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Six (!) sungrazers discovered in June 1999
In June 1999 six new sungrazers were discovered by SOHO:
C/2000 Y8 (SOHO)
On December 23, 2000 279-th SOHO comet C/2000 Y8 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 24, 2000 at about 0. 0060 AU (ref: IAUC 7567, MPEC 2001-B08).
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C/2000 Y5 (SOHO)
On December 19, 2000 276-th SOHO comet C/2000 Y5 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 20, 2000 at about 0. 0070 AU (ref: IAUC 7567, MPEC 2001-B08).
29:08:2001
C/2000 X7 (SOHO)
On December 10, 2000 271-th SOHO comet C/2000 X7 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 11, 2000 at about 0. 0059 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A47).
29:08:2001
C/2000 X8 (SOHO)
On December 12, 2000 273-rd SOHO comet C/2000 X8 was discovered by D. Biesecker. The comet passed its perihelion on December 13, 2000 at about 0. 0054 AU (ref: IAUC 7572, MPEC 2001-B12).
29:08:2001
C/2000 Y4 (SOHO)
On December 17, 2000 275-th SOHO comet C/2000 Y4 was discovered by T. Lovejoy. The comet passed its perihelion on December 18, 2000 at about 0. 0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A47).
29:08:2001
C/2000 X6 (SOHO)
On December 7, 2000 268-th SOHO comet C/2000 X6 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 7, 2000 at about 0. 0077 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A47).
29:08:2001
C/2000 X5 (SOHO)
On December 7, 2000 269-th SOHO comet C/2000 X5 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on December 7, 2000 at about 0. 0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A47).
23:07:2001
C/2000 X4 (SOHO)
On December 5, 2000 270-th SOHO comet C/2000 X4 was discovered by X.-M. Zhou. The comet passed its perihelion on December 5, 2000 at about 0. 0059 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A47).
23:07:2001
C/2000 X3 (SOHO)
On December 5, 2000 266-th SOHO comet C/2000 X3 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 6, 2000 at about 0. 0056 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A43).
09:07:2001
C/2000 X2 (SOHO)
On December 5, 2000 267-th SOHO comet C/2000 X2 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 6, 2000 at about 0. 0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A43).
25:06:2001
C/2000 X1 (SOHO)
On December 3, 2000 263-rd SOHO comet C/2000 X1 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on December 3, 2000 at about 0. 0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A43).
18:06:2001
C/2000 W5 (SOHO)
On November 24, 2000 259-th SOHO comet C/2000 W5 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on November 27, 2000 at about 0. 0049 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A35).
11:06:2001
C/2000 W4 (SOHO)
On November 19, 2000 249-th SOHO comet C/2000 W4 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on November 20, 2000 at about 0. 0053 AU (ref: IAUC 7562, MPEC 2001-A32).
21:05:2001
C/2000 W3 (SOHO)
On November 18, 2000 247-th SOHO comet C/2000 W3 was discovered by M. Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on November 18, 2000 at about 0. 0076 AU (ref: IAUC 7548, MPEC 2000-X48).
14:05:2001
C/2000 W2 (SOHO)
On November 16, 2000 248-th SOHO comet C/2000 W2 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on November 16, 2000 at about 0. 0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7548, MPEC 2000-X48).
07:05:2001
C/2000 V3 (SOHO)
On November 11, 2000 236-th SOHO comet C/2000 V3 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on November 11, 2000 at about 0. 0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7536, MPEC 2000-W18).
23:04:2001
C/2000 V2 (SOHO)
On November 5, 2000 228-th SOHO comet C/2000 V2 was discovered by D. Biesecker. The comet passed its perihelion on November 5, 2000 at about 0. 0070 AU (ref: IAUC 7520, MPEC 2000-V35).
16:04:2001
C/2000 V1 (SOHO)
On November 4, 2000 221-st SOHO comet C/2000 V1 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on November 5, 2000 at about 0. 0056 AU (ref: IAUC 7520, MPEC 2000-V35).
19:03:2001
C/2000 U4 (SOHO)
On October 25, 2000 214-th SOHO comet C/2000 U4 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on October 25, 2000 at about 0. 0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7514, MPEC 2000-U38).
19:03:2001
C/2000 U3 (SOHO)
On October 24, 2000 210-th SOHO comet C/2000 U3 was discovered by J. Danaher. The comet passed its perihelion on October 24, 2000 at about 0. 0104 AU (ref: IAUC 7514, MPEC 2000-U38).
12:03:2001
C/2000 U2 (SOHO)
On October 23, 2000 209-th SOHO comet C/2000 U2 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on October 23, 2000 at about 0.0075 AU (ref: IAUC 7514, MPEC 2000-U38).
12:03:2001
C/2000 U1 (SOHO)
On October 21, 2000 208-th SOHO comet C/2000 U1 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on October 21, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7514, MPEC 2000-U38).
05:03:2001
C/2000 T4 (SOHO)
On October 12, 2000 206-th SOHO comet C/2000 T4 was discovered by J. Danaher. The comet passed its perihelion on October 12, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7508, MPEC 2000-T46).
26:02:2001
C/2000 T3 (SOHO)
On October 11, 2000 205-th SOHO comet C/2000 T3 was discovered by D. Biesecker. The comet passed its perihelion on October 11, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7508, MPEC 2000-T46).
19:02:2001
C/2000 T1 (SOHO)
On October 11, 2000 204-th SOHO comet C/2000 T1 was discovered by J. Danaher. The comet passed its perihelion on October 11, 2000 at about 0.0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7506, MPEC 2000-T33).
19:02:2001
C/2000 P2 (SOHO)
On August15, 2000 195-th SOHO comet C/2000 P2 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on August15, 2000 at about 0.0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7479, MPEC 2000-Q08).
18:12:2000
C/2000 M3 (SOHO)
On June 19, 2000 147-th SOHO comet C/2000 M3 was discovered by M. Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on June 19, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7452, MPEC 2000-N26).
11:12:2000
C/2000 M2 (SOHO)
On June 18, 2000 144-th SOHO comet C/2000 M2 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on June 18, 2000 at about 0.0052 AU (ref: IAUC 7450, MPEC 2000-N17).
04:12:2000
C/2000 M1 (SOHO)
On June 17, 2000 141-st SOHO comet C/2000 M1 was discovered by M. Boschat and P. Shkreby. The comet passed its perihelion on June 18, 2000 at about 0.0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7445, MPEC 2000-M35).
20:11:2000
C/2000 L1 (SOHO)
On June 3, 2000 127-th SOHO comet C/2000 L1 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on June 3, 2000 at about 0.0053 AU (ref: IAUC 7439, MPEC 2000-L56).
14:11:2000
C/2000 K6 (SOHO)
On May 27, 2000 120-th SOHO comet C/2000 K6 was discovered by M. Oates, X. Leprette and M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on May 27, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7435, MPEC 2000-L08).
14:11:2000
C/2000 K5 (SOHO)
On May 25, 2000 119-th SOHO comet C/2000 K5 was discovered by M. Boschat and M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on May 26, 2000 at about 0.0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7433, MPEC 2000-K37).
07:11:2000
C/2000 K4 (SOHO)
On May 22, 2000 118-th SOHO comet C/2000 K4 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on May 23, 2000 at about 0.0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7433, MPEC 2000-K36).
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C/2000 K3 (SOHO)
On May 19, 2000 116-th SOHO comet C/2000 K3 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on May 20, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7433, MPEC 2000-K35).
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C/2000 J4 (SOHO)
On May 14, 2000 115-th SOHO comet C/2000 J4 was discovered by M. Oates and X. Leprette. The comet passed its perihelion on May 15, 2000 at about 0.0065 AU (ref: IAUC 7426, MPEC 2000-K08).
24:10:2000
C/2000 J5 (SOHO)
On May 11, 2000 117-th SOHO comet C/2000 J5 was discovered by M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on May 12, 2000 at about 0.0081 AU (ref: IAUC 7433, MPEC 2000-K34).
24:10:2000
C/2000 J3 (SOHO)
On May 9, 2000 114-th SOHO comet C/2000 J3 was discovered by K. Cernis and M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on May 10, 2000 at about 0.0057 AU (ref: IAUC 7422, MPEC 2000-J44).
17:10:2000
C/2000 H2 (SOHO)
On April 28, 2000 111-th SOHO comet C/2000 H2 was discovered by T. Lovejoy, M. Boschat, M. Oates and R. Gorelli. The comet passed its perihelion on April 30, 2000 at about 0.0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7412, MPEC 2000-J05).
17:10:2000
C/2000 D1 (SOHO)
On February 28, 2000 106-th SOHO comet C/2000 D1 was discovered by D. Lewis. The comet passed its perihelion on March 1, 2000 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7370, MPEC 2000-D38).
10:10:2000
C/2000 D3 (SOHO)
On February 26, 2000 105-th SOHO comet C/2000 D3 was discovered by M. Meyer and K. Cernis. The comet passed its perihelion on February 26, 2000 at about 0.0066 AU (ref: IAUC 7386, MPEC 2000-F37).
10:10:2000
C/2000 C6 (SOHO)
On February 9, 2000 104th SOHO comet C/2000 C6 was discovered by T. Lovejoy. The comet passed its perihelion on February 10, 2000 at about 0. 0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7364, MPEC 2000-C54).
26:09:2000
C/2000 B7 (SOHO)
On January 31, 2000 99th SOHO comet C/2000 B7 was discovered by M. Meyer and T. Lovejoy. The comet passed its perihelion on February 1, 2000 at about 0. 0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7386, MPEC 2000-F36).
26:09:2000
C/2000 B6 (SOHO)
On January 29, 2000 98th SOHO comet C/2000 B6 was discovered by M. Meyer, T. Lovejoy and M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion on January 30, 2000 at about 0. 0052 AU (ref: IAUC 7386, MPEC 2000-F35).
19:09:2000
C/2000 B5 (SOHO)
On January 17, 2000 96th SOHO comet C/2000 B5 was discovered by D. Biesecker. The comet passed its perihelion on January 18, 2000 at about 0. 0054 AU (ref: IAUC 7386, MPEC 2000-F34).
19:09:2000
C/2000 P1 (SOHO)
On August 6, 2000 191st SOHO comet C/2000 P1 was discovered by M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on August 7, 2000 at about 0.0049 AU (ref: IAUC 7479, MPEC 2000-Q08).
12:09:2000
C/2000 O3 (SOHO)
On July 30, 2000 comet C/2000 O3 was discovered by J. Shanklin. The comet passed its perihelion on July 30, 2000 at about 0.0540 AU (ref: IAUC 7479, MPEC 2000-Q09).
12:09:2000
C/2000 N2 (SOHO)
On July 8, 2000 173rd SOHO comet C/2000 N2 was discovered by M. Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on July 8, 2000 at about 0.00 67 AU (ref: IAUC 7459, MPEC 2000-O10).
12:09:2000
C/2000 N1 (SOHO)
On July 3, 2000 169th SOHO comet C/2000 N1 was discovered by T. Lovejoy and M. Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on July 3, 2000 at about 0.0049 AU (ref: IAUC 7454, MPEC 2000-N34).
05:09:2000
C/2000 M9 (SOHO)
On July 1, 2000 167th SOHO comet C/2000 M9 was discovered by M. Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on July 1, 2000 at about 0.0054 AU (ref: IAUC 7454, MPEC 2000-N34).
05:09:2000
C/2000 M8 (SOHO)
On June 27, 2000 165th SOHO comet C/2000 M8 was discovered by D. Biesecker. The comet passed its perihelion on June 28, 2000 at about 0.0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7453, MPEC 2000-N31).
22:08:2000
C/2000 M7 (SOHO)
On June 26, 2000 164th SOHO comet C/2000 M7 was discovered by Hartwig Luethen and Maik Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on June 27, 2000 at about 0. 0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7453, MPEC 2000-N31).
26:07:2000
C/2000 M6 (SOHO)
On June 25, 2000 166th SOHO comet C/2000 M6 was discovered by Maik Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on June 25, 2000 at about 0. 0050 AU (ref: IAUC 7453, MPEC 2000-N31).
26:07:2000
C/2000 M4 (SOHO)
On June 22, 2000 158th SOHO comet C/2000 M4 was discovered by Michael Boschat and M. Meyer. The comet passed its perihelion on June 22, 2000 at about 0.0055 AU (ref: IAUC 7452, MPEC 2000-N26).
21:07:2000
C/2000 L4 (SOHO)
On June 15, 2000 135th SOHO comet C/2000 L4 was discovered by Michael Boschat, M. Meyer and X. Leprette. The comet passed its perihelion on June 15, 2000 at about 0. 0061 AU (ref: IAUC 7445, MPEC 2000- M33).
17:07:2000
C/2000 L3 (SOHO)
On June 10, 2000 130th SOHO comet C/2000 L3 was discovered by M. Boschat and X. Leprette. The comet passed its perihelion on June 10, 2000 at about 0.0054 AU (ref: IAUC 7439, MPEC 2000-L58).
05:07:2000
C/2000 L2 (SOHO)
On June 10, 2000 128th SOHO comet C/2000 L2 was discovered by Michael Boschat. The comet passed its perihelion on June 10, 2000 at about 0. 0056 AU (ref: IAUC 7439, MPEC 2000-L57).
05:07:2000
C/2000 F1 (SOHO)
On April 1, 2000 the 110th SOHO comet C/2000 F1 was discovered by Maik Meyer and Jon Shanklin. The comet passed its perihelion on April 1, 2000 at about 0.0060 AU (ref: IAUC 7393, MPEC 2000-G18).
25:04:2000
C/1999 J6 (SOHO)
On March 22, 2000 109th SOHO comet C/1999 J6 was discovered by Michael Oates in archival data. The comet passed its perihelion on May 11, 1999 at about 0.0492 AU (ref: IAUC 7386, MPEC 2000-F30).
25:04:2000
C/1999 E2 (SOHO)
On March 8, 2000 108th SOHO comet C/1999 E2 (SOHO) was discovered by Michael Oates in archival SOHO data. The comet passed its perihelion on March 3, 1999 at about 0.0051 AU (ref: IAUC 7377, MPEC 2000-E39).
30:03:2000
C/2000 E1 (SOHO)
On March 4, 2000 107th SOHO comet C/2000 E1 (SOHO) was discovered by M. Meyer, M. Boschat, T. Harincar, and M. Oates. The comet passed its perihelion 2000 at about 0.005 AU on March 5 (ref: IAUC 7376, MPEC 2000-E27).
23:03:2000
C/2000 B1 (SOHO)
On January 24, 2000 Jonathan Shanklin discovered the 97th SOHO comet C/2000 B1 (SOHO). The comet reached its perihelion (0.005 AU) on January 25, 2000 (ref: IAUC 7349, MPEC 2000- B22).
02:02:2000
C/1999 Y2 (SOHO)
On December 28, 1999 K. Cernis discovered the 95th SOHO comet C/1999 Y2 (SOHO). The comet passed its perihelion on December 28, 1999, at a distance of about 0.048 AU (ref: IAUC 7343, MPEC 2000-A36).
19:01:2000
C/1999 U2 (SOHO)
A faint sungrazer was independently found by S. Gregory (Stanford University) and J. D. Shanklin (British Astronomical Association) on October 25, 1999. The same day the new comet, C/1999 U2 (SOHO), passed its perihelion at 0.05 AU (ref: MPEC 1999-U29).
19:11:1999
C/1999 S1 (SOHO)
On September 17, 1999 Jonathan Shanklin found the 86th SOHO's comet. This is C/1999 S1 (SOHO) which shined at about 5m before its crash down the Sun (ref: MPEC 1999-S04).
02:11:1999
C/1999 R1 (SOHO)
Terry Lovejoy discovered a new SOHO comet on September 6, 1999. Unlike majority of sungrazers this comet C/1999 R1 (SOHO) successfully passed itsperihelion at a relatively large distance of 0.06 AU the day before (ref: MPEC 1999-R19).
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C/1999 P2 (SOHO)
On August 5, 1999 K. Schenk discovered the 76th SOHO comet C/1999 P2 (SOHO) (ref: MPEC 1999-P25).
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C/1999 N3 (SOHO)
D. Biesecker detected on the SOHO images a new sungrazer C/1999 N3 (SOHO) on July 9, 1999 (ref: MPEC 1999-N24).
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C/1999 N1 (SOHO)
On July 1, the 71th SOHO comet was discovered by Darren Lewis. C/1999 N1 (SOHO) is a tailless comet (ref: MPEC 1999-N02).
02:11:1999
C/1999 K9 (SOHO)
Comet 1999 K9 (SOHO) was detected by A. Vourlidas in images made by the SOHO coronagraphs in May 1999 (ref: MPEC 1999-M08).
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C/1999 K1 (SOHO)
On May 20, 1999 comet 1999 K1 (SOHO) by Doug Biesecker wasdetected on the images of onboard SOHO coronographs. The sungrazer was unusually bright (at 7m) and was expected to reach -4.5m (!) at the next perihelion ofits orbit but... totally faded before (ref.: MPEC 1999-K14).
02:11:1999
C/1999 G2 (SOHO)
On April 13, 1999 comet 1999 G2 (SOHO) is discovered. This object is a typical sungrazer - its perihelion distance is less than 0.005 AU! It is really worth to be added to your collection of RedShift's new objects (ref.: MPEC 1999-G25).
02:11:1999
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