News - June 2004

2004 June 30

Further SOHO backlog comets Kreutz group: C/2004 J1 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman) C/2004 J2 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2004 J3 (SOHO) (X. Leprette), C/2004 J5 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2004 J6 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 J7 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2004 J8 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2004 J9 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 J10 (SOHO) (S. Hönig) and C/2004 J11 (SOHO) (R. Kracht). C/2004 J4 (SOHO) (R. Kracht) is the 17^th member of the Kracht group. Current official SOHO score: 777 comets. (MPEC 2004-M71, MPEC 2004-M72)
Further SOHO backlog comets (all Kreutz group): C/2004 G3 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou) C/2004 G4 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 G5 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 G6 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 G7 (SOHO) (J. Sachs), C/2004 G8 (SOHO) (J. Sachs), C/2004 G9 (SOHO) (J. Sachs), C/2004 H7 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 H8 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 H9 (SOHO) (M. Boschat) and C/2004 H10 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou). Current official SOHO score: 766 comets. (MPEC 2004-M65, MPEC 2004-M66)

2004 June 24

Further SOHO backlog comets Kreutz group: C/2004 E1 (SOHO) (K. Cernis), C/2004 E3 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 E4 (SOHO) (S. Hönig), C/2004 F5 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 F6 (SOHO) (S. Hönig) and C/2004 F7 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou). C/2004 E2 (SOHO) (R. Kracht) belongs to no known comet group. Current official SOHO score: 755 comets. (MPEC 2004-M42, MPEC 2004-M43)

2004 June 19

Further SOHO backlog comets (all Kreutz group): C/2004 C3 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 C4 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2004 C5 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 C6 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 C7 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2004 C8 (SOHO) (D.-H. Chen), C/2004 D2 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 D3 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou) and C/2004 D3 (SOHO) (J. Sachs). Current official SOHO score: 748 comets. (MPEC 2004-M13, MPEC 2004-M14)

2004 June 17

New Discovery!: An asteroidal object discovered by the LINEAR survey on June 11, 2004, and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page, has been found to be cometary by G. Masi (Las Campanas) and by J. E. McGaha (Tucson). The 18.5^m comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion in Nov. 2005, at about 3.8 AU. This is LINEARs 144^th comet discovery. (IAUC 8356, MPEC 2004-M09)
Further SOHO backlog comets Kreutz group: C/2004 A2 (SOHO) (J. Sachs), C/2004 B4 (SOHO) (J. Sachs), C/2004 B5 (SOHO) (S. Hönig), C/2004 B6 (SOHO) (J. Danaher), C/2004 B7 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2004 B8 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2004 B9 (SOHO) (M. Boschat) and C/2004 B10 (SOHO) (S. Hönig). Kracht group: C/2004 A3 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman) and C/2004 B3 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou). The Kracht group now has 16 members. Current official SOHO score: 734 comets. (MPEC 2004-M04, MPEC 2004-M10)

2004 June 16

Further SOHO backlog comets (all Kreutz group): C/2003 Y8 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2003 Y9 (SOHO) (M. Oates), C/2003 Y10 (SOHO) (R. Matson), C/2003 Y11 (SOHO) (R. Matson), C/2003 Y12 (SOHO) (R. Matson), C/2003 Y13 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2003 Y14 (SOHO) (R. Matson) and C/2003 Y15 (SOHO) (R. Matson). Current official SOHO score: 729 comets. (MPEC 2004-L67, MPEC 2004-L68)

2004 June 14

New Discovery!: An asteroidal object discovered by the LINEAR survey on June 12, 2004, and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page, has been found to be cometary by J. Young (Table Mountain). The 17.5^m comet C/2004 L1 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion on Mar. 31, 2005, at about 2.2 AU. The comet may reach 13^m in 2005. This is LINEARs 143^rd comet discovery. (IAUC 8352, MPEC 2004-L58)

2004 June 11

Further SOHO backlog comets (all Kreutz group): C/2003 X4 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2003 X5 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2003 X6 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2003 X7 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2003 X8 (SOHO) (T. Hoffman), C/2003 X9 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2003 X10 (SOHO) (X. Leprette), C/2003 X11 (SOHO) (X.-M. Zhou), C/2003 Y2 (SOHO) (X. Leprette), C/2003 Y3 (SOHO) (R. Matson), C/2003 Y4 (SOHO) (R. Kracht), C/2003 Y5 (SOHO) (M. Boschat), C/2003 Y6 (SOHO) (J. Sachs) and C/2003 Y7 (SOHO) (R. Kracht). Current official SOHO score: 721 comets. (MPEC 2004-L24, MPEC 2004-L25, MPEC 2004-L26)

2004 June 06

New Discovery!: An asteroidal object discovered by the LINEAR survey on May 29, 2004, and posted on the NEO Confirmation Page, has been found to be cometary by P. Birtwhistle (Great Shefford) and by P. Holvercem and M. Schwartz (Tenagra Obs.). The 18.5^m comet C/2004 K3 (LINEAR) will pass perihelion on June 30, at about 1.1 AU. The comet is an intrinsically faint object and was discovered near its closest approach to earth (about 0.6 AU). This is LINEARs 142^nd comet discovery. (CBET 68, MPEC 2004-L04)