News - July 2008

2008 July 26

Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
C/2008 L14   Kreutz  T. Hoffman
C/2008 L15   Meyer   R. Kracht      92^nd member of the Meyer group
C/2008 M1    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
C/2008 M2    Kreutz  M. Kusiak
C/2008 M3    Kreutz  H. Su

Official SOHO comets: 1497 (MPEC 2008-O27)

2008 July 24

Further SOHO comets (all named SOHO):

Designation  Group   Discoverer     Notes
C/2008 K6    Kreutz  H. Su
C/2008 K7    Meyer   J. Ruan        90^th 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      91^st 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)

2008 July 7

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)