British Astronomical Association
Comet Section


2009 News

Jan 01  Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2008 Y2
Jan 01  Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2008 Y3
Jan 01  Hua Su  reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Jan 02  Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Jan 04  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 07  Alan Watson reports three Kreutz group comets in STEREO H1a images
Jan 12  Unusual asteroid 2000 YN30 confirmed as comet 212P/NEAT
Jan 13  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 13  Alan Watson reports a non-group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 13  Alan Watson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 21  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 22  Andrea Boattani discovers faint comet 2009 B1
Jan 23  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Jan 29  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 29  Zhijian Xu reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 30  Asteroid 2008 WZ96 (LINEAR) found to show cometary appearance
Jan 30  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 31  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2009 B2
Feb 01  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 01  Gary Hug recovers 2005 R2 (P/Van Ness)
Feb 01  Gary Hug recovers 2002 CW134 (P/LINEAR)
Feb 02  Gary Hug recovers 2002 O8 (P/NEAT)
Feb 04  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman and Michal Kusiak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11  Marek Kaluzny reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 12  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 14  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images (possibly the C3 reported by Marek)
Feb 14  Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images
Feb 19  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 19  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 20  Jim Scotti recovers P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) as 2009 D1
Feb 21  Tony Hoffman and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 23  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 23  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 24  Rainer Kracht reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 26  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 26  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 01  Michal Kusiak and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 08  Eryk Banach reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 10  Wentao Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 12  Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in archival STEREO H1a images from 2008 December 31
Mar 12  Kreutz group comet in STEREO H1a images from 2008 March 7 confirmed, reported by Alan Watson 
Mar 15  Koichi Itagaki discovers 13th magnitude comet 2009 E1
Mar 18  Asteroid 2008 CL94 shown to have cometary characteristics
Mar 19  Steve Larson discovers faint comet 2009 F1
Mar 20  Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 F2
Mar 20  2001 MD7 (P/LINEAR) recovered as 2009 F3
Mar 21  Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 F4
Mar 22  Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 F5
Mar 28  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 30  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 02  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 02  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 04  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 06  A 10th magnitude SWAN object has been posted on the NEOCP.  It is in Cassiopeia, so circumpolar for the UK.
Apr 07  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 07  SWAN object confirmed as comet 2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
Apr 08  Jiangao Ruan reports a comet in STEREO H1B images
Apr 09  STEREO comet confirmed as 2009 G1
Apr 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 13  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 13  Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 15  Comet 2003 H4 (P/LINEAR) recovered as 2009 F7
Apr 18  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 19  Ernesto Guido et al recover 2002 LZ11 (P/LINEAR) as 2009 H1
Apr 20  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 23  Neil Bone, BAA Meteor Section Director, has died.  He was also a comet observer and section member and will be much missed.
Apr 23  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Apr 24  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 24  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 24  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 26  Rainer Kracht identifies C/2001 D1 = 2004 X7 = 2008 S2 = 1997 J6 (SOHO) in archival C2 images from 1997
May 03  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 03  Michal Kusiak reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 03  P/2004 K2 (McNaught) recovered as 2009 H2
May 03  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 05  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06  Marek Kaluzny and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 08  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 09  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 13  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 13  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 15  Rainer Kracht suggests that if 1999 M3 = 2004 L10 (SOHO) it could return around May 25/26
May 15  Rainer Kracht reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
May 17  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 18  Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2009 K1
May 19  Catalina Sky Survey discovers faint comet 2009 K2
May 20  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 24  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 27  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 27  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28  Ed Beshore discovers faint comet 2009 K3
May 28  Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2009 K4
May 28  Mauro Zanotta, Italian comet discoverer and observer, died in a skiing accident at the weekend
May 29  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 29  Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 K5
May 30  Michal Kusiak and Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Jun 01  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 03  Leonid Elenin recovers 2002 JN16 as 2009 L1
Jun 03  Richard Miles recovers 127P/Holt-Olmstead
Jun 04  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 06  Tony Hoffman reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07  Guoyou Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 07  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 08  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 09  Rainer Kracht reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 10  Rob Matson and Rainer Kracht report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 14  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 16  New periodic comet 2009 L2 discovered by Rui Yang and Xing Gao
Jun 22  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 22  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 22  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images.  Withdrawn but confirmed.  Note this object may be the Meyer comet.
Jun 23  Michal Kusiak reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images.  Note this may be the already reported Kreutz comet
Jun 24  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25  Masanori Uchina, Zhijian Xu and Giuseppe Pappa report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 27  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 30  Rainer Kracht reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 02  Asteroid (3200) Phaethon was brighter than expected around the time of perihelion
Jul 03  Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 04  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 05  Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 20  Possible comet impact on Jupiter discovered by Anthony WesleyNASA press release
Jul 21  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed STEREO COR2 images
Jul 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 30  Catalina Sky Survey discovers comet 2009 O2
Jul 30  Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 O3
Jul 31  Rik Hill discovers comet 2009 O4
Aug 01  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 03  P/LINEAR (2004 X1) recovered as 2009 MB9
Aug 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 11  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 15  Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2009 P1
Aug 17  54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT recovered
Aug 18  Andrea Boattini discovers faint comet 2009 P2
Aug 20  LINEAR discovers retrograde asteroid 2009 QY6
Aug 21  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 24  Zhijian Xu and Michal Kusiak report a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images from August 22
Aug 29  Rik Hill discovers periodic comet 2009 Q1
Aug 29  Spacewatch recovers periodic comet 2003 XD10 as 2009 Q2
Aug 29  Spacewatch recovers periodic comet 2002 T1 as 2009 Q3
Aug 31  Andrea Boattini discovers comet 2009 Q4
Aug 31  Masanori Uchina and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 31  Michal Kusiak notes several possible archival comets
Sep 01  Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 Q5
Sep 07  Bo Zhou and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 09  Michal Kusiak notes another possible archival comet
Sep 10  Rob McNaught discovers comet 2009 R1
Sep 11  Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 11  Comet 2003 A1 accidently recovered as 2009 R2 and confirmed as comet Pigott
Sep 12  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 13  Maik Meyer locates images of 2009 R2 from 1995
Sep 13  Michal Kusiak notes another possible archival comet
Sep 18  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Sep 22  Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2009 S1
Sep 23  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 24  Rob McNaught discovers faint periodic comet 2009 S2
Sep 25  Rob Matson, Bo Zhou and Masanori Uchina report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 26  Michal Kusiak and Rob Matson report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 27  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 27  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 28  Mt Lemmon survey discovers faint comet 2009 S3
Sep 28  Jim Scotti recovers 2004 EW38 as 2009 S4
Sep 29  2009 QG31, discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey, announced as a comet
Sep 30  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 01  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 04  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 04  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1997
Oct 05  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 07  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 08  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 08  Jiangao Ruan notes a possible Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Oct 08  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 11  Rob McNaught discovers distant comet 2009 T1
Oct 11  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 12  The La Sagra team discover periodic comet 2009 T2
Oct 12  Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in recent C2 images
Oct 13  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 14  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 14  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 14  Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 15  LINEAR discovers comet 2009 T3
Oct 15  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 16  Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 SK280
Oct 17  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 18  Zhijian Xu, Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 18  Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2009 U1
Oct 19  Jim Scotti recovers 2001 YX127 (P/LINEAR) as 2009 U2
Oct 21  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 21  Rik Hill discovers faint comet 2009 U3
Oct 22  Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 22  Bo Zhou and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 24  Rob McNaught discovers faint periodic comet 2009 U4
Oct 25  Al Grauer discovers faint comet 2009 U5
Oct 25  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 28  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Oct 29  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2009 U6
Oct 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 30  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 31  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 1999
Nov 02  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 03  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 06  Tony Scarmato reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 13  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 15  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 16  Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 16  Alan Watson reports a non-group comet in STEREO images from November 11 (=169P)
Nov 17  Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Nov 19  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 19  Rik Hill discovers comet 2009 W1
Nov 22  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 23  Tony Scarmato reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 24  Andrea Boattini discovers faint comet 2009 W2
Nov 25  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 26  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Nov 27  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28  Jiangao Ruan and Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 28  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29  Masanori Uchina, Tony Scarmato and Marek Kaluzny report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 01  Prediscovery images of P/2009 S1 from 2001 discovered by Rob Matson
Dec 01  Bo Zhou and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 01  Tony Scarmato reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 02  Jiangao Ruan and Masanori Uchina report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04  Funding for measurement of SOHO comets has essentially expired, and satellite operations will gradually be wound down, though operations will continue until SDO is operational.
Dec 04  Jiangao Ruan, Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 06  Arkadiusz Kubczak, Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 07  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 08  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 10  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 10  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 13  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 13  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 15  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 16  Gary Hug recovers P/2003 CP7 as 2009 X1
Dec 16  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 17  Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 17  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 17  P/2009 W1 identified with asteroid 1999 XO188
Dec 18  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 20  Faint comet 2009 Y1 discovered by Catalina Sky Survey
Dec 21  Mt Lemmon survey discovers retrograde short period asteroid 2009 YS6
Dec 21  Richard Kowalski discovers faint comet 2009 Y2
Dec 22  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 22  Alan Watson reports a Kretuz group comet in STEREO images
Dec 23  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 23  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 23  Rainer Kracht reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 25  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 25  Happy Christmas to all readers
Dec 26  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Dec 28  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 31  Jiangao Ruan and Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 31  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images	

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