British Astronomical Association
Comet Section

2003 News

Jan 06  Rob Matson & Dave Evans report a real-time Kreutz comet in C3
Jan 08  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2003 A1, which may be D/1783 W1
Jan 12  Dave Evans reports three possible archive Kreutz group comets (not confirmed)
Jan 14  Spacewatch has found a very distant comet that is possibly a Centaur
Jan 15  Rob Matson reports two real-time Kreutz comets in C3
Jan 16  XingMing Zhou reports a real-time Meyer group comet in C2
Jan 19  Michael Oates reports a real-time Kreutz group comet in C3
Jan 25  2002 X5 enters the SOHO C3 field
Jan 27  2002 X5 enters the SOHO C2 field
Jan 29  2002 X5 leaves the SOHO C2 field
Jan 31  2002 X5 leaves the SOHO C3 field
Feb 03  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Feb 09  Dave Evans and Xavier Leprette report a bright real time Kreutz comet in C3
Feb 10  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Feb 12  Rob Matson reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3, not confirmed
Feb 13  Final real-time update until the end of March
Feb 13  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Feb 15  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Feb 28  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 04  Dave Evans reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 11  S Hoenig, X Leprette & J Sachs report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 12  2003 CP7, discovered by LINEAR found to be cometary by NEAT
Mar 12  NEAT discovers faint comet 2003 E1
Mar 14  66P/du Toit recovered by Spacewatch
Mar 15  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 19  Michael Oates reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 25  Xavier Leprette and Tony Scarmato report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 26  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2003 F1
Mar 29  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Mar 30  Updates resume on my return from Antarctica, full updates will take a few days
Apr 01  NEAT discovers faint new periodic comet 2003 F2
Apr 02  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Apr 04  John Sachs reports a non group comet in C3, 2003 G3
Apr 09  Comet's tail observing supplement 19 published online 
Apr 10  LINEAR discovers 16th mag distant comet 2003 G1
Apr 11  LINEAR discovers a 17th mag comet 2003 G2
Apr 12  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2 - not confirmed
Apr 16  April Comet's Tale printed
Apr 18  April Comet's Tale posted
Apr 19  X/Comet found in 1986 linked to LINEAR asteroid of 2000
Apr 23  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Apr 24  XingMing Zhou & Xavier Leprette report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Apr 25  LINEAR discovers two new comets
Apr 27  Rainer Kracht reports faint real time Meyer group comet in C2 = SOHO 599
Apr 28  Tony Hoffman & Rob Matson report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Apr 29  Rainer Kracht and Xavier Leprette report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Apr 30  Rainer Kracht reports a non group comet and fragment in C2
May 01  NEAT discovers a faint comet 2003 H3
May 02  LINEAR reports the discovery of a faint comet 2003 H4
May 02  Rob Matson reports the discovery of two faint Kreutz comets in C2 from April 30 & May 1
May 05  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 05  Rob Matson reports two possible real time Kreutz comets in C2
May 08  Pavel Shkreby and DongHua Chen report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 09  R Kracht, J Sachs and M Boschat report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 15  Heiner Otterstedt reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
May 15  Rainer Kracht reports real time Kreutz comets in C2 and C3
May 18  NEAT discovers faint distant comet 2003 J1
May 21  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Meyer comet in C2
May 22  Salvador Sanchez, Jaime Nomen & Reiner Stoss report 29P in outburst
May 22  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
May 23  XingMing Zhou, R Kracht & X Leprette report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
May 24  Spacewatch discovers a faint comet 2003 K1
May 24  Dave Evans reports a faint Kreutz comet in C2 images from May 22
May 26  Heiner Otterstedt reports a faint real time non group comet in C3 - 2003 K3
May 26  Pavel Shkreby & Mike Boschat report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
May 27  DongHua Chen reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 27  Catalina Sky Survey discovers 14th magnitude comet 2003 K2
May 29  Tony Hoffman reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 30  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Meyer comet in C2
May 30  LINEAR discovers distant comet 2003 K4
May 30  An asteroid reported by LINEAR as 2003 KV2 found to be cometary
May 31  Tony Hoffman reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
May 31  Pavel Shkreby reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 02  Xavier Leprette reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 05  Rainer Kracht & Maik Meyer report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 07  Jim Scotti reports a faint comet in Spacewatch data 2003 L1
Jun 08  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jun 09  Pavel Shkreby reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 13  Michael Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 14  LINEAR discovers 18th mag comet 2003 L2
Jun 15  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 16  R Kracht, K Cernis & D Evans (et al) report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 17  Rainer Kracht and Pavel Shkreby report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 17  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jun 18  Rainer Kracht and XingMing Zhou report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 19  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jun 20  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jun 23  XingMing Zhou reports three real time Kreutz comets in C2
Jun 23  Another two possible real time Kreutz comets in C2 reported
Jun 25  An asteroid found by LINEAR discovered to be cometary (2003 HT15)
Jun 25  SOHO data unavailable for approximately the next 20 days
Jun 28  Dave Evans reports archival C2 Kreutz comets from May 23 and May 19
Jun 30  Dave Evans reports archival an C3 Kreutz comet from June 22
Jul 02  Edgar Wilson Awards for 2003 announced
Jul 02  SOHO data restored
Jul 05  Leprette, Sachs & Kracht report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Jul 06  Pavel Shkreby reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 13  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 18  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 20  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 20  18th mag comet 2003 O1 found by LINEAR reported on the NEOCP
Jul 24  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 25  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 30  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Jul 31  LINEAR discovers 17th mag comet 2003 O2
Aug 02  Mike Boschat & Tony Hoffman report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Aug 03  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Aug 05  Tony Hoffman & Mike Boschat report a real time Kreutz comet in C3 (SOHO-650)
Aug 05  LINEAR discovers a 19th mag periodic comet 2003 O3
Aug 20  Tony Hoffman reports a real time Marsden group comet in C2
Aug 23  John Sachs reports two real time Kreutz comets in C3
Aug 25  Mike Boschat reports two real time Kreutz comets in C3
Aug 26  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Aug 26  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Marsden group comet in C2
Aug 28  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Aug 29  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Aug 30  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 02  Asteroid 2003 QX29 (NEAT) found to be cometary
Sep 03  Asteroid 2002 CE10 (LINEAR) found to be cometary
Sep 03  Asteroid 2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) found to be cometary
Sep 05  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 06  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2003 R1
Sep 08  Kazimieras Cernis reports a real time non group comet in C2
Sep 08  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 09  Rainer Kracht reports a real time non group comet in C2
Sep 18  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 18  Mike Boschat reports a faint real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 21  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 22  David Levy was apparently visiting the UK this week and giving a number of lectures.
Sep 24  NEAT discovers faint new periodic comet 2003 S1
Sep 25  NEAT discovers another faint new periodic comet 2003 S2
Sep 25  Rainer Kracht reports a real time non group comet in C2
Sep 25  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Sep 29  LINEAR discovers a faint distant comet 2003 S3
Oct 01  LINEAR discovers a faint distant comet 2003 S4
Oct 07  D/Tritton rediscovered in outburst as P/2003 T1
Oct 08  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Oct 08  Rob Matson reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 09  John Sachs reports two real time Kreutz comets in C3
Oct 12  XingMing Zhou reports another Kreutz comet in C2 from October 9
Oct 13  Mailing of The Comet's Tale for October will begin this week
Oct 13  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Oct 14  The NEO Confirmation Page shows at 12th mag object at 57 deg S.  Comet ?
Oct 14  LINEAR discovers 15th mag comet 2003 T2 at high northern declination
Oct 15  IAUC announces discovery of 2003 T3 by Vello Tabur and the recovery of Hermes
Oct 15  LINEAR discovers a faint distant comet 2003 T4
Oct 15  Mike Boschat reports a faint real time Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 17  Mailing of The Comet's Tale completed
Oct 17  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 17  Rob Matson reports a faint Kreutz comet in C2 images from yesterday
Oct 20  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2003 U1
Oct 20  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Oct 21  Rob Matson reports a real time Meyer group comet in C2
Oct 21  LINEAR discovers a faint periodic comet 2003 U2
Oct 23  XingMing Zhou reports a faint real time Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 23  NEAT discover a faint periodic comet 2003 U3
Oct 25  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 26  Jim Danaher, Mike Boschat and John Sachs report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Nov 01  Rainer Kracht and Xavier Leprette report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 03  Mike Boschat reports a faint real time Kreutz comet in C3
Nov 03  Jim Danaher reports a possible secondary fragment of the above in C2 images
Nov 04  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 05  Mike Boschat reports a moderately bright real time Kreutz comet in C3
Nov 06  Jim Danaher reports an archival non group comet in C3 images Oct 9 - 11
Nov 06  LINEAR discovers 16th mag comet 2003 V1
Nov 09  Tony Hoffman and XingMing Zhou report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 11  Rob Matson and Rainer Kracht report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 13  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Nov 14  Discovery of unusual asteroid 2003 UY283 announced on MPEC 2003 V58
Nov 16  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 17  LINEAR discovers 18th mag comet 2003 W1
Nov 18  Asteroid 2002 LZ11 (LINEAR) found to be cometary
Nov 21  Dave Evans reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 22  Mike Boschat reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 24  LINEAR discovers unusual asteroid 2003 WT42
Nov 25  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Nov 27  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 28  Asteroid 2001 RG100 (158P/Kowal-LINEAR) found to be cometary
Nov 29  XingMing Zhou reports a real time non group comet in C2
Nov 29  Gregg Gallina reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Nov 30  Tony Hoffman reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 01  Mike Boschat reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 02  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2 (=SOHO 700 ?)
Dec 02  Asteroid 2003 UY275 (LINEAR) found to be cometary
Dec 02  2001 RG100 identified with 1979 O1 (Kowal)
Dec 03  Asteroid 2003 UD16 (LONEOS) found to be cometary
Dec 04  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 04  Mike Boschat reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 05  Rob Matson reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C3
Dec 07  XingMing Zhou, Tony Hoffman & Xavier Leprette report a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 07  Mike Boschat reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 08  Tony Hoffman reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 08  Possible progenitor for Quadrantids found - Asteroid 2003 EH1
Dec 08  XingMing Zhou and Xavier Leprette report a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 11  Xavier Leprette and XingMing Zhou report a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 11  A comet reported by Leo Boethin in 1973 linked to 104P/Kowal
Dec 13  XingMing Zhou reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 17  Discovery of faint periodic comet 2003 XD10 by LINEAR and NEAT reported
Dec 19  Xavier Leprette reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 19  Rob Matson reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 20  Maik Meyer reports a real time Meyer group comet in C2
Dec 20  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 22  Catalina Sky Survey discover unusual asteroid 2003 WN188
Dec 22  Mike Boschat and Rainer Kracht report bright Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 23  John Sachs, Rainer Kracht and Xavier Leprette report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Dec 24  Rainer Kracht reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Dec 25  XingMing Zhou and Michael Boschat report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 26  Michael Oates reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 26  Rob Matson reports a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 26  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz comet from Dec 25 in C2
Dec 27  Rob Matson and Pavel Shkreby report a real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 27  XingMing Zhou and Rob Matson report a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Dec 27  Rob Matson reports a possible real time Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 28  John Sachs reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3
Dec 31  Rob Matson reports a real time Kreutz comet in C3