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Abbreviations:
1. the Column headed
C: Camera (SW: SWAN)
G: Group (D: Marsden; K: Kreutz; N: Non-group; R: Kracht; Y: Meyer)
2.
the SOHO number column
U: unconfirmed
X: confirmed but insufficient observations
SOHO Observed Designation C G Observers Discovered
U 08/01/2008 C2 K Tony Hoffman (January 8)
1429 16/01/2008 C/2008 A3 C2 D Rainer Kracht (January 16)
1430 26/01/2008 C/2008 B1 C3 K Hua Su (January 26)
1431 27/01/2008 C/2008 B2 C3 K Arkadiusz Kubczak (January 27)
1432 28/01/2008 C/2008 B3 C3 K Hua Su (January 28)
1433 29/01/2008 C/2008 B4 C3 K Bo Zhou (January 29)
1434 03/02/2008 C/2008 C3 C2 N Rainer Kracht (February 3)
1435 03/02/2008 C/2008 C4 C3 K Hua Su (February 3)
1436 05/02/2008 C/2008 C5 C3 K Arkadiusz Kubczak (February 5)
1437 07/02/2008 C/2008 C6 C3 K Bo Zhou (February 8)
1438 09/02/2008 C/2008 C7 C3 K Hua Su (February 9)
1439 14/02/2008 C/2008 C8 C3 K John Sachs (February 14)
1440 15/02/2008 C/2008 C9 C2 N Rainer Kracht (February 15)
1441 19/02/2008 C/2008 D5 C3 K Hua Su (February 19)
1442 19/02/2008 C/2008 D6 C2 Y Tony Hoffman (February 19)
0001 16/02/2008 C/2008 D1 H1 K Alan Watson (February 19)
0002 19/02/2008 C/2008 D2 H1 K Alan Watson (February 21)
0003 20/02/2008 C/2008 D3 H1 K Alan Watson (February 22)
0004 21/02/2008 C/2008 D4 H1 K Rainer Kracht (February 23)
1443 25/02/2008 C/2008 D7 C3 K Bo Zhou (February 25)
1444 24/02/2008 C/2008 D8 C3 K Bo Zhou (February 26)
1445 29/02/2008 C/2008 D9 C3 K Bo Zhou (February 29)
1446 04/03/2008 C/2008 E4 C2 R Hua Su (March 4)
1447 05/03/2008 C/2008 E7 C2 N Hua Su (March 5)
1448 07/03/2008 C/2008 E8 C3 K Hua Su (March 7)
0005 05/03/2008 C/2008 E5 H1 K Alan Watson (March 8)
1449 12/03/2008 C/2008 E9 C3 K Bo Zhou (March 12)
0006 15/03/2008 C/2008 E6 H1 K Rainer Kracht (March 18)
1450 19/03/2008 C/2008 F1 C2 Y Rainer Kracht (March 19)
1451 02/04/2008 C/2008 G3 C2 K Hua Su (April 2)
1452 09/04/2008 C/2008 G4 C2 K Michal Kusiak (April 9)
1453 10/04/2008 C/2008 G5 C2 K Masanori Uchina (April 10)
1454 12/04/2008 C/2008 G6 C2 R Bo Zhou (April 13)
1455 16/04/2008 C/2008 H2 C2 K Hua Su (April 16)
1456 16/04/2008 C/2008 H3 C3 K Rob Matson (April 16)
1457 18/04/2008 C/2008 H4 C2 Y Rainer Kracht (April 18)
1465 21/04/2008 C/2008 H9 C2 K Hua Su (April 21)
XC64 23/04/2008 C2 K Jiangao Ruan/ Michal Kusiak (April 23)
1458 25/04/2008 C/2008 H5 C3 K Hua Su (April 25)
1459 27/04/2008 C/2008 H6 C2 K Eryk Banach (1) (April 27)
1460 29/04/2008 C/2008 H7 C2 K Maik Meyer (April 29)
1461 30/04/2008 C/2008 H8 C2 K Michal Kusiak (April 30)
1462 01/05/2008 C/2008 J7 C2 K Hua Su (May 1)
1463 05/05/2008 C/2008 J8 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (May 5)
1464 05/05/2008 C/2008 J9 C2 K Michal Kusiak (May 5)
XC65 23/04/2008 C2 K Karl Battams (May 5)
1466 07/05/2008 C/2008 J10 C2 Y Jiangao Ruan (May 7)
1467 07/05/2008 C/2008 J11 C2 K Giuseppe Pappa (1) (May 7)
1468 07/05/2008 C/2008 J12 C2 Y Shihong Yuan (May 8)
1469 12/05/2008 C/2008 J13 C2 K Rainer Kracht (May 12)
1470 12/05/2008 C/2008 J14 C3 K Rob Matson (May 12)
1471 12/05/2008 C/2008 J15 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (May 12)
1472 14/05/2008 C/2008 J16 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (May 14)
1473 17/05/2008 C/2008 K1 C2 K Michal Kusiak (May 17)
1474 17/05/2008 C/2008 K2 C2 K Michal Kusiak (May 17)
1475 18/05/2008 C/2008 K3 C2 K Michal Kusiak (May 18)
XC66 21/05/2008 C2 K Bo Zhou (May 21)
1476 22/05/2008 C/2008 K4 C3 K Rob Matson (May 22)
1477 23/05/2008 C/2008 K5 C2 K Michal Kusiak (May 23)
1478 25/05/2008 C/2008 K6 C3 K Hua Su (May 25)
1479 25/05/2008 C/2008 K7 C2 Y Jiangao Ruan (May 25)
1480 28/05/2008 C/2008 K8 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (May 28)
1481 28/05/2008 C/2008 K9 C2 K Giuseppe Pappa (May 28)
1482 31/05/2008 C/2008 K11 C2 K Guoyou Sun (May 31)
1483 31/05/2008 C/2008 K10 C2 N Rainer Kracht (May 31)
XC67 01/06/2008 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (June 1)
1484 02/06/2008 C/2008 L4 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 2)
1485 07/06/2008 C/2008 L5 C2 K Hua Su (June 7)
1486 10/06/2008 C/2008 L8 C2 K Michele Mazzucato (June 10)
1487 10/06/2008 C/2008 L6 C2 R Rainer Kracht (June 10)
1488 10/06/2008 C/2008 L7 C2 R Rainer Kracht (June 10)
1489 11/06/2008 C/2008 L9 C3 K Bo Zhou, Masanori Uchina (June 11)
1490 12/06/2008 C/2008 L10 C3 K Masanori Uchina (June 12)
1491 12/06/2008 C/2008 L11 C2 Y Michal Kusiak (June 12)
1492 13/06/2008 C/2008 L12 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 13)
1493 13/06/2008 C/2008 L13 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 13)
1494 15/06/2008 C/2008 L14 C3 K Tony Hoffman (June 15)
1495 15/06/2008 C/2008 L15 C2 Y Rainer Kracht (June 15)
1496 21/06/2008 C/2008 M1 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 21)
1497 22/06/2008 C/2008 M2 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 22)
1498 23/06/2008 C/2008 M3 C2 K Hua Su (June 23)
1499 25/06/2008 C/2008 M4 C2 K Michal Kusiak (June 25)
1500 25/06/2008 C/2008 M5 C2 K Rob Matson (June 25)
1501 27/06/2008 C/2008 M6 C2 K Tony Hoffman (June 27)
1502 28/06/2008 C/2008 M7 C2 K Tony Hoffman, Hua Su (June 28)
1503 03/07/2008 C/2008 N2 C3 K Bo Zhou (July 3)
1504 03/07/2008 C/2008 N3 C2 K Rainer Kracht (July 3)
1505 04/07/2008 C/2008 N4 C2 R Tony Hoffman (July 4)
1506 04/07/2008 C/2008 N5 C3 K Arkadiusz Kubczak (July 4)
1507 05/07/2008 C/2008 N6 C3 K Hua Su (July 5)
1508 06/07/2008 C/2008 N7 C2 K Tony Hoffman (July 6)
1509 07/07/2008 C/2008 N8 C3 K Bo Zhou (July 7)
1510 08/07/2008 C/2008 N9 C3 K Bo Zhou (July 8)
1511 11/07/2008 C/2008 N10 C2 N Rainer Kracht (July 11)
1512 12/07/2008 C/2008 N11 C3 K Hua Su (July 12)
1513 17/07/2008 C/2008 O5 C3 K Bo Zhou (July 17)
1514 17/07/2008 C/2008 O6 C3 N Hua Su (July 17)
1515 18/07/2008 C/2008 O7 C2 N Bo Zhou (July 18)
1516 25/07/2008 C/2008 O4 C2 N Michal Kusiak (July 25)
1517 31/07/2008 C/2008 O1 C3 K Hua Su (July 31)
1518 01/08/2008 C/2008 P2 C3 K Hua Su (August 1)
1519 06/08/2008 C/2008 P3 C3 K Michal Kusiak (August 6)
1520 08/08/2008 C/2008 P4 C3 K Michal Kusiak, Hua Su (August 8)
1521 09/08/2008 C/2008 P5 C3 K Tony Hoffman (August 9)
1522 14/08/2008 C/2008 P6 C3 K Zhijian Xu (August 14)
1523 26/08/2008 C/2008 Q5 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (August 27)
1524 03/09/2008 C/2008 R8 C2 N Rainer Kracht (September 4)
1525 04/09/2008 C/2008 R9 C3 K Jiangao Ruan, Bo Zhou (September 4)
1526 06/09/2008 C/2008 R7 C3 R Rainer Kracht (September 6)
1527 07/09/2008 C/2008 R10 C3 K Rainer Kracht (September 7)
1528 08/09/2008 C/2008 R11 C3 K Bo Zhou (September 8)
1529 11/09/2008 C/2008 R12 C3 K Bo Zhou (September 12)
1530 14/09/2008 C/2008 R13 C3 K Hua Su (September 14)
1531 17/09/2008 C/2008 S4 C3 K Rob Matson (September 17)
1532 17/09/2008 C/2008 S2 C2 N Rainer Kracht (September 18)
1533 19/09/2008 C/2008 S5 C3 K Rob Matson (September 19)
1534 28/09/2008 C/2008 S6 C3 K Michal Kusiak (September 28)
1535 29/09/2008 C/2008 S7 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (September 29)
1536 30/09/2008 C/2008 S8 C3 K Michal Kusiak (September 30)
1537 02/10/2008 C/2008 T6 C2 Y? Bo Zhou (October 2)
1538 03/10/2008 C/2008 T7 C2 N Rainer Kracht (October 4)
1539 05/10/2008 C/2008 T8 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (October 5)
1540 05/10/2008 C/2008 T9 C2 K Michal Kusiak (October 5)
U 10/10/2008 C3 N Rob Matson (October 10)
1541 11/10/2008 C/2008 T10 C3 K Tony Hoffman (October 11)
1542 13/10/2008 C/2008 T11 C3 K Hua Su (October 13)
1543 14/10/2008 C/2008 T12 C2 K Rainer Kracht (October 14)
1544 16/10/2008 C/2008 U2 C2 K Eryk Banach (October 16)
1545 16/10/2008 C/2008 U3 C2 K Rob Matson (October 16)
1546 16/10/2008 C/2008 U4 C3 K Rob Matson (October 16)
1547 18/10/2008 C/2008 U5 C2 K Rob Matson (October 18)
1548 18/10/2008 C/2008 U6 C2 Y Michal Kusiak (October 18)
1549 20/10/2008 C/2008 U7 C3 K Rainer Kracht (October 20)
1550 20/10/2008 C/2008 U8 C2 K Tony Hoffman (October 20)
1551 21/10/2008 C/2008 U9 C2 K Hua Su (October 21)
1552 24/10/2008 C/2008 U10 C2 K Zhijian Xu (October 24)
1553 24/10/2008 C/2008 U11 C3 K Hua Su (October 24)
1554 27/10/2008 C/2008 U13 C3 K Rob Matson (October 27)
1555 27/10/2008 C/2008 U14 C2 K Rainer Kracht (October 27)
U 27/10/2008 C2 K Rainer Kracht (October 27)
1556 26/10/2008 C/2008 U12 C2 K Bo Zhou (October 28)
1557 28/10/2008 C/2008 U15 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (October 28)
1558 30/10/2008 C/2008 U16 C2 K Rob Matson (October 30)
1559 02/11/2008 C/2008 V1 C3 K Rob Matson (November 2)
XC68 04/11/2008 C2 K Rob Matson (November 4)
1560 04/11/2008 C/2008 V2 C2 Y Rainer Kracht (November 4)
1561 06/11/2008 C/2008 V3 C2 K Rob Matson (November 6)
1562 07/11/2008 C/2008 V4 C2 K Rob Matson (November 7)
1563 08/11/2008 C/2008 V5 C2 N Jiangao Ruan (November 8)
1564 13/11/2008 C/2008 V6 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (November 13)
1565 16/11/2008 C/2008 W2 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (November 18)
0007 18/11/2008 C/2008 W1 H1 K Alan Watson (November 21)
1566 23/11/2008 C/2008 W3 C3 K Arkadiusz Kubczak (November 23)
1567 23/11/2008 C/2008 W5 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (November 23)
1568 24/11/2008 C/2008 W6 C2 K Zhangwei Jin (November 24)
1569 24/11/2008 C/2008 W4 C2 K Hua Su (November 24)
1570 24/11/2008 C/2008 W7 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (November 25)
1571 26/11/2008 C/2008 W8 C2 K Eryk Banach (November 26)
1572 27/11/2008 C/2008 W9 C2 K Rainer Kracht (November 27)
1573 28/11/2008 C/2008 W10 C2 K Jiangao Ruan (November 28)
1574 29/11/2008 C/2008 W11 C2 K Eryk Banach (November 29)
1575 29/11/2008 C/2008 W12 C2 K Rob Matson (November 29)
1576 01/12/2008 C/2008 X7 C2 K Masanori Uchina (December 1)
1577 02/12/2008 C/2008 X8 C2 K Michele Mazzucato (December 2)
1578 03/12/2008 C/2008 X9 C2 K Eryk Banach (December 3)
1579 03/12/2008 C/2008 X10 C2 K Rainer Kracht (December 3)
1580 05/12/2008 C/2008 X11 C3 K Shihong Yuan (December 5)
1581 07/12/2008 C/2008 X5 C2 Y Rainer Kracht (December 7)
1582 07/12/2008 C/2008 X6 C2 D Rainer Kracht (December 7)
1583 09/12/2008 C/2008 X12 C3 K Masanori Uchina (December 9)
1584 10/12/2008 C/2008 X13 C2 K Rainer Kracht (December 10)
1585 13/12/2008 C/2008 X14 C2 K Zhijian Xu (December 13)
1586 19/12/2008 C/2008 Y5 C2 K Zhangwei Jin (December 20)
1587 19/12/2008 C/2008 Y4 C2 K Bo Zhou (December 20)
1588 21/12/2008 C/2008 Y6 C3 K Masanori Uchina (December 21)
1589 21/12/2008 C/2008 Y7 C3 K Masanori Uchina (December 21)
1590 21/12/2008 C/2008 Y8 C3 K Michal Kusiak (December 21)
1591 21/12/2008 C/2008 Y9 C3 K Michal Kusiak (December 21)
1592 21/12/2008 C/2008 Y10 C3 K Jiangao Ruan (December 21)
1593 22/12/2008 C/2008 Y11 C2 D Rainer Kracht (December 22)
1594 22/12/2008 C/2008 Y12 C2 N Rainer Kracht (December 23)
1606 25/12/2008 C2 K Michal Kusiak (December 25)
1595 27/12/2008 C/2008 Y13 C3 K Arkadiusz Kubczak (December 27)
1596 28/12/2008 C/2008 Y14 C2 N Jiangao Ruan (December 28)
1597 29/12/2008 C/2008 Y15 C3 K Bo Zhou (December 30)
Milestones in 2008:
1.SOHO-1500 was detected by R. Matson on June 25 in C2 images.
2.Bo Zhou detected his 100th SOHO comet (SOHO-1510) in C3 images on
July 08.
3.SOHO-1517 or C/2008 O1 (SOHO) is the first Kreutz group comet to be seen from
the ground since Comet White-Ortiz-Bolelli in 1970.
Note: The table above lists all the SOHO comet discoveries in 2008, X-comet included, plus internal SOHO number, the date of the first observation (UTC), designation, LASCO coronagraph, the discover, and the date of discovery (UTC). A bracket with "1" means the first SOHO discovery for a person. The total statistic is here.
Reference: LASCO Kreutz-Sungrazing Comets 2008
Last update: Mar 22, 2009
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