SOHO Comets 2000

The table list the provisional SOHO number for the comet, the day and month of the first (discovery) observation, the year and comet identification, the LASCO coronagraph on which it was discovered, the discoverer (names in brackets are independent discoverers), with the number of their discoveries given in brackets following the name, and finally the date of discovery. Note that provisional numbers may be changed if the comet is not confirmed.

 74       1999 O1     Terry Lovejoy
 75       1999 O3     Terry Lovejoy
 80       1999 Q1     Terry Lovejoy
 84       1999 R4     Terry Lovejoy
 86       1999 S1  C3 Jon Shanklin
 96       2000 B5  C3 Doug Biesecker
 97       2000 B1  C3 Jon Shanklin
 98       2000 B6  C3 Maik Meyer, Terry Lovejoy, Michael Oates
 99       2000 B7  C3 Maik Meyer, Terry Lovejoy
104       2000 C6  C3 Terry Lovejoy
105       2000 D3  C3 Maik Meyer, Kazimieras Cernis
106       2000 D1     D Lewis
107       2000 E1     Maik Meyer, Mike Boschat, T Harincar, M Oates
108       2000 E2     Michael Oates
110       2000 F1     Maik Meyer, Jon Shanklin
111       2000 H2     Terry Lovejoy, Mike Boschat, Mike Oates
114       2000 J3  C2 K Cernis, M Boschat
115       2000 J4     Michael Oates, Xavier Leprette
116       2000 K3  C2 Michael Boschat
117       2000 J5  C2 Michael Oates
118       2000 K4  C2 Michael Oates
119       2000 K5  C2 Michael Boschat, Michael Oates
120       2000 K6  C2 Michael Oates, Xavier Leprette, Mike Boschat
127       2000 L1  C2 Michael Oates
128       2000 L2  C2 Michael Boschat
130       2000 L3  C2 Michael Oates, Xavier Leprette, Mike Boschat
135       2000 L4  C2 Michael Boschat, Maik Meyer, Xavier Leprette
138 15/06 2000 L5  C2 Michael Boschat, Jon Shanklin (5)		(June 15)
139 21/05 1998 K13 C2 Michael Oates				(June 16)
140 21/05 1998 K12 C2 Michael Oates				(June 16)
141 17/06 2000 M1  C2 Michael Boschat, Pavel Shkreby (1)	(June 17)
142 26/05 1998 K14 C2 Michael Oates				(June 17)
143 28/05 1998 K15 C2 Michael Oates				(June 18)
144 18/06 2000 M2  C2 Michael Oates, (Boschat)			(June 18)
145 29/05 1998 K16 C2 Michael Oates				(June 18)
146 31/05 1998 K17 C2 Michael Oates				(June 18)
147 19/06 2000 M3  C2 Maik Meyer (8), (Boschat)	 		(June 19)
148 04/06 1998 L3  C2 Michael Oates				(June 19)
149 04/06 1998 L4  C2 Michael Oates				(June 19)
150 05/06 1998 L5  C2 Michael Oates				(June 19)
151 05/06 1998 L6  C2 Michael Oates				(June 19)
152 03/06 1998 L2  C2 Michael Oates                   		(June 20)
    02/06 1998     C2 Michael Oates (not confirmed)          	(June 20)
153 06/06 1998 L7  C2 Michael Oates (36)              	 	(June 20)
154 08/06 1998 L8  C2 Michael Oates (37)              		(June 20)
155 12/06 1998 L9  C2 Michael Oates (38)			(June 20)
156 03/06 1999 L7  C2 Michael Oates (39)			(June 21)
157 01/06 1999 L6  C2 Michael Oates (40)			(June 21)
158 22/06 2000 M4  C2 Maik Meyer (9), Michael Boschat		(June 22)
159 19/06 1998 M8  C2 Michael Oates (41)			(June 23)
160 21/06 1998 M9  C2 Michael Oates (42)			(June 23)
161 23/06 1998 M10 C2 Michael Oates (43)			(June 23)
162 24/06 2000 M5  C2 Alexander Mimeev (1), Pavel Shkreby (2)	(June 24)
163 06/06 1999 L8  C2 Michael Oates (44)			(June 25)
164 26/06 2000 M6  C3 Hartwig Luethen (1), Maik Meyer (10)	(June 26)
165 28/06 2000 M7  C2 Doug Biesecker (47)			(June 28)
166 25/06 2000 M8  C2 Maik Meyer (11)				(June 28)
    24/06 1999     C2 Michael Oates (not confirmed)		(June 28)
167 01/07 2000 M9  C3 Maik Meyer (12), (Shanklin)		(July 01)
168 24/04 1999 H5  C2 Michael Oates (45)			(July 01)
169 01/07 2000 N1  C3 Terry Lovejoy, Michael Boschat, (Shanklin)(July 01)
170 28/04 1999 H6  C2 Michael Oates (46)			(July 02)
171 02/04 1999 G3  C2 Michael Oates (47)			(July 07)
172 03/04 1999 G4  C2 Michael Oates (48)			(July 07)
173 08/07 2000 N2  C3 Pavel Shkreby (3), Maik Meyer (13)	(July 08)
174 11/04 1999 G5  C2 Michael Oates (49)			(July 09)
175 20/04 1999 H7  C2 Michael Oates (50)			(July 10)
176 03/05 1999 J12 C2 Michael Oates (51)			(July 12) 
177 03/12 1999 X2  C2 Michael Oates (52)			(July 15)
    14/12 1999     C2 Michael Oates (Not confirmed)		(July 16)
180 12/06 1997 L5  C2 Xavier Leprette				(July 22)
178 10/05 1997 J3  C2 Michael Oates (53)			(July 22)
179 10/05 1997 J4  C2 Michael Oates (54)			(July 22)
181 20/05 1997 K5  C2 Michael Oates (55)			(July 23)
182 25/05 1997 K3  C2 Michael Oates (56)			(July 25)
183 31/05 1997 K6  C2 Michael Oates (57)			(July 25)
    31/05/1997     C2 Michael Oates (Not confirmed)		(July 25)
184 28/06/1997 M3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(July 26)
185 31/05/1997 K4  C2 Derek Hamer				(July 26)
186 06/04/1998 G3  C2 Michael Oates (58)			(July 28)
187 06/04/1998 G4  C2 Michael Oates (59)			(July 28)
188 07/04/1998 G5  C2 Michael Oates (60)			(July 28)
189 30/07/2000 O3  C2 Jonathan Shanklin (6)			(July 31)
190 17/06/1997 M4  C2 Xavier Leprette				(August 03)
191 06/08/2000 P1  C3 Michael Boschat, Pavel Shkreby		(August 06)
192 09/04/1998 G8  C2 Derek Hamer				(August 09)
193 27/04/1998 H4  C2 Michael Oates (61)			(August 13)
xx1 28/04/1998     C2 Michael Oates (62)			(August 13)
194 26/04/1998 H3  C2 Michael Oates (63)			(August 13)
195 14/08/2000 P2  C3 Michael Boschat				(August 14)
196 04/04/1997 G3  C2 Michael Oates (64)			(August 16)
197 05/04/1997 G4  C2 Michael Oates (65)			(August 16)
198 05/04/1997 G5  C2 Michael Oates (66)			(August 16)
199 04/07/1997 N3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(August 17)
200 11/04/1997 G6  C2 Michael Oates (67)			(August 18)
201 10/03/1996 E2  C2 Maik Meyer (14)				(August 22)
xx2 01/04/1996 X/  C2 Maik Meyer (15)				(August 23)
xx3 18/06/1996     C2 Xavier Leprette (Possibly SOHO-18)	(August 23)
xx4 10/04/1996 X/  C2 Maik Meyer (16)				(August 24)
xx5 12/05/1996 X/  C2 Michael Oates (68)			(August 24)
xx6 13/05/1996 X/  C2 Michael Oates (69)			(August 24)
202 27/03/1998 F2  C2 Maik Meyer (17)				(August 25)
xx7 27/03/1998     C2 Maik Meyer (18)				(August 25) 
xx8 19/05/1996 X/  C2 Michael Oates (70)			(August 29)
203 28/08/2000 Q1  C3 James Danaher (1)				(August 29)
xx9 03/04/1996     C2 Maik Meyer				(September 2)
x10 13/04/1996     C2 Maik Meyer				(September 2)
204 09/10/2000 T1  C3 James Danaher (2)				(October 9)
205 10/10/2000 T3  C2 Doug Biesecker				(October 10) 
206 12/10/2000 T4  C2 James Danaher (3), Michael Oates (71)	(October 12)
207 17/10/1999 U6  C2 Michael Oates (72)			(October 12) 
208 21/10/2000 U1  C2 Michael Oates (73)			(October 21)
209 22/10/2000 U2  C3 Michael Boschat, Xavier Leprette		(October 22)
210 24/10/2000 U3  C3 James Danaher (4), Terry Lovejoy		(October 24)
211 27/10/1999 U7  C2 Michael Oates (74)			(October 24)
212 29/10/1999 U8  C2 Michael Oates (75)			(October 24)
213 30/10/1999 U9  C2 Michael Oates (76)			(October 24)
214 25/10/2000 U4  C2 Michael Oates (76)			(October 25)
215 08/11/1999 V2  C2 Michael Oates (77)			(October 26)
216 14/11/1999 V3  C2 Michael Oates (78)			(October 27)
217 15/11/1999 V4  C2 Michael Oates (79)			(October 27)
218 01/10/1997 T6  C2 Michael Oates (80)			(November 3)
219 08/10/1997 T7  C2 Xavier Leprette, Michael Oates		(November 3)
224 21/10/1997 U4  C2 Michael Oates				(November 4)
222 17/10/1997 U2  C2 Michael Oates				(November 4)
220 08/10/1997 T8  C2 Michael Oates				(November 4)
221 04/11/2000 V1  C3 Michael Boschat				(November 4)
x11 11/10/1997 X/  C2 Michael Oates				(November 4)
223 20/10/1997 U3  C2 Michael Oates				(November 4)
225 26/10/1997 U5  C2 Michael Oates				(November 5)
226 26/10/1997 U6  C2 Michael Oates				(November 5)
228 05/11/2000 V2  C2 Doug Biesecker				(November 6)
229 01/11/1997 V3  C2 Michael Oates				(November 6)
230 03/11/1997 V4  C2 Michael Oates				(November 6)
227 27/10/1997 U7  C2 Michael Oates				(November 6)
x12 24/11/1997     C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 7)
231 08/11/1997 V5  C2 Michael Oates				(November 7)
232 08/11/1997 V6  C2 Michael Oates				(November 7)
233 03/12/1997 X3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 8)
234 03/12/1997 X4  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 8)
235 06/12/1997 X5  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 10)
236 11/11/2000 V3  C2 Michael Oates 				(November 11)
237 10/12/1997 X6  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 14)
239 21/12/1997 Y1  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 16)
240 21/12/1997 Y2  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 16)
241 23/12/1997 Y3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 16)
238 05/12/1998 X3  C2 Michael Oates				(November 15)
242 08/12/1998 X4  C2 Michael Oates				(November 17)
244 09/12/1998 X5  C2 Michael Oates				(November 18)
245 10/12/1998 X6  C2 Michael Oates				(November 18)
243 10/12/1998 X7  C2 Michael Oates				(November 17)
246 12/12/1998 X8  C2 Michael Oates				(November 18)
248 16/11/2000 W2  C2 Michael Oates				(November 18)
247 18/11/2000 W3  C2 Maik Meyer				(November 18)
254 26/01/1998 B2  C3 Jim Danaher				(November 23)
252 07/11/1998 V2  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 22)
253 07/11/1998 V3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 22)
261 09/11/1998 V4  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 30)
256 24/11/1998 W4  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 26)
257 25/11/1998 W5  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 26)
260 25/11/1998 W6  C2 Xavier Leprette				(November 30)
250 14/12/1998 X9  C2 Michael Oates				(November 21)
251 14/12/1998 X10 C2 Michael Oates				(November 21)
258 22/01/1997 B3  C2 Jim Danaher				(November 27)
274 24/09/1997 S3  C2 Xavier Leprette				(December 14)
255 14/01/2000 A2  C3 Jim Danaher				(November 24)
249 20/11/2000 W4  C2 Michael Oates				(November 20)
259 27/11/2000 W5  C2 Michael Oates (100)			(November 27)
263 03/12/2000 X1  C2 Michael Boschat				(December 03)
267 06/12/2000 X2  C3 Michael Boschat				(December 05)
266 06/12/2000 X3  C3 Michael Boschat				(December 05)
270 05/12/2000 X4  C2 Xm Zhou					(December 08)
269 07/12/2000 X5  C2 Michael Oates				(December 07)
268 07/12/2000 X6  C2 Michael Boschat				(December 07)
271 11/12/2000 X7  C2 Michael Boschat				(December 10)
273 13/12/2000 X8  C2 Doug Biesecker				(December 12)
275 18/12/2000 Y4  C3 Terry Lovejoy				(December 17)
272 29/10/1998 U6  C2 Xavier Leprette				(December 11)
264 02/11/1998 V5  C2 Xavier Leprette				(December 05)
265 03/11/1998 V6  C2 Xavier Leprette				(December 05)
262 09/12/1998 X11 C2 Michael Oates				(December 01)			
276 19/12/2000 Y5  C2 Michael Boschat				(December 19)
277 20/12/2000 Y6  C2 Maik Meyer				(December 20)
278 20/12/2000 Y7  C2 Sebastian Hoenig				(December 20)
279 24/12/2000 Y8  C2 Michael Boschat				(December 23)
280 25/12/2000 Y9  C2 Michael Oates				(December 26)
Note that my numbering also includes X/ comets which are not counted as confirmed comets by Doug Biesecker. Note also that some discovery dates may be a day or so out, as they occurred whilst I was in the Antarctic.
Published by Jonathan Shanklin. Jon Shanklin - jds@ast.cam.ac.uk