SOHO Comets 2007

The table list the provisional number for the comet, the day (UT) and month of the first (discovery) observation, the year and comet identification, the LASCO or STEREO coronagraph on which it was discovered, the discoverer (additional names are independent discoverers), with the number of their discoveries given in brackets following the name, and finally the date of discovery.

SOHO Observed   Des C  G  Observers				Discovered
1253 04/01/2007 A4  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 5)
1254 09/01/2007 A5  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 9)
1255 10/01/2007 A7  C2 O  Luciano Cane				(January 10)
1256 11/01/2007 A6  C2 Y  Tony Hoffman				(January 11)
1257 18/01/2007 B4  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 18)
1258 19/01/2007 B5  C3 K  Wentao Xu				(January 19)
1259 31/01/2007 B6  C3 K  Hua Su				(January 31)
1260 01/02/2007 C3  C3 K  Masanori Uchina (1)			(February 1)
1261 02/02/2007 C7  C2 O  Hua Su				(February 2)
1262 02/02/2007 C4  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 3)
1263 03/02/2007 C5  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 3)
1264 05/02/2007 C6  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(February 5)
1265 05/02/2007 C8  C3 K  Bo Zhou, Rob Matson			(February 5)
1266 06/02/2007 C9  C3 K  Rob Matson, Hua Su			(February 6)
1267 07/02/2007 C10 C3 Y  Hua Su				(February 7)
1268 07/02/2007 C11 C3 K  Hua Su				(February 7)
1269 08/02/2007 C12 C3 O  Hua Su				(February 8)
1271 13/05/2004 J20 C2 R  Bo Zhou				(February 12)
1270 15/02/2007 C13 C3 K  Hua Su				(February 15)
1272 16/02/2007 D4  C3 K  Hua Su				(February 16)
1273 18/02/2007 D5  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(February 18)
U    24/02/2007     C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(February 24)
1274 02/03/2007 E4  C3 K  Bo Zhou, Hua Su, Steve Farmer		(March 3)
1275 09/03/2007 E5  C3 K  Vladimir Bezugly			(March 9)
1276 20/03/2007 F2  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(March 20)
1277 27/03/2007 F3  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(March 27)
1278 28/03/2007 F4  C2 Y  Bo Zhou				(March 28)
1279 30/03/2007 F5  C2 K  Tony Hoffman, Hua Su			(March 30)
X59  06/04/2007     C2 K  Bo Zhou				(April 6)
1280 08/04/2007 G2  C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(April 8)
1281 18/04/2007 H4  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(April 19)
1293 22/01/2005 B5  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(April 19)
1294 30/01/2005 B6  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(April 19)
1282 20/04/2007 H5  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(April 20)
1283 21/04/2007 H6  C2 K  Vladimir Bezugly			(April 22)
1284 23/04/2007 H7  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(April 23)
1285 29/04/2007 H8  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(April 30)
1286 30/04/2007 H9  C2 K  Bo Zhou, Rainer Kracht		(April 30)
1287 02/05/2007 J1  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(May 2)
1288 03/05/2007 J2  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 3)
1289 04/05/2007 J3  C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(May 4)
1290 04/05/2007 J4  C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(May 4)
UX   13/05/2004     C2 R  Bo Zhou				(May 5)
1291 07/05/2007 J5  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 7)
1292 09/05/2007 J6  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 9)
1295 10/01/2006 A8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 10)
1296 08/01/2004 A4  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 13)
1297 20/01/2004 B11 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 13)
1298 13/05/2007 J8  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 13)
1299 13/05/2007 J9  C3 K  Shihong Yuan				(May 13)
1300 14/05/2007 J10 C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 14)
U    14/05/2007     C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 14)
1301 15/05/2007 J11 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 15)
1302 15/05/2007 J12 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 15)
1303 16/05/2007 K7  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 16)
1304 17/05/2007 K8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 17)
1305 17/05/2007 K9  C2 K  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman, Rainer Kracht	(May 17)
1306 18/05/2007 K10 C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 18)
1307 18/05/2007 K11 C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 18)
1308 18/05/2007 K12 C2 Y  Hua Su, Bo Zhou, Rainer Kracht	(May 18)
1309 21/05/2007 K13 C2 K  Tony Hoffman, Rainer Kracht		(May 21)
1310 21/05/2007 K14 C2 K  Bo Zhou				(May 22)
1311 22/05/2007 K16 C2 K  Hua Su				(May 22)
1312 22/05/2007 K15 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(May 22)
1313 24/05/2007 K17 C2 K  Tony Hoffman, Bo Zhou			(May 24)
1314 26/05/2007 K18 C2 K  Maik Meyer				(May 26)
X60  26/05/2007     C3 K  Rainer Kracht				(May 26)
1315 28/05/2007 K19 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(May 28)
U    03/08/2006     C3 K  Shihong Yuan				(May 28)
1337 01/03/2004 E5  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(May 29)
1316 31/05/2007 K20 C2 K  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman			(May 31)
1338 23/05/2007 K21 C2 K  Karl Battams				(June 1)
1317 04/06/2007 L1  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(June 4)
1318 05/06/2007 L2  C3 K  Karl Battams				(June 5)
1319 06/06/2007 L3  C3 K  Shihong Yuan				(June 6)
1320 07/06/2007 L4  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 7)
X61  08/06/2007     C2 K  Alan Watson				(June 8)
1321 09/06/2007 L5  C2 K  Alan Watson				(June 9)
1322 10/06/2007 L6  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 11)
1323 10/06/2007 L7  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 11)
1324 11/06/2007 L8  C2 K  Bo Zhou, Shihong Yuan			(June 11)
1325 11/06/2007 L9  C2 K  Bo Zhou, Shihong Yuan, Hua Su		(June 11)
1326 13/06/2007 L10 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(June 13)
1327 14/06/2007 L11 C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(June 14)
1328 14/06/2007 L12 C2 K  Rob Matson				(June 14)
1329 15/06/2007 L13 C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(June 15)
X62  15/06/2007     C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 15)
U    15/06/2007     C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(June 15)
1330 23/06/2007 M4  C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(June 24)
1331 25/06/2007 M5  C2 O  Bo Zhou				(June 25)
1332 25/06/2007 M6  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(June 25)
1333 25/06/2007 M7  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 25)
1334 25/06/2007 M8  C2 O  Hua Su				(June 25)
1335 27/06/2007 M9  C2 K  Bo Zhou				(June 27)
1336 29/06/2007 M10 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(June 29)
1339 03/07/2007 N4  C3 K  Hua Su, Bo Zhou			(July 3)
1340 08/07/2007 N5  C3 K  Hua Su				(July 8)
1341 11/07/2007 N6  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 11)
1342 13/07/2007 N7  C3 K  Karl Battams				(July 13)
1343 13/07/2007 N8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 13)
1344 18/07/2007 O3  C3 K  Hua Su				(July 18)
1345 27/07/2007 O4  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(July 27)
1346 17/08/2007 Q5  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(August 17)
1347 17/08/2007 Q4  C3 K  Shihong Yuan				(August 17)
1348 17/08/2007 Q6  C3 K  Hua Su				(August 18)
U    17/08/2007     C3 K  Bo Zhou				(August 20)
1349 26/08/2007 Q7  C3 K  Hua Su, Arkadiusz Kubczak		(August 26)
1350 28/08/2007 Q8  C3 K  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht, Shihong Yuan	(August 28)
1351 29/08/2007 Q9  C3 K  Shihong Yuan, John Sachs, Bo Zhou	(August 29)
X63  29/08/2007     C3 K  Bo Zhou				(August 29)
1352 01/09/2007 R6  C2 K  Hua Su				(September 1)
65   31/08/2007     T1 K  Alan Watson           (September 3)
66   06/09/2007     T1 K  Alan Watson           (September 8)
1353 08/09/2007 R7  C3 K  Hua Su				(September 8)
1354 09/09/2007 R8  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(September 9)
663  10/09/2007 R5  C2 R  Bo Zhou				(September 10) = 322P
U    10/09/2007     C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(September 10)
1355 13/09/2007 R9  C3 K  Bo Zhou, Arkadiusz Kubczak		(September 13)
1356 14/09/2007 R10 C2 Y  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(September 17)
1357 17/09/2007 S3  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(September 17)
1358 24/09/2007 S4  C3 K  Masanori Uchina, Hua Su		(September 24)
1359 26/09/2007 S5  C3 K  Rob Matson				(September 26)
1360 28/09/2007 S6  C3 K  Hua Su				(September 28)
1361 28/09/2007 S7  C3 K  Hua Su				(September 29)
1363 28/09/2007 S8  C2 K  Hua Su				(September 29)
1362 28/09/2007 S11 C2 O  Rainer Kracht				(September 29)
1364 29/09/2007 S9  C3 K  Hua Su				(September 29)
1365 30/09/2007 S10 C3 K  Bo Zhou, John Sachs			(September 30)
1366 04/10/2007 T7  C3 K  Rob Matson				(October 4)
1367 10/10/2007 T8  C3 K  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman, Rob Matson	(October 10)
1368 10/10/2007 T9  C3 K  Rob Matson				(October 10)
1369 11/10/2007 T10 C3 K  Hua Su				(October 11)
U    11/10/2007     C3 K  Hua Su				(October 11)
1370 13/10/2007 T11 C2 K  Hua Su				(October 14)
1371 13/10/2007 T12 C2 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(October 15)
1372 15/10/2007 T13 C3 K  Hua Su				(October 15)
1373 15/10/2007 T14 C2 K  Masanori Uchina			(October 15)
X64  15/10/2007     C2 K  Bo Zhou				(October 15)
1374 24/10/2007 U3  C2 K  Hua Su				(October 24)
1375 24/10/2007 U4  C3 K  Hua Su				(October 24)
1376 24/10/2007 U5  C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(October 24)
1377 24/10/2007 U6  C2 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(October 24)
1378 28/10/2007 U8  C3 K  Hua Su				(October 28)
1379 27/10/2007 U7  C2 Y  Hua Su				(October 28)
1380 28/10/2007 U9  C2 K  Hua Su				(October 29)
1381 28/10/2007 U10 C2 K  Hua Su				(October 29)
1382 29/10/2007 U11 C2 K  Hua Su				(October 29)
1383 30/10/2007 U12 C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(October 30)
1384 30/10/2007 U13 C3 K  Masanori Uchina			(October 31)
1385 01/11/2007 V3  C2 K  Rob Matson				(November 1)
1386 02/11/2007 V4  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(November 2)
C    02/11/2007     C3 K  Bo Zhou				(November 2) (Same comet, different co-ordinate system)
1387 03/11/2007 V5  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 4)
1388 04/11/2007 V6  C2 K  Hua Su				(November 5)
1389 05/11/2007 V7  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 5)
1390 06/11/2007 V9  C3 K  Rob Matson				(November 6)
1391 06/11/2007 V8  C2 K  Hua Su				(November 6)
1392 09/11/2007 V10 C2 Y  Zhangwei Jin	(1)			(November 9)
1393 10/11/2007 V11 C3 K  Hua Su				(November 10)
1394 11/11/2007 V12 C2 K  Shihong Yuan, Hua Su			(November 11)
1395 13/11/2007 V13 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 13)
1396 14/11/2007 V14 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 14)
1397 19/11/2007 W4  C3 K  Michele Mazzucato, Zhangwei Jin	(November 19)
1398 19/11/2007 W5  C2 K  Hua Su				(November 19)
1399 22/11/2007 W6  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 22)
1400 23/11/2007 W7  C3 K  Bo Zhou				(November 23)
1401 24/11/2007 W8  C2 K  Michele Mazzucato, Hua Su, M Kusiak	(November 24)
1402 24/11/2007 W9  C2 K  Michele Mazzucato, H Su, M Kusiak (1)	(November 24) (I give Mazzucato primary credit for reporting 3 positions)
1403 23/11/2007 W10 C2 K  Tony Hoffman				(November 25)
U    29/11/2007     C3 K  Hua Su				(November 29) (Noise)
1404 29/11/2007 W11 C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(November 29)
1405 01/12/2007 W12 C2 K  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht, Shihong Yuan	(December 1)
1406 03/12/2007 X1  C2 O  Masanori Uchina			(December 3)
1407 04/12/2007 X2  C2 K  Hua Su				(December 4)
1408 04/12/2007 X3  C2 K  Rainer Kracht				(December 4)
1409 05/12/2007 X4  C3 K  Hua Su				(December 5)
4250 06/12/2007     C2 K  Shihong Yuan				(December 6)
1410 07/12/2007 X5  C3 K  Hua Su				(December 7)
1411 10/12/2007 X6  C2 K  Michal Kusiak				(December 10)
1412 10/12/2007 X7  C2 Y  Hua Su				(December 10)
1413 10/12/2007 X8  C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(December 10)
1414 12/12/2007 X10 C3 K  Tony Hoffman				(December 12)
1415 12/12/2007 X9  C3 K  Rob Matson, Tony Hoffman		(December 12)
1416 12/12/2007 X11 C2 K  Rainer Kracht, Hua Su			(December 12)
1417 13/12/2007 X12 C3 K  Rob Matson				(December 13)
1418 13/12/2007 X13 C2 K  Parrish Collison (1), Tony Hoffman	(December 13)
1419 14/12/2007 X14 C2 Y  Tony Hoffman				(December 14)
1420 15/12/2007 X15 C2 K  Hua Su				(December 16)
1421 20/12/2007 Y3  C2 K  Shihong Yuan, Tony Hoffman		(December 20)
1422 21/12/2007 Y4  C2 D  Rainer Kracht				(December 21) == 2002 R4
1423 22/12/2007 Y5  C3 K  Arkadiusz Kubczak			(December 22)
1424 26/12/2007 Y6  C2 K  Shihong Yuan				(December 26)
1425 26/12/2007 Y7  C2 K  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht, Shihong Yuan	(December 26)
1426 28/12/2007 Y8  C2 Y  Rainer Kracht				(December 28)
1427 28/12/2007 Y9  C3 K  Rob Matson				(December 28)
1428 29/12/2007 Y10 C3 K  Bo Zhou				(December 29)
The column headed Des is the half month or other designation of the comet. The column headed C gives the SOHO instrument (C2 or C3 for the LASCO coronagraphs, SW for SWAN, T1 or T2 for STEREO) that the comet was discovered in. The column headed G indicates if it is a provisional member of the Kreutz group (K), Meyer group (Y), Marsden group (D), Kracht (R) or other comet (O). P in the SOHO number column indicates the discovery is pending, C indicates that it is confirmed, but not yet numbered, U indicates that is was not confirmed, X that it was confirmed, but there were insufficient observations.

Note that my observer count also includes X/ comets which are not counted as confirmed comets by the SOHO team. Where two or more people report discoveries nearly simultaneously, up to the first three observers are credited here. Where discoverers are clearly not following the SOHO or BAA Comet Section guidelines, they are not credited here at all. If initial reports don't include sufficient positions others may also be credited.

Official milestones:
50 Bo Zhou 1300 SOHO 150 Hua Su (SOHO-1375) 1400 SOHO 100 Tony Hoffman 200 Rainer Kracht (SOHO-1422)

It is possible that there are further comets to be found in the archival data, most likely non-group comets, but there may still be some Kreutz comets.


Published by Jonathan Shanklin. Jon Shanklin - jds@ast.cam.ac.uk