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Jan 02 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 02 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 06 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 13 Discovery of 2023 Y2 (P/Gibbs) reported
Jan 13 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Jan 14 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 16 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 20 Discovery of 2023 S4 (P/Hogan) reported
Jan 21 Discovery of 2024 A1 (ATLAS) reported
Jan 22 Recovery of 2004 DO29 (P/Spacewatch-LINEAR) as 2023 V7 reported
Jan 24 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 25 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 26 Recovery of 2015 HG16 (P/PANSTARRS) as 2023 W2 reported
Jan 26 Recovery of 2018 P3 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2023 V8 reported
Jan 27 Discovery of 2023 Y3 (P/ATLAS) reported
Jan 28 Identity of 2023 WM26 and 2011 NO1 finally confirmed by MPC
Jan 28 Recovery of 2001 Q6 (P/NEAT) as 2023 X5 reported
Jan 29 MPC designation of 2023 X5 retracted
Jan 31 Recovery of 2014 A3 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2023 X6 reported
Feb 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 01 Hanjie Tan and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 03 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 04 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 04 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08 Discovery of 2024 B1 (Lemmon) reported
Feb 08 Discovery of 2024 B2 (Lemmon) reported
Feb 08 Eryk Banach and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 14 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 15 Discovery of 2024 C1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 15 Discovery of 2024 C2 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 15 Discovery of 2024 A2 (ATLAS) reported
Feb 17 Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 17 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 19 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 21 Discovery of 2024 C3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 21 Discovery of 2024 C4 (ATLAS) reported
Feb 22 Discovery of 2023 X7 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 22 Recovery of 2012 WA34 (P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS) as 2024 C5 reported
Feb 24 Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 29 2014 VF40 (P/PANSTARRS) confirmed as a comet
Feb 29 2005 XR132 (P/Spacewatch) confirmed as a comet
Mar 01 2019 G2 (PanSTARRS) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02 2019 O2 (PanSTARRS) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02 2021 X2 (Bok) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02 Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Mar 06 Discovery of 2024 E1 (Wierzchos) reported
Mar 07 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 10 Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 11 Recovery of fragments of 2016 J1 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2020 Y6 and 2021 K5 reported
Mar 13 Discovery of 2024 D1 (A/Lemmon) reported
Mar 13 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 14 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Mar 19 Discovery in 2021 of two fragments of 323P/SOHO reported
Mar 21 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 22 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 23 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images.
Mar 23 Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 25 Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images. This is SOHO 5000.
Mar 26 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 26 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 27 Discovery of 2024 E2 (Bok) reported
Mar 28 Eryk Banach and Hanjie Tan report a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 28 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 29 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 03 Jiangao Ruan, Eryk Banach and Zesheng Yang report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 08 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images. This was imaged by Lin Zixuan during the total eclipse.
Apr 09 Discovery of 2024 F1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Apr 09 Discovery of 2024 F2 (PANSTARRS) reported
Apr 13 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 17 Discovery of 2024 G1 (Wierzchos) reported
Apr 17 Discovery of 2024 G2 (ATLAS) reported
Apr 18 Discovery of 2024 G3 (ATLAS) reported
Apr 18 Possible comet detected by Shigeki Murakami
Apr 23 2006 AH2 linked to 2022 U6 (P/Sheppard-Tholen)
Apr 24 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 30 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images.
Apr 30 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images.
May 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 05 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06 Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 08 Discovery of 2024 G4 (PANSTARRS) reported
May 08 Discovery of 2024 G5 (Leonard) reported
May 08 Discovery of 2024 J1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
May 08 Discovery of 2024 G6 (ATLAS) reported
May 10 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 11 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 14 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 18 Hanjie Tan and Eryk Banach report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 19 Discovery of 2024 J2 (Wierzchos) reported
May 20 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 21 Discovery of 2024 G7 (ATLAS) reported
May 21 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22 Eryk Banach reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
May 23 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 24 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 24 Hanjie Tan reports ten comets in archival C2 images
May 26 Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
May 27 Zesheng Yang and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 29 Discovery of 2024 J3 (ATLAS) reported
May 29 Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 30 Discovery of 2024 J4 (Lemmon) reported
May 30 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31 Recovery of 2018 L5 (P/Leonard) as 2024 H1
May 31 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 01 2024 FG9 designated as comet P/Nanshan-Hahn
Jun 02 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03 Jiangao Ruan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06 Discovery of 2024 L1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 06 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 09 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 11 Discovery of 2024 K1(P/PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 11 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 12 Jiangao Ruan and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 13 Jiangao Ruan and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 13 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 14 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 16 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 16 Rafal Biros reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 19 Discovery of 2024 L2 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 19 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 21 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 22 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 24 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 24 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 29 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 30 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Jul 08 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 08 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 08 Sudeshi Seneviratne reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 09 Discovery of 2024 L3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jul 09 Discovery of 2024 L4 (P/Rankin) reported
Jul 09 Discovery of 2024 N1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jul 10 Discovery of 2024 N2 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Jul 11 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 12 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 14 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 17 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 17 Rafal Biros reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 18 Discovery of 2024 N3 (Sarneczky) reported
Jul 19 Jiangao Ruan reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 20 Discovery of 2024 L5 (ATLAS) reported
Jul 20 Discovery of 2024 M1 (ATLAS) reported
Jul 24 Discovery of 2024 N4 (Sarneczky) reported
Jul 25 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 26 Recovery of 2012 US27 (P/Siding Spring) as 2024 N5 reported
Jul 27 Linkage of 2007 HE4 with 1894 F1 (D/Denning) reported
Jul 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Aug 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 01 Discovery of 2024 O1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Aug 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 03 Discovery of 2024 N6 (P/NEAT-PANSTARRS) reported
Aug 06 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 07 Discovery of 2024 O2 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Aug 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Aug 09 2023 TD22 reclassified as C/Lemmon
Aug 10 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 11 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 16 2023 JN16 reclassified as P/Lemmon
Aug 16 Discovery of A/2024 G8 reported
Aug 16 Hanjie Tan reports a comet in SWAN images
Aug 19 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 20 Recovery of 2019 M2 (P/ATLAS) as 2024 C6 reported
Aug 20 Recovery of 2014 MG2 (P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS) as 2024 K2 reported
Aug 20 Edgar Wilson awards for 2015 - 2018 reported in CBET 5432
Aug 21 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 25 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 27 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 30 SOHO-2378 reported returning in real time C2 images
Aug 31 Worachate Boonplod reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Aug 31 Discovery of 2024 Q1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 04 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 05 Recovery of 2005 SB216 (P/LONEOS) as 2024 Q2 reported
Sep 08 Discovery of 2024 Q3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 08 Discovery of 2024 R1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 08 Discovery of 2024 R2 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 08 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 09 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 10 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 15 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Sep 15 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Sep 16 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 17 Discovery of 2024 Q4 (PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 17 Discovery of 2024 R3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 17 Discovery of 2024 R4 (PANSTARRS) reported
Sep 22 Eryk Banach reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Sep 27 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 30 Edgar Wilson Award winners for 2018-2024 announced
Oct 01 Discovery of 2024 S1 (ATLAS) reported
Oct 06 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 06 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 07 Discovery of 2024 T1 (P/Rankin) reported
Oct 08 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 08 Accidental recovery of 2010 A3 (P/Hill)
Oct 11 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 12 Discovery of 2024 S2 (P/Rankin)
Oct 12 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 13 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 14 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 17 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 18 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 19 Discovery of 2024 T2 (P/Rankin) reported
Oct 19 Discovery of 2024 T3 (PanSTARRS) reported
Oct 19 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 22 Recovery of 2016 A2 (P/Christensen) as 2024 RU145 reported
Oct 23 Recovery of 2011 UA134 (P/Spacewatch-PANSTARRS) as 2024 T4 reported
Oct 23 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 26 Zhijian Xu reports a non group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 27 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 28 Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 31 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 02 Worachate Boonplod reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 03 Eryk Banach reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 05 Discovery of 2024 U1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Nov 06 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 07 Discovery of 2024 T5 (ATLAS) reported
Nov 09 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 09 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 10 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 11 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 12 Hanjie Tan and Eryk Banach report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 13 2024 OC2 (P/PANSTARRS) confirmed as a comet
Nov 13 Discovery of 2024 V1 (Borisov) reported
Nov 15 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 17 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 18 Discovery of 2024 V2 (Sarneczky) reported
Nov 21 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 22 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 22 Eryk Banach reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Nov 24 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 25 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 25 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 30 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 30 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 30 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 01 Eryk Banach reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Dec 01 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 02 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 02 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 02 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 03 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 03 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 05 2014 K3 (P/SOHO) recovered in SOHO images
Dec 06 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 06 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 08 Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 08 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 10 Discovery of 2024 W1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Dec 12 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 18 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 20 Discovery of 2024 X1 (Fazekas) reported
Dec 21 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 23 Discovery of 2015 K7 reported
Dec 24 Discovery of 2024 X2 (ATLAS) reported
Dec 24 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 25 Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 27 Discovery of 2024 X3 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Dec 27 Discovery of 2024 X4 (PANSTARRS) reported
Dec 29 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 30 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 31 Discovery of 2024 U2 reported
Dec 31 Discovery of 2024 W2 reported
Dec 31 Discovery of 2024 Y1 (Masek) reported
Dec 31 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Published by Jonathan Shanklin. Jon Shanklin - jds@ast.cam.ac.uk