• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 K6    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 K7    Meyer   J. Ruan        90th member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 K8    Kreutz  J. Ruan 
  C/2008 K9    Kreutz  G. Pappa
  C/2008 K10           G. Sun
  C/2008 K11   Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2008 L4    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 L5    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 L6    Kreutz  R. Kracht      Kracht 2 group, = C/2002 R5?
  C/2008 L7    Kreutz  R. Kracht      Kracht 2 group
  C/2008 L8    Kreutz  M. Mazzucato
  C/2008 L9    Kreutz  B. Zhou, M. Uchina
  C/2008 L10   Kreutz  M. Uchina
  C/2008 L11   Kreutz  M. Kusiak      91st member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 L12   Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 L13   Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1492 (MPEC 2008-O15, MPEC 2008-O16, MPEC 2008-O23, MPEC 2008-O24)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Jul. 1, 2008, by Robert E. Holmes, Jr., (Charleston) was identified as cometary after placement on the NEO Confirmation Page by P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford), L. Buzzi (Varese), S. Foglia (analysing further images by Holmes), and J. Lacruz (La Canada). The first orbit for the 19.5^m comet C/2008 N1 (Holmes) shows perihelion on Sep. 24, 2009, at about 2.8 AU. (IAUC 8958, subscription required, MPEC 2008-N18)
• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Mar. 31, 2008, in the course of the Mt. Lemmon Survey, and designated 2008 FK₇₅, was independently rediscovered on Jul. 1, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. The object was placed on the NEO Confirmation Page prior the identification and noted as cometary by J. Young and M. Hicks (Table Mountain) and R. E. Holmes (Charleston). The orbit for the 19^m comet C/2008 FK₇₅ (Lemmon-Siding Spring) indicates perihelion on Sep. 30, 2010, at about 4.5 AU. This is the 19^th comet for the Mt. Lemmon Survey and the 49^th for the Siding Spring Survey. (IAUC 8958, subscription required, MPEC 2008-N18)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 K1    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 K2    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 K3    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 K4    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2008 K5    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1476 (MPEC 2008-M13)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 H9    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 J10   Meyer   J. Ruan        88th member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 J11   Kreutz  G. Pappa
  C/2008 J12   Meyer   S. Yuan        89th member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 J13   Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2008 J14   Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2008 J15   Kreutz  J. Ruan
  C/2008 J16   Kreutz  J. Ruan
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1471 (MPEC 2008-M10, MPEC 2008-M11)

• New Discovery!: R. E. Hill reports his discovery of a new comet on Jun. 12, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page the cometary nature was confirmed by J. M. Aymami (Tiana). According to the first and preliminary orbit the 18.5^m comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) will pass perihelion on Jul. 27, 2008, at about 2.5 AU. This is the 59^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey and the 9^th for Hill. (IAUC 8953, subscription required, MPEC 2008-L55)
• New Discovery!: R. E. Hill reports his discovery of another new comet on Jun. 13, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page the cometary nature was confirmed by J. E. McGaha (Tucson), R. Ligustri (Talmassons), M. Pietschnig (Vienna), G. Hug (Eskridge) and P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford). According to the first and preliminary orbit the 17.5^m comet C/2008 L3 (Hill) already passed perihelion on Apr. 20, 2008, at about 2.0 AU. This is the 60^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey and the 10^th for Hill. (IAUC 8954, subscription required, MPEC 2008-L56)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 H4    Meyer   R. Kracht      87th member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 H5    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 H6    Kreutz  E. Banach
  C/2008 H7    Kreutz  M. Meyer       
  C/2008 H8    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2008 J7    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 J8    Kreutz  J. Ruan
  C/2008 J9    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1463 (MPEC 2008-L47, MPEC 2008-L48)

• Recovery!: On June 9, J. V. Scotti recovered comet P/1997 V1 with the Spacewatch reflector at Kitt Peak. The correction to the prediction (MPC 54170) is Delta T = -2.0 days. The 20^m comet P/2008 L1 (Larsen) will pass perihelion on Aug. 25, 2008, at about 3.3 AU. The period is 10.9 years. (CBET 1347, subscription required)
• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 G5    Kreutz  M. Uchina
  C/2008 G6    Kracht  B. Zhou        31st member of the Kracht group, = C/2002 S11?
  C/2008 H2    Kreutz  H. Su        
  C/2008 H3    Kreutz  R. Matson      
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1455 (MPEC 2008-L29)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 D8    Kreutz  B. Zhou        earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 D9    Kreutz  B. Zhou        earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 E7    ---     H. Su
  C/2008 E8    Kreutz  H. Su          earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 E9    Kreutz  B. Zhou        earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 G3    Kreutz  H. Su        
  C/2008 G4    Kreutz  M. Kusiak      
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1451 (MPEC 2008-L26, MPEC 2008-L27)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 C6    Kreutz  B. Zhou        earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 C7    Kreutz  H. Su          earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 C8    Kreutz  J. Sachs
  C/2008 C9    ---     R. Kracht
  C/2008 D5    Kreutz  H. Su    
  C/2008 D6    Meyer   T. Hoffman     86th member of the Meyer group
  C/2008 D7    Kreutz  B. Zhou        earliest detection by STEREO
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1444 (MPEC 2008-L18, MPEC 2008-L19)

• Further astrometry for comet 2008 J3 has shown that this comet is of short-period. The still somewhat uncertain orbit for comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) indicates perihelion on Mar. 10, 2009, at about 2.3 AU. The period is about 7.7 years. (MPEC 2008-K33)

• Further STEREO comets (all named STEREO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 E5    Kreutz  A. Watson
  C/2008 E6    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  

  Official STEREO comets: 6 (MPEC 2008-K29)

• New Discovery!: R. E. Hill reports his discovery of a new comet on May 14, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page the cometary nature was confirmed by J. C. Pelle and N. Teamo (Punaauia), Y. Ikari (Moriyama), E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely near Mayhill), and J. E. McGaha (Tucson). According to the first and preliminary orbit comet C/2008 J6 (Hill) already passed perihelion on Apr. 22, 2008, at about 2.1 AU. This is the 58^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey and the 8^th for Hill. (IAUC 8945, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J78)
• New Discovery!: G. J. Garradd reports his discovery of a new comet on May. 13, 2008, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page C. Jacques and E. Pimentel (Belo Horizonte), J. C. Pelle and N. Teamo (Punaauia) and R. Ligustri (Talmassons, remotely from Moorook), were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 16^m object. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 J5 (Garradd) indicates perihelion on May 03, 2008, at about 2.0 AU. This is the 48^th comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 9^th for Garradd. (IAUC 8944, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J76)

• New Discovery!: R. H. McNaught reports his discovery of another new comet on May. 10, 2008, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page J. C. Pelle and N. Teamo (Punaauia) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 16.5^m object, which is described as very diffuse. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 J4 (McNaught) indicates perihelion on Jun. 19, 2008, at about 0.4 AU. The comet is intrinsically faint and may not survive perihelion. This is the 47^th comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 42^nd for McNaught. (IAUC 8943, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J69)
• Further astrometry for comet 2008 J2 has shown that this comet is of short-period. The still somewhat uncertain orbit for comet P/2008 J2 (Beshore) indicates perihelion on Apr. 24, 2008, at about 2.5 AU. The period is about 6.3 years. (MPEC 2008-J68)

• New Discovery!: R. H. McNaught reports his discovery of a new comet on May. 10, 2008, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin (Mt. John) and N. Teamo (Punaauia) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 19^m object. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 J3 (McNaught) indicates perihelion already on Apr. 3, 2008, at about 3.5 AU. This is the 46^th comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 41^st for McNaught. (IAUC 8942, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J64)

• New Discovery!: E. Beshore reports his discovery of a new comet on May 6, 2008, in the course of the Mt. Lemmon Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page J. C. Pelle and N. Teamo (Punaauia), A. C. Gilmore (Mt. John), G. Sostero and E. Guido (Remanzacco, remotely near Mayhill), P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford), J. M. Aymami (Tiana), L. Buzzi (Varese), C. Jacques and E. Pimentel (Belo Horizonte), J. E. McGaha (Tucson), and J. Young (Table Mountain) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 14^m object. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 J2 (Beshore) indicates perihelion on Oct. 7, 2008, at about 1.1 AU. The comet might then reach 8^m, but will be located in southern hemisphere skies. This is the 18^th comet for the Mt. Lemmon Survey and the 2^nd for Beshore. (IAUC 8941, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J39)

• New Discovery!: A. Boattini reports his discovery of a new comet on May 2, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page the cometary nature was confirmed by A. Asami and T. Sakamoto (Bisei Spaceguard Center), R. Apitzsch (Wildberg), V. Gonano, E. Guido, and G. Sostero (Remanzacco), R. Ligustri (Talmassons), and J. M. Aymami (Tiana). A visual observation by A. Hale (Cloudcroft) gave 13.4^m. According to the first and preliminary orbit comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) already passed perihelion on Mar. 17, 2008, at about 1.5 AU. It will become fainter now. This is the 57^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey. (IAUC 8940, subscription required, MPEC 2008-J17)

• Recovery!: T. S. Spahr (Minor Planet Center) has identified comet P/1994 J3 = 1994k = 1994 XXVIII in single-night observations of minor planets by the Catalina Sky Survey of April 1, 2008. B. G. Marsden then identified further single-night data by Catalina of April 10, 2008. The correction to the prediction is Delta(T) = -1.7 days. Comet P/2008 G2 (Shoemaker) will pass perihelion on Apr. 9, 2009, at about 2.9 AU. The period is about 14.6 years. (CBET 1347, subscription required, IAUC 8939, subscription required, MPEC 2008-H20)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Jan. 13, 2007, in the course of the LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by E. Reina L. (Masquefa Obs.), E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely from Mayhill), J. M. Aymami (Obs. Carmelita) and R. Apitzsch (Wildberg). The 17.5^m comet C/2008 H1 (LINEAR) passed perihelion according to the first and preliminary orbit on Mar. 11, 2008, at about 2.8 AU. This is the 184^th comet for LINEAR. (CBET 1343, subscription required, MPEC 2008-H09)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 B1    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 B2    Kreutz  A. Kubczak     earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 B3    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2008 B4    Kreutz  B. Zhou
  C/2008 C3    ---     R. Kracht
  C/2008 C4    Kreutz  H. Su          earliest detection by STEREO
  C/2008 C5    Kreutz  A. Kubczak     earliest detection by STEREO
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1437 (IAUC 8933, subscription required, MPEC 2008-G59, MPEC 2008-G60)

• New Discovery!: A. R. Gibbs reports his discovery of a new comet on Apr. 7, 2008, in the course of the Mt. Lemmon Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page L. Buzzi (Varese), L. Donato and M. Gonano (Remanzacco), E. Guido and G. Sostero (Castellammare di Stabia, remotely near Mayhill), J. G. Ries (McDonald Observatory), J. E. McGaha (Tucson), and A. C. Gilmore and P. M. Kilmartin (Mt. John) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 19^m object. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 G1 (Gibbs) indicates perihelion on Feb. 7, 2009, at about 3.7 AU. This is the 17^th comet for the Mt. Lemmon Survey and the 10^th for Gibbs. (IAUC 8932, subscription required, MPEC 2008-G58)

• Recovery!: G. V. Williams (Minor Planet Center) reports his recovery of comet P/1998 X1 in survey astrometric data of early 2006. The 20 - 21^m comet was observed on Jan. 30, Feb. 7, 20, and 24, and Mar. 2, 2006, in the course of the Spacewatch Survey, and on Mar. 23, and 24, 2006, in the course of the Mt. Lemmon Survey. The correction to the prediction in MPC 45656 is about -2 days. There are still systematic residuals up to 5" when linking both apparitions. Comet P/2006 B7 (ODAS) passed perihelion on May 3, 2005, at about 2.0 AU. The period is about 6.8 years. (IAUC 8929, IAUC 8930, subscription required)
• New permanent periodic comet numberings: 196P/Tichy = P/2008 C2 = 2000 U6, and 197P/LINEAR = P/2008 E2 = 2003 KV₂. (IAUC 8930, subscription required)

• More observations for comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) - including pre-discovery observations by Catalina of Nov. 13, 2007, show that this comet is of intermediate period with P = 34.9 years. (MPEC 2008-F36)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 E4    Kracht  H. Su          30th member of the Kracht group, = C/2002 Q8?
  C/2008 F1    Meyer   R. Kracht      85th member of the Meyer group
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1430 (MPEC 2008-F32)

• New Discovery!: G. J. Garradd reports his discovery of a new comet on Mar. 5, 2008, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely near Moorook, Australia) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 18^m object. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 E3 (Garradd) indicates perihelion on Oct 31, 2008, at about 5.3 AU. This is the 45^th comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 8^th for Garradd. (IAUC 8927, subscription required, MPEC 2008-E70)

• The first STEREO comets (all named STEREO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2008 D1    Kreutz  A. Watson
  C/2008 D2    Kreutz  A. Watson
  C/2008 D3    Kreutz  A. Watson
  C/2008 D4    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  

  Official STEREO comets: 4 (MPEC 2008-E58)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, found on Mar. 2, 2008, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page was identified as a comet by P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford), J. V. Scotti (Spacewatch), A. Boattini (Mt. Lemmon), and E. Guido and G. Sostero (Castellammare di Stabia, remotely near Mayhill). The first orbit for the 18^m comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) shows perihelion on Oct. 29, 2008, at about 4.8 AU. This is the 56^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey. (IAUC 8923, subscription required, MPEC 2008-E41)
• Recovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Mar. 3, 2008, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page has been suggested to be identical with comet P/2003 KV₂ (LINEAR). The correction to the prediction on MPC 56801 is dT = +0.8 day. Comet P/2008 E2 (LINEAR) is about 19^m and will pass perihelion on May 19, 2008, at 1.1 AU. The period is 4.85 years. The comet may then become as bright as 15^m. (IAUC 8924, subscription required, IAUC 8925, subscription required)

• Recovery!: M. Tichy and J. Ticha (Klet) report the recovery of comet P/2000 U6 (Tichy) on Feb.03, 2008. They subsequently identified earlier images taken by them from Jan. 11, 2008. Comet P/2008 C2 (Tichy) is about 19^m and will pass perihelion on Feb. 07, 2008, at about 2.1 AU. The period is about 7.3 years. The correction in perihelion time to the prediction on MPC 54167 is Delta(T) = -0.16 day. (IAUC 8917, subscription required)

• New Discovery!: J. Beize (Beijing Technology and Business University) reports the discovery of a new comet with 13^m by Tao Chen (Suzhou City, Jiangsu province, China) on a nova survey CCD image of Feb. 01, taken by Xing Gao (Urumqi, Xinjiang province) with a wide-field 7-cm, f/2.8 camera lens (+Canon 350D camera) at Xingming Observatory on Mt. Nanshan. They also reported the detection of the comet on earlier images of Jan. 30, and 31, where it appeared at 14^m and 13.5^m, respectively. A confirming image of Feb. 2, showed it at 12^m. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page further confirming reports were received from J. Lacruz (Madrid), L. Buzzi and F. Luppi (Varese), T. Kryachko (Moscow, remotely from Karachay-Cherkessia), M. Pietschnig (Vienna) and P. C. Sherrod (Conway). The first orbit for comet C/2008 C1 (Chen-Gao) indicates perihelion on Apr. 17, 2008, at about 1.3 AU. This means that the comet may reach 11^m. For the northern hemisphere the comet will be favourably placed on the evening sky until at least April. A visual observation by A. Hale yield a brightness of 13.1^m and a coma diameter of 0.8'. (IAUC 8915, subscription required, MPEC 2008-C16, Comets Mailing List)

• New Discovery!: A new comet found by a. Boattini on Feb. 1, 2008, in the course of the Catalina Sky Survey and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page was confirmed by J. Young (Table Mountain). T. Spahr (MPC) was then able to identify with the Catalina discovery 2007 VQ₁₁ from Nov. 3, 2007. The orbit for the now 18^m comet P/2007 VQ₁₁ (Catalina) shows perihelion on Feb. 13, 2008, at about 2.7 AU. The period is 12.6 years. This is the 55^th comet for the Catalina Sky Survey. (IAUC 8914, subscription required, MPEC 2008-C02)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 Y8    Meyer   R. Kracht      84th member of the Meyer group
  C/2007 Y9    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 Y10   Kreutz  B. Zhou
  C/2008 A3    Marsden R. Kracht      30th member of the Marsden group, = C/2002 R1?
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1428 (MPEC 2008-B61)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 X14   Kreutz  T. Hoffman
  C/2007 X15   Meyer   H. Su          83rd member of the Meyer group
  C/2007 Y3    Kreutz  S. Yuan
  C/2007 Y4    Marsden R. Kracht      29rd member of the Marsden group, = C/2002 R4?
  C/2007 Y5    Kreutz  A. Kubczak
  C/2007 Y6    Kreutz  S. Yuan
  C/2007 Y7    Kreutz  H. Su
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1424 (MPEC 2008-B48, MPEC 2008-B49)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 X6    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
  C/2007 X7    Meyer   H. Su          82nd member of the Meyer group
  C/2007 X8    Kreutz  T. Hoffman
  C/2007 X9    Kreutz  T. Hoffman
  C/2007 X10   Kreutz  R. Matson, T. Hoffman
  C/2007 X11   Kreutz  R. Kracht, H. Su
  C/2007 X12   Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 X13   Kreutz  P. Collison
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1417 (MPEC 2008-B45, MPEC 2008-B46)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 W9    Kreutz  H. Su, M. Kusiak
  C/2007 W10   Kreutz  T. Hoffman
  C/2007 W11   Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 W12   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 X1    ---     M. Uchina
  C/2007 X2    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 X3    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 X4    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 X5    Kreutz  H. Su
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1409 (MPEC 2008-B35, MPEC 2008-B36)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Jan. 13, 2007, in the course of the LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by J. Young (Table Mountain). The 19^m comet P/2008 A2 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion according to the first and preliminary orbit on Jun. 12, 2008, at about 1.3 AU. The period is about 5.7 years. This is the 183^rd comet for LINEAR. (IAUC 8912, subscription required, MPEC 2008-B18)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object discovered in the course of the Mt. Lemmon on Jan. 11, 2008, was identified by T. Spahr (MPC) with an object discovered by the Spacewatch survey on Nov. 1 and 5, 2007, at that time designated 2007 VO₅₃. Prediscovery observations from Mt. Lemmon of Oct. 20, 2007, were also identified. J. Montani then reported that Spacewatch images taken on Jan. 13, by by M. Read show a coma for the about 20.5^m object. The orbit for comet C/2007 VO₅₃ (Spacewatch) shows perihelion on Apr. 26, 2010, at about 4.8 AU. This is the 39^th comet for the Spacewatch survey. (IAUC 8911, subscription required, MPEC 2008-B16)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 V11   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 V12   Kreutz  S. Yuan
  C/2007 V13   Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 V14   Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 W4    Kreutz  M. Mazzucato
  C/2007 W5    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 W6    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 W7    Kreutz  B. Zhou
  C/2007 W8    Kreutz  H. Su
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1400 (MPEC 2008-B09, MPEC 2008-B10)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 V3    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 V4    Kreutz  A. Kubczak     
  C/2007 V5    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 V6    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 V7    Kreutz  R. Kracht
  C/2007 V8    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 V9    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 V10   Meyer   Z. Jin         81st member of the Meyer group
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1391 (MPEC 2008-A75, MPEC 2008-A76)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 S11   ---     R. Kracht
  C/2007 U7    Meyer   H. Su          80th member of the Meyer group
  C/2007 U8    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U9    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U10   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U11   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U12   Kreutz  T. Hoffman
  C/2007 U13   Kreutz  M. Uchina
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1383 (MPEC 2008-A71, MPEC 2008-A72)

• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 T10   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 T11   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 T12   Kreutz  A. Kubczak
  C/2007 T13   Kreutz  M. Uchina
  C/2007 T14   Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U3    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U4    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 U5    Kreutz  M. Uchina
  C/2007 U6    Kreutz  A. Kubczak
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1375 (MPEC 2008-A50, MPEC 2008-A51)

• New Discovery!: R. H. McNaught reports another discovery of a new comet on Jan. 10, 2008, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page J. Young (Table Mountain) and E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely near Mayhill) , NM, U.S.A.) were able to confirm the cometary nature of the 15^m object. A visual observation by A. Hale shows the comet between 13.5-14^m. The first and preliminary orbit for comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) indicates perihelion on Nov. 3, 2008, at about 1.5 AU. The comet might become as bright as 9^m but will mainly be a southern hemisphere object. This is the 44^th comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 40^th for McNaught. (IAUC 8909, subscription required, MPEC 2008-A48)
• Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

  Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
  C/2007 S5    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 S6    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 S7    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 S8    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 S9    Kreutz  H. Su
  C/2007 S10   Kreutz  B. Zhou
  C/2007 T7    Kreutz  R. Matson
  C/2007 T8    Kreutz  B. Zhou, T. Hoffman, R. Matson
  C/2007 T9    Kreutz  R. Matson
  

  Official SOHO comets: 1366 (MPEC 2008-A40, MPEC 2008-A41)

• New Discovery!: R. H. McNaught reports his discovery of a new comet on Dec. 31, 2007, in the course of the Siding Spring Survey. The comet was confirmed by D. M. Burton (Australian National University, ANU 1.0-m reflector at Siding Spring). After posting on the NEO Confirmation Page C. Jacques and E. Pimentel (Belo Horizonte) were also able to confirm the cometary nature of the 18.5^m object. The first orbit for comet C/2007 Y2 (McNaught) indicates perihelion on May 18, 2008, at about 4.1 AU. This is the 43^rd comet for the Siding Spring Survey and the 39^th for McNaught. (IAUC 8908, subscription required, MPEC 2008-A06)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Dec. 16, 2007, in the course of the LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by K. Sarneczky (Konkoly Observatory), E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely near Mayhill) and J. G. Ries (McDonald Observatory). The 18^m comet C/2007 Y1 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion according to the first and preliminary orbit on Mar. 10, 2008, at about 3.4 AU. This is the 182^nd comet for LINEAR. (IAUC 8904, subscription required, MPEC 2007-Y22)

• S. Foglia, R. Matson, and M. Tombelli report their precovery of comet P/2006 W4 (Hill), based on the orbital elements published on MPEC 2007-X14, on images taken at Siding Spring on Feb. 26, and Apr. 5, 1993. The correction to the elements in the above mentioned MPEC is Delta(T) = +1.06 days. The 1993 apparition received the designation P/1993 D1. (IAUC 8902, subscription required)

• New Discovery!: An apparently asteroidal object, discovered on Nov. 29, 2007, in the course of the LINEAR survey has been found to be cometary after posting on the NEO Confirmation Page by R. Holmes (Charleston), Q.-z. Ye (Lulin Sky Survey), J. Young (Table Mountain) and E. Guido and G. Sostero (remotely from near Mayhill). The 18.5^m comet C/2007 W3 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion according to the first and preliminary orbit on Jun. 02, 2008, at about 1.8 AU. This is the 181^st comet for LINEAR. (IAUC 8901, subscription required, MPEC 2007-X13)

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