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
4968 02/01/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan January 2
4969 02/01/2024 C2 K Hanjie Tan January 2
4970 06/01/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan January 6
28/12/2023 SW O Vladimir Bezugly January 7 = 12P/Pons-Brooks
4971 07/01/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan January 7
U 12/01/2024 C3 K Zesheng Yang January 13
4972 14/01/2024 C3 K Robert Pickard January 14
4973 16/01/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan January 16
4974 24/01/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan January 24
4975 25/01/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan January 25
4976 29/01/2024 C2 O Hanjie Tan January 29
4977 01/02/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan February 1
4978 01/02/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan, Jiangao Ruan, Michal Biesiada, Eryk Banach February 1
4979 03/02/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan February 3
4980 04/02/2024 C3 K Worachate Boonplod February 4
4981 04/02/2024 C3 K Robert Pickard February 4
4982 08/02/2024 C3 K Worachate Boonplod February 8
4983 08/02/2024 C3 K Eryk Banach, Hanjie Tan February 8
4984 11/02/2024 C3 K Zesheng Yang February 11
4985 14/02/2024 C3 K Worachate Boonplod February 14
4986 17/02/2024 C2 D Hanjie Tan February 17
4987 16/02/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan February 17
4988 19/02/2024 C3 K Eryk Banach February 19
4989 24/02/2024 C2 D Hanjie Tan February 24
4990 27/02/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan February 27
136 21/02/2024 H1 K Robert Pickard February ??
4991 02/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 2
4992 02/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 2
4993 07/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 7
U 10/03/2024 C3 K Masanori Uchina March 10
4994 13/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 13
4995 14/03/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan March 14
4996 14/03/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan March 14
4997 21/03/2024 C2 K Robert Pickard March 21
4998 22/03/2024 C3 D Jiangao Ruan March 22
4999 23/03/2024 C3 O Jiangao Ruan March 23
C 23/03/2024 C2 D Hanjie Tan March 23 = 4998
5000 25/03/2024 C2 D Hanjie Tan March 25
5001 26/03/2024 C2 K Jiangao Ruan March 26
5002 26/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 26
28/03/2024 C2 Y Eryk Banach, Hanjie Tan March 28
28/03/2024 C3 K Hanjie Tan March 28
29/03/2024 C2 K Jiangao Ruan March 29
25/03/2024 SW O Vladimir Bezugly April 1 = 13P/Olbers
01/04/2024 C2 K Jiangao Ruan April 1
03/04/2024 C3 K Jiangao Ruan, Eryk Banach, Zesheng Yang April 3
08/04/2024 C3 K Worachate Boonplod April 8
13/04/2024 C2 K Zhijian Xu April 13
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, H1 or H2 for STEREO) and PW for Parker Solar Probe -
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, 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:
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. AI scanning during 2022 and 2023 is however likely to have mopped most of them up.