British Astronomical Association
Comet Section
2009 News
Jan 01 Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2008 Y2
Jan 01 Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2008 Y3
Jan 01 Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Jan 02 Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Jan 04 Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 07 Alan Watson reports three Kreutz group comets in STEREO H1a images
Jan 12 Unusual asteroid 2000 YN30 confirmed as comet 212P/NEAT
Jan 13 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 13 Alan Watson reports a non-group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 13 Alan Watson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 21 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 22 Andrea Boattani discovers faint comet 2009 B1
Jan 23 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 29 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 29 Zhijian Xu reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 30 Asteroid 2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) found to show cometary appearance
Jan 30 Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 31 LINEAR discovers faint comet 2009 B2
Feb 01 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 01 Gary Hug recovers 2005 R2 (P/Van Ness)
Feb 01 Gary Hug recovers 2002 CW134 (P/LINEAR)
Feb 02 Gary Hug recovers 2002 O8 (P/NEAT)
Feb 04 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08 Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman and Michal Kusiak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11 Marek Kaluzny reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 12 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 14 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images (possibly the C3 reported by Marek)
Feb 14 Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 19 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 19 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 20 Jim Scotti recovers P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) as 2009 D1
Feb 21 Tony Hoffman and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 23 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 23 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 24 Rainer Kracht reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 26 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 26 Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 01 Michal Kusiak and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 08 Eryk Banach reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 10 Wentao Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 10 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 12 Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in archival STEREO H1a images from 2008 December 31
Mar 12 Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images from 2008 March 7 confirmed, reported by Alan Watson
Mar 15 Koichi Itagaki discovers 13th magnitude comet 2009 E1
Mar 18 Asteroid 2008 CL94 shown to have cometary characteristics
Mar 19 Steve Larson discovers faint comet 2009 F1
Mar 20 Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 F2
Mar 20 2001 MD7 (P/LINEAR) recovered as 2009 F3
Mar 21 Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 F4
Mar 22 Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 F5
Mar 28 Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 30 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 02 Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 02 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 04 Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 06 A 10th magnitude SWAN object has been posted on the NEOCP. It is in Cassiopeia, so circumpolar for the UK.
Apr 07 Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 07 SWAN object confirmed as comet 2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
Apr 08 Jiangao Ruan reports a comet in STEREO H1B images
Apr 09 STEREO comet confirmed as 2009 G1
Apr 10 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 13 Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 13 Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 15 Comet 2003 H4 (P/LINEAR) recovered as 2009 F7
Apr 18 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 19 Ernesto Guido et al recover 2002 LZ11 (P/LINEAR) as 2009 H1
Apr 20 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 23 Neil Bone, BAA Meteor Section Director, has died. He was also a comet observer and section member and will be much missed.
Apr 23 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Apr 24 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 24 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 24 Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 26 Rainer Kracht identifies C/2001 D1 = 2004 X7 = 2008 S2 = 1997 J6 (SOHO) in archival C2 images from 1997
May 03 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 03 Michal Kusiak reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 03 P/2004 K2 (McNaught) recovered as 2009 H2
May 03 Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 05 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06 Marek Kaluzny and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 08 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 09 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 13 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 13 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 15 Rainer Kracht suggests that if 1999 M3 = 2004 L10 (SOHO) it could return around May 25/26
May 15 Rainer Kracht reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
May 17 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 18 Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2009 K1
May 19 Catalina Sky Survey discovers faint comet 2009 K2
May 20 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 24 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 27 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 27 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28 Ed Beshore discovers faint comet 2009 K3
May 28 Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2009 K4
May 28 Mauro Zanotta, Italian comet discoverer and observer, died in a skiing accident at the weekend
May 29 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 29 Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 K5
May 30 Michal Kusiak and Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31 Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Jun 01 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 03 Leonid Elenin recovers 2002 JN16 as 2009 L1
Jun 03 Richard Miles recovers 127P/Holt-Olmstead
Jun 04 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 06 Tony Hoffman reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07 Guoyou Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 08 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 09 Rainer Kracht reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 10 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 10 Rob Matson and Rainer Kracht report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 14 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 16 New periodic comet 2009 L2 discovered by Rui Yang and Xing Gao
Jun 22 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 22 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 22 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images. Withdrawn but confirmed. Note this object may be the Meyer comet.
Jun 23 Michal Kusiak reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images. Note this may be the already reported Kreutz comet
Jun 24 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25 Masanori Uchina, Zhijian Xu and Giuseppe Pappa report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 27 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 30 Rainer Kracht reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 02 Asteroid (3200) Phaethon was brighter than expected around the time of perihelion
Jul 03 Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 04 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 05 Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 20 Possible comet impact on Jupiter discovered by Anthony WesleyNASA press release
Jul 21 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed STEREO COR2 images
Jul 29 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 30 Catalina Sky Survey discovers comet 2009 O2
Jul 30 Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 O3
Jul 31 Rik Hill discovers comet 2009 O4
Aug 01 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 03 P/LINEAR (2004 X1) recovered as 2009 MB9
Aug 10 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 11 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 15 Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2009 P1
Aug 17 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT recovered
Aug 18 Andrea Boattini discovers faint comet 2009 P2
Aug 20 LINEAR discovers retrograde asteroid 2009 QY6
Aug 21 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 24 Zhijian Xu and Michal Kusiak report a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images from August 22
Aug 29 Rik Hill discovers periodic comet 2009 Q1
Aug 29 Spacewatch recovers periodic comet 2003 XD10 as 2009 Q2
Aug 29 Spacewatch recovers periodic comet 2002 T1 as 2009 Q3
Aug 31 Andrea Boattini discovers comet 2009 Q4
Aug 31 Masanori Uchina and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 31 Michal Kusiak notes several possible archival comets
Sep 01 Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 Q5
Sep 07 Bo Zhou and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 09 Michal Kusiak notes another possible archival comet
Sep 10 Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 R1
Sep 11 Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 11 Comet 2003 A1 accidently recovered as 2009 R2 and confirmed as comet Pigott
Sep 12 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 13 Maik Meyer locates images of 2009 R2 from 1995
Sep 13 Michal Kusiak notes another possible archival comet
Sep 18 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Sep 22 Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2009 S1
Sep 23 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 24 Rob McNaught discovers faint periodic comet 2009 S2
Sep 25 Rob Matson, Bo Zhou and Masanori Uchina report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 26 Michal Kusiak and Rob Matson report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 27 Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 27 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 28 Mt Lemmon survey discovers faint comet 2009 S3
Sep 28 Jim Scotti recovers 2004 EW38 as 2009 S4
Sep 29 2009 QG31, discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey, announced as a comet
Sep 30 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 04 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 04 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1997
Oct 05 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 07 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 08 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 08 Jiangao Ruan notes a possible Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Oct 08 Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 11 Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 T1
Oct 11 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 12 The La Sagra team discover periodic comet 2009 T2
Oct 12 Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in recent C2 images
Oct 13 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 14 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 14 Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 14 Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 15 LINEAR discovers comet 2009 T3
Oct 15 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 16 Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 SK280
Oct 17 Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 18 Zhijian Xu, Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 18 Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2009 U1
Oct 19 Jim Scotti recovers 2001 YX127 (P/LINEAR) as 2009 U2
Oct 21 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 21 Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 U3
Oct 22 Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 22 Bo Zhou and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 24 Rob McNaught discovers faint periodic comet 2009 U4
Oct 25 Al Grauer discovers faint comet 2009 U5
Oct 25 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Oct 29 LINEAR discovers faint comet 2009 U6
Oct 29 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 30 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 31 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Nov 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 03 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 06 Tony Scarmato reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 13 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 15 Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 16 Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 16 Alan Watson reports a non-group comet in STEREO images from November 11 (=169P)
Nov 17 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Nov 19 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 19 Rik Hill discovers comet 2009 W1
Nov 22 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 23 Tony Scarmato reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 24 Andrea Boattini discovers faint comet 2009 W2
Nov 25 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 26 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Nov 27 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28 Jiangao Ruan and Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29 Masanori Uchina, Tony Scarmato and Marek Kaluzny report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 01 Prediscovery images of P/2009 S1 from 2001 discovered by Rob Matson
Dec 01 Bo Zhou and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 01 Tony Scarmato reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 02 Jiangao Ruan and Masanori Uchina report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04 Funding for measurement of SOHO comets has essentially expired, and satellite operations will gradually be wound down, though operations will continue until SDO is operational.
Dec 04 Jiangao Ruan, Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 06 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 06 Arkadiusz Kubczak, Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 07 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 08 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 10 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 10 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 13 Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 13 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 15 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 16 Gary Hug recovers P/2003 CP7 as 2009 X1
Dec 16 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 17 Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 17 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 17 P/2009 W1 identified with asteroid 1999 XO188
Dec 18 Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 20 Faint comet 2009 Y1 discovered by Catalina Sky Survey
Dec 21 Mt Lemmon survey discovers retrograde short period asteroid 2009 YS6
Dec 21 Richard Kowalski discovers faint comet 2009 Y2
Dec 22 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 22 Alan Watson reports a Kretuz group comet in STEREO images
Dec 23 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 23 Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 23 Rainer Kracht reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 25 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 25 Happy Christmas to all readers
Dec 26 Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Dec 28 Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 31 Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 31 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Published by Jonathan Shanklin. Jon Shanklin - jds@ast.cam.ac.uk