1556 26/10/2008 U12 C2 K  Bo Zhou				(October 28)
1557 28/10/2008 U15 C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(October 28)
1558 30/10/2008 U16 C2 K  Rob Matson, Tony Hoffman		(October 30)
1559 02/11/2008 V1  C3 K  Rob Matson				(November 2)
XC68 04/11/2008     C2 K  Rob Matson				(November 4)
1560 04/11/2008 V2  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(November 4)
1561 06/11/2008 V3  C2 K  Rob Matson				(November 6)
1562 07/11/2008 V4  C2 K  Rob Matson				(November 7)
1563 08/11/2008 V5  C2 O  Jiangao Ruan				(November 8)
1564 13/11/2008 V6  C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(November 13)
1565 16/11/2008 W2  C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(November 18)
0007 18/11/2008 W1  H1 K  Alan Watson				(November 21)
1566 23/11/2008 W3  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(November 23)
1567 23/11/2008 W5  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan				(November 23)
1568 24/11/2008 W6  C2 K  Zhangwei Jin				(November 24)
1569 24/11/2008 W4  C2 K  Hua Su				(November 24)
1570 24/11/2008 W7  C3 K  Jiangao Ruan				(November 25)
1571 26/11/2008 W8  C2 K  Eryk Banach				(November 26)
1572 27/11/2008 W9  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 27)
1573 28/11/2008 W10 C2 K  Jiangao Ruan				(November 28)
1574 29/11/2008 W11 C2 K  Eryk Banach				(November 29)
1575 29/11/2008 W12 C2 K  Rob Matson				(November 29)
1576 01/12/2008 X7  C2 K  Masanori Uchina, Giuseppe Pappa	(December 1)
1577 02/12/2008 X8  C2 K  Michele Mazzucato			(December 2)
1578 03/12/2008 X9  C2 K  Eryk Banach				(December 3)
1579 03/12/2008 X10 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(December 3)
1580 05/12/2008 X11 C3 K  Shihong Yuan				(December 5)
1581 07/12/2008 X5  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(December 7)
1582 07/12/2008 X6  C2 D  Rainer Kracht				(December 7)
1583 09/12/2008 X12 C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(December 9)
1584 10/12/2008 X13 C2 K  Rainer Kracht, Eryk Banach		(December 10)
1585 13/12/2008 X14 C2 K  Zhijian Xu				(December 13)
1586 19/12/2008 Y5  C2 K  Zhangwei Jin				(December 20)
1587 19/12/2008 Y4  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(December 20)
1588 21/12/2008 Y6  C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(December 21)
1589 21/12/2008 Y7  C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(December 21)
1590 21/12/2008 Y8  C3 K  Michal Kusiak, Jiangao Ruan		(December 21)
1591 21/12/2008 Y9  C3 K  Michal Kusiak				(December 21)
1592 21/12/2008 Y10 C3 K  Jiangao Ruan				(December 21)
1593 22/12/2008 Y11 C2 D  Rainer Kracht				(December 22)
1594 22/12/2008 Y12 C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(December 23)
1606 25/12/2008 Y18 C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(December 25)
1595 27/12/2008 Y13 C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(December 27)
1596 28/12/2008 Y14 C2 O  Jiangao Ruan				(December 28)
1597 29/12/2008 Y15 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(December 30)
The column headed Des is the half month or other designation of the comet. The column headed C gives the SOHO (C2 or C3 for the LASCO coronagraphs, SW for SWAN) or STEREO (O1, O2 for COR and H1, H2 for HI SECCHI coronagraphs) instrument that the comet was discovered in. The column headed G indicates if it is a provisional member of the Kreutz group (K), Meyer group (Y), Marsden group (D), Kracht (R) or other comet (O). P in the SOHO number column indicates the discovery is pending, C indicates that it is confirmed, but not yet numbered, U indicates that is was not confirmed, X that it was confirmed, but there were insufficient observations.

Note that my observer count also includes X/ comets which are not counted as confirmed comets by the SOHO team. Where two or more people report discoveries nearly simultaneously, up to the first three observers are credited here. Where discoverers are clearly not following the SOHO or BAA Comet Section guidelines, they are not credited here at all. If initial reports don't include sufficient positions others may also be credited.

Official milestones:
SOHO 1500 June 25
Bo Zhou 100 July

It is possible that there are further comets to be found in the archival data, most likely non-group comets, but there may still be some Kreutz comets.


Published by Jonathan Shanklin. Jon Shanklin - jds@ast.cam.ac.uk