SOHO Comets 2022

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
4361 05/01/2022     C2 O  Peter Berrett							January 5
4362 11/01/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							January 11
4363 13/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 13
4364 13/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 13
4365 16/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 16
4366 16/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 16
4367 17/01/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							January 17
4368 22/01/2022     C3 K  Dmitriy Zhizherunov						January 22
4369 25/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 25
4370 25/01/2022     C3 K  Peiyuan Sun							January 25
4371 27/01/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						January 27
4372 28/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 28
4373 28/01/2022     C2 D  Zesheng Yang							January 28
4374 30/01/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						January 30
4375 04/02/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						February 4
4376 05/02/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							February 5
4377 05/02/2022     C2 Y  Zesheng Yang							February 5
4378 07/02/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						February 7
4379 08/02/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							February 8
4380 10/02/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							February 10
4381 11/02/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						February 11
4382 11/02/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						February 11
4383 12/02/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							February 12
4384 14/02/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						February 14
4385 14/02/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						February 14
4386 15/02/2022     C3 K  Peiyuan Sun, Zesheng Yang					February 15
4387 15/02/2022     C3 K  Robert Pickard						February 15
4388 22/02/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod, Zesheng Yang				February 22
4389 23/02/2022     C3 K  Helio Abreu Neto						February 23
     19/05/2015     C2 K  Robert Pickard						February 25
4447 13/11/2014     C2 K  Peter Berrett							March 3
4451 24/11/2017     C2 K  Peter Berrett							March 4
4445 16/10/2013     C2 O  Peter Berrett							March 5
4392 04/03/2022     C2 O  Peter Berrett							March 6
4393 07/03/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						March 7
4394 10/03/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						March 10
4395 11/03/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							March 11
4396 12/03/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							March 12
4397 17/03/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							March 17
4398 21/03/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							March 21
4399 22/03/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							March 22
4400 23/03/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							March 23
4401 24/03/2022     C2 O  Zesheng Yang							March 24
4402 24/03/2022     C2 O  Zesheng Yang							March 24
4403 24/03/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							March 24
4404 25/03/2022     C3 K  Michael Biesiada, Peiyuan Sun, Zhijian Xu			March 25
4405 26/03/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							March 26
4406 28/03/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							March 28
4407 29/03/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							March 29
4408 30/03/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							March 30
4409 03/04/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							April 3
4410 05/04/2022     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							April 5
4411 07/04/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang, Zhijian Xu					April 7
4390 06/05/2005     C2 K  AI								April 8
4391 04/11/2016     C2 O  AI								April 8
4449 15/02/2016     C2 O  Peter Berrett							April 15
4412 15/04/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							April 15
4450 24/07/2016     C2 O  Peter Berrett							April 15
4413 16/04/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							April 16
4414 18/04/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							April 18
4415 19/04/2022     C2 K  Rafal Biros, Zhijian Xu					April 19
4416 20/04/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang, Peiyuan Sun					April 20
4417 20/04/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							April 20
4418 23/04/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							April 23
4419 26/04/2022     C3 O  Zhijian Xu							April 26
4453 05/01/2019     C2 O  Peter Berrett							April 28
4420 28/04/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							April 28
4456 05/08/2019     C2 Y  Peter Berrett							April 29
4421 29/04/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							April 29
4446 12/05/2014     C2 O  Peter Berrett							May 1
4443 12/07/2011     C2 Y  Peter Berrett							May 2
4422 02/05/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						May 2
4423 02/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 2
4424 02/05/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							May 2
4425 03/05/2022     C2 K  Rafal Biros							May 3
4426 03/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 3
4427 04/05/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							May 4
4428 04/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 4
4429 06/05/2022     C2 K  Peiyuan Sun							May 6
4454 20/01/2019     C2 Y  Peter Berrett							May 8
4464 02/01/2022     C2 R  Hanjie Tan							May 8 = 2004 B3 = 2009 V10 = 3081
4430 10/05/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						May 10
4431 12/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 12
4432 12/05/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							May 12
4433 12/05/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							May 12
UC   13/05/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							May 13
     04/11/2016     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							May 14
C    15/05/2022     C2 O  Zhijian Xu							May 15 = (3200) Phaethon
4434 16/05/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							May 16
4448 05/12/2015     C2 D  Hanjie Tan							May 17
4435 17/05/2022     C2 K  Worachate Boonplod						May 17
4436 18/05/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						May 18
4437 21/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 21
4438 21/05/2022     C2 K  Zhijian Xu							May 21
4439 22/05/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan, Zhijian Xu, Zesheng Yang				May 22
4440 23/05/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							May 23
4441 26/05/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							May 26
4458 16/08/2020     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							May 26
UC   18/03/2018     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							May 27
4442 29/05/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						May 30
4475 01/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 1
4476 01/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 1
4477 05/06/2022     C2 K  Worachate Boonplod						June 5
4478 08/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 8
4479 08/06/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 8
C    10/06/2022     C2 K  Dor Amitay							June 10
4480 10/06/2022     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Dor Amitay					June 10
4481 10/06/2022     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan							June 10
4444 09/08/2011     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4862 12/07/2020     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4459 05/09/2020     C2 R  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4460 08/09/2020     C2 R  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4452 21/04/2018     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4455 29/04/2020     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4457 11/04/2020     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 11
4482 12/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 12
4483 12/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 12
4484 15/06/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 15
4485 15/06/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 15
4486 18/06/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						June 18
4462 17/01/2021     C2 O  Qicheng Zhang							June 21 = fragment of 323P/SOHO
4487 23/06/2022     C2 O  Peter Berrett							June 25
4466 13/06/2011     C2 D  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4471 20/02/2018     C2 D  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4472 27/06/2018     C2 D  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4473 06/11/2018     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4474 07/11/2018     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4465 24/01/2010     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4467 17/04/2013     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4469 12/08/2013     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4470 01/12/2013     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4468 19/06/2013     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							June 25
4488 26/06/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							June 26
4489 29/06/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							June 29
4859 05/06/2019     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 1
4650 01/08/1996     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan							July 3
4490 04/07/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							July 4
4858 30/05/2019     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 4
4861 04/06/2020     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 5
4491 09/07/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							July 9
4494 11/07/2022     C2 Y  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 10
4492 11/07/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						July 11
4493 11/07/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							July 11
4495 12/07/2022     C3 K  Zhijian Xu							July 12
4496 14/07/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							July 14
4497 15/07/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							July 15
4498 19/07/2022     C3 D  Worachate Boonplod						July 19
4499 19/07/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						July 19
4814 11/09/2008     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan							July 21
4823 25/10/2010     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4863 06/01/2021     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4864 20/01/2021     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4865 27/12/2021     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4850 18/01/2017     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4851 27/03/2017     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4852 15/09/2017     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4853 12/12/2017     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4785 26/04/2007     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4786 06/09/2007     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							July 22
4500 22/07/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						July 22
4501 23/07/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							July 23
4775 22/04/2006     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 24
4776 23/04/2006     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 24
4502 26/07/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							July 26
4503 27/07/2022     C2 Y  Zesheng Yang							July 27
C    20/04/2018     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							July 28 = 3790
4788 13/10/2007     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 28
4787 07/09/2007     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 28
4504 29/07/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						July 29
4505 30/07/2022     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					July 30
4506 31/07/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							July 31
4815 12/11/2008     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 3
4507 03/08/2022     C3 K  Shaoxiong Gu							August 3
4508 05/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 5
4509 05/08/2022     C3 K  Rafal Biros							August 5
4831 17/07/2012     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							August 6
4836 05/03/2014     C2 R2 Hanjie Tan							August 6
4838 07/05/2014     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 6
4837 07/03/2014     C2 R2 Hanjie Tan							August 6
4829 17/01/2012     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 6
4830 06/06/2012     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 7
4839 08/06/2014     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 7
4510 08/08/2022     C2 Y  Zhuoyang Chen							August 8
4817 21/04/2009     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 9
4834 10/02/2014     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 9
4820 17/04/2010     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 9
4821 19/06/2010     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 10
4847 13/05/2016     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							August 11
4848 30/05/2016     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 11
4849 01/08/2016     C2 Y  Hanjie Tan							August 11
4511 11/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 11
4512 14/08/2022     C2 O  Hanjie Tan							August 15
4824 04/05/2011     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 16
4513 17/08/2022     C3 K  Trygve Prestgard						August 17
4825 03/06/2011     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 19
4827 25/10/2011     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 22
4514 22/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 22
4828 18/11/2011     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 22
4515 23/08/2022     C2 O  Zhijian Xu							August 23
UC   03/10/2007     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							August 25
4628 25/04/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 25
4516 26/08/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						August 26
4517 27/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 27
4629 08/05/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 29
4630 24/05/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 29
4518 29/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 29
4631 28/05/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 29
4634 01/08/1999     C2 O  Zhuoyang Chen							August 30
4635 07/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 30
4769 17/07/2005     C2 D  Hanjie Tan							August 30
     30/08/2022     C3 K  Kenichi Usuki							August 30
UC   09/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							August 31
UC   09/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							August 31
4636 14/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 31
4637 22/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 31
4519 31/08/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							August 31
4638 25/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 31
4639 29/10/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					August 31
UC   21/12/1999     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 1
 132 28/08/2022     T1 K  Trygve Prestgard						September 1
X100 29/04/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 2
4610 20/05/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 2
UC   31/05/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 2
UC   07/11/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							September 2
4640 14/12/1999     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 2
4520 03/09/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang, Hanjie Tan					September 3
4624 28/11/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 3
4625 06/12/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 3
4611 08/06/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 3
4621 06/06/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 3
4617 28/04/1998     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 3
4618 28/04/1998     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 3
4619 07/05/1998     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 3
4623 18/06/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 3
4616 08/12/1997     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 3
4613 25/10/1997     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 4
4614 26/10/1997     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 4
4622 13/06/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 4
4612 11/06/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 4
UC   12/10/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 4
4615 01/11/1997     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 4 Confirmation gives day as 11
UC   18/12/1996     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 5
4521 03/09/2022     C2 Y  Zhuoyang Chen							September 5
UC   16/04/1997     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 5
4651 09/03/1997     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							September 5
4669 09/10/2000     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							September 6
4832 30/1o/2012     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 6
4833 23/11/2012     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 6
4664 10/06/2000     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							September 8
4627 31/03/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 9
UC   06/04/1996     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 9
UC   07/04/1996     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							September 9
     10/04/2000     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							September 9 = 541
4522 10/09/2022     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 10
4626 26/03/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 11
4523 12/09/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang, Shaoxiong Gu					September 12
4632 03/07/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 13
4633 05/07/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 13
4524 18/09/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						September 18
4716 03/05/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 19
UC   29/12/1999     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							September 19
4525 20/09/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						September 20
4526 21/09/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						September 21
4758 18/05/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 25
4527 25/09/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							September 25
   1 29/05/2022     PW K  Peter Berrett							September 25
4729 08/10/2002     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							September 26
C    27/05/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 26 Discovered in 2001
4854 23/05/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 28
4718 09/06/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 29
4728 15/09/2002     C2 R  Zhuoyang Chen							September 29
4759 01/10/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 30
4760 03/10/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					September 30
U    13/10/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							October 1
4761 09/11/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 2
4763 07/12/2003     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 3
4528 05/10/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						October 5
4720 26/10/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 6
4721 19/11/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 6
4722 19/11/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 6
4723 02/12/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 7
4724 04/12/2001     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 7
4725 18/02/2002     C2 Y  Zhuoyang Chen							October 7
4529 07/10/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							October 7
4530 09/10/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							October 9
4766 02/12/2004     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 9
4765 20/04/2004     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 10
4531 13/10/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							October 13
4532 13/10/2022     C2 K  Worachate Boonplod						October 13
4533 14/10/2022     C3 K  Jiangao Ruan							October 14
4534 14/10/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							October 14
4535 15/10/2022     C2 K  Worachate Boonplod						October 15
4663 23/05/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
4665 12/06/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
4666 19/06/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
UC   19/04/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							October 16
4620 17/05/1998     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
4668 06/10/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
4670 17/10/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 16
4671 02/11/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 17
4672 06/12/2000     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 17
4536 17/10/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							October 17
UC   14/11/2006     C2 K  Zhuoyang Chen							October 18
4840 19/11/2014     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 18
4841 06/12/2014     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 19
4537 20/10/2022     C3 O  Jiangao Ruan							October 20
4538 20/10/2022     C3 O  Jiangao Ruan							October 20
4539 20/10/2022     C2 O  Jiangao Ruan							October 20
4540 20/10/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							October 20
4541 21/10/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						October 21
4542 21/10/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							October 21
UC   21/10/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							October 21
4777 02/09/2006     C2 O  Zhuoyang Chen							October 22
4726 23/05/2002     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 24
4727 31/05/2002     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 24
4842 04/11/2015     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 24
4543 25/10/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							October 25
4544 25/10/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							October 25
4844 03/05/2016     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 25
4845 03/05/2016     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 25
4846 05/05/2016     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 25
4545 27/10/2022     C3 K  Hanjie Tan							October 27
4546 29/10/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							October 29
4548 29/10/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							October 29
4547 29/10/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						October 29
4549 29/10/2022     C2 K  Peter Berrett							October 29
4550 30/10/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							October 30
4551 31/10/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							October 31
4843 11/12/2015     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					October 31
4552 03/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 3
4553 03/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 3
4554 04/11/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						November 4
UC   05/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 5
4555 05/11/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						November 5
4556 06/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 6
4557 05/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 6
4558 06/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 6
4559 06/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 7
4560 06/11/2022     C2 Y  Zesheng Yang							November 7
4561 07/11/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							November 7
4562 08/11/2022     C2 Y  Zesheng Yang							November 8
4563 08/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 8
4564 09/11/2022     C2 K  Robert Pickard						November 9
4565 10/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 10
4566 10/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 10
4567 10/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 10
 133 22/09/2022     T1 K  Karl Battams							November 10
 134 26/09/2022     T1 K  Karl Battams							November 10
 135 27/09/2022     T1 K  Karl Battams							November 10
4568 11/11/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							November 11
4569 14/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 14
4570 15/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 14
4571 15/11/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						November 15
4572 17/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang, Jiangao Ruan, Shaoxiong Gu			November 17
4573 19/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 19
4574 20/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 20
4575 20/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang, Hanjie Tan					November 20
4576 20/11/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							November 20
UC   21/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 21
4855 05/06/2018     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					November 21
4577 22/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 22
4856 07/10/2018     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					November 22
4578 23/11/2022     C2 Y  Worachate Boonplod						November 23
4579 24/11/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang							November 24
4580 25/11/2022     C2 K  Robert Pickard, Zesheng Yang					November 25
4581 25/11/2022     C3 K  Zesheng Yang							November 25
4582 25/11/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							November 25
4857 06/12/2018     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					November 27
4583 28/11/2022     C2 O  Jiangao Ruan							November 28
4584 30/11/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							November 30
4585 01/12/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							December 1
4586 03/12/2022     C2 K  Zesheng Yang, Hanjie Tan					December 3
4587 03/12/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan							December 3
4588 04/12/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							December 4
4589 05/12/2022     C2 K  Hanjie Tan, Zesheng Yang, Jiangao Ruan			December 5
4590 06/12/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 6
4591 08/12/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							December 8
4860 18/05/2020     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan, Wenjie Zhou					December 12
4592 15/12/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 15
4593 15/12/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 15
4594 18/12/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							December 18
4595 21/12/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 21
4596 22/12/2022     C3 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 22
4597 24/12/2022     C2 K  Worachate Boonplod						December 24
4598 31/12/2022     C2 K  Jiangao Ruan							December 31
The column headed Des is the half month or other designation of the comet. The column headed C gives the SOHO instrument (C2 or C3 for the LASCO coronagraphs, SW for SWAN), STEREO satellite (T1 or T2) and Parker Solar Probe (PW for WISPR) 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, UC indicates that is was not confirmed, X that it was confirmed, but there were insufficient observations.

Note that my observer count (not updated for a long time) 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:
Helio Abreu Neto - first discovery
AI - two discoveries as part of a project developing detection algorithms by Daniel Parrott, Selim Seferbekov, John Gardner, Victor Dumov, Roman Solovyev, and Dmitrii Khrustalev
Qicheng Zhang - first discovery
Worachate Boonplod - SOHO 4500
Shaoxiong Gu - third discovery, after a gap of six years
Zhuoyang Chen - first discovery
Peter Berrett - first PSP discovery

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.  Archival discoveries dramatically increased in 2022, including many Kreutz comets, helped by the use of AI algorithms for searching.  The total number discovered during the year, excluding archival discoveries, was 205.


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