News - June 2008

2008 June 19

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)

2008 June 17

Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
C/2008 H9    Kreutz  H. Su
C/2008 J10   Meyer   J. Ruan        88^th member of the Meyer group
C/2008 J11   Kreutz  G. Pappa
C/2008 J12   Meyer   S. Yuan        89^th 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)

2008 June 15

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)

2008 June 12

Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
C/2008 H4    Meyer   R. Kracht      87^th 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)

2008 June 10

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        31^st 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)

2008 June 06

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)

2008 June 05

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     86^th 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)