Comets Named in 2008

Comet Designation	Comet Name	Discovery Observation	Discovery Announced	IAUC	Date of Naming	IAUC - MPEC	Notes
C/2007 Y2	C/McNaught	Dec 31 '07	Jan 2	8908	Jan 2	8908
C/2007 S5	C/SOHO	Sep 26 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Matson
C/2007 S6	C/SOHO	Sep 28 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Su
C/2007 S7	C/SOHO	Sep 28 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Su
C/2007 S8	C/SOHO	Sep 29 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Su
C/2007 S9	C/SOHO	Sep 29 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Su
C/2007 S10	C/SOHO	Sep 30 '07	Jan 10	A40	Jan 10	A40	Disc by Zhou
C/2007 T7	C/SOHO	Oct 4 '07	Jan 10	A41	Jan 10	A41	Disc by Matson
C/2007 T8	C/SOHO	Oct 10 '07	Jan 10	A41	Jan 10	A41	Disc by Matson
C/2007 T9	C/SOHO	Oct 10 '07	Jan 10	A41	Jan 10	A41	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 A1	C/McNaught	Jan 10	Jan 11	8909	Jan 11	8909
C/2007 T10	C/SOHO	Oct 11 '07	Jan 11	A50	Jan 11	A50	Disc by Su
C/2007 T11	C/SOHO	Oct 13 '07	Jan 11	A50	Jan 11	A50	Disc by Su
C/2007 T12	C/SOHO	Oct 13 '07	Jan 11	A50	Jan 11	A50	Disc by Kubczak
C/2007 T13	C/SOHO	Oct 15 '07	Jan 11	A50	Jan 11	A50	Disc by Su
C/2007 T14	C/SOHO	Oct 15 '07	Jan 11	A50	Jan 11	A50	Disc by Su
C/2007 U3	C/SOHO	Oct 24 '07	Jan 11	A51	Jan 11	A51	Disc by Su
C/2007 U4	C/SOHO	Oct 24 '07	Jan 11	A51	Jan 11	A51	Disc by Su
C/2007 U5	C/SOHO	Oct 24 '07	Jan 11	A51	Jan 11	A51	Disc by Uchina
C/2007 U6	C/SOHO	Oct 24 '07	Jan 11	A51	Jan 11	A51	Disc by Kubczak
C/2007 S11	C/SOHO	Sep 28 '07	Jan 14	A71	Jan 14	A71	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 U7	C/SOHO	Oct 27 '07	Jan 14	A71	Jan 14	A71	Disc by Su
C/2007 U8	C/SOHO	Oct 27 '07	Jan 14	A71	Jan 14	A71	Disc by Su
C/2007 U9	C/SOHO	Oct 28 '07	Jan 14	A71	Jan 14	A71	Disc by Su
C/2007 U10	C/SOHO	Oct 28 '07	Jan 14	A72	Jan 14	A72	Disc by Su
C/2007 U11	C/SOHO	Oct 29 '07	Jan 14	A72	Jan 14	A72	Disc by Su
C/2007 U12	C/SOHO	Oct 30 '07	Jan 14	A72	Jan 14	A72	Disc by Hoffman
C/2007 U13	C/SOHO	Oct 30 '07	Jan 14	A72	Jan 14	A72	Disc by Uchina
C/2007 V3	C/SOHO	Nov 1 '07	Jan 15	A75	Jan 15	A75	Disc by Matson
C/2007 V4	C/SOHO	Nov 2 '07	Jan 15	A75	Jan 15	A75	Disc by Kubczak
C/2007 V5	C/SOHO	Nov 3 '07	Jan 15	A75	Jan 15	A75	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 V6	C/SOHO	Nov 4 '07	Jan 15	A75	Jan 15	A75	Disc by Su
C/2007 V7	C/SOHO	Nov 5 '07	Jan 15	A76	Jan 15	A76	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 V8	C/SOHO	Nov 6 '07	Jan 15	A76	Jan 15	A76	Disc by Su
C/2007 V9	C/SOHO	Nov 6 '07	Jan 15	A76	Jan 15	A76	Disc by Matson
C/2007 V10	C/SOHO	Nov 9 '07	Jan 15	A76	Jan 15	A76	Disc by Jin
C/2007 V11	C/SOHO	Nov 10 '07	Jan 16	B9	Jan 16	B9	Disc by Su
C/2007 V12	C/SOHO	Nov 11 '07	Jan 16	B9	Jan 16	B9	Disc by Yuan
C/2007 V13	C/SOHO	Nov 13 '07	Jan 16	B9	Jan 16	B9	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 V14	C/SOHO	Nov 14 '07	Jan 16	B9	Jan 16	B9	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 W4	C/SOHO	Nov 19 '07	Jan 16	B10	Jan 16	B10	Disc by Mazzucato
C/2007 W5	C/SOHO	Nov 19 '07	Jan 16	B10	Jan 16	B10	Disc by Su
C/2007 W6	C/SOHO	Nov 22 '07	Jan 16	B10	Jan 16	B10	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 W7	C/SOHO	Nov 23 '07	Jan 16	B10	Jan 16	B10	Disc by Zhou
C/2007 W8	C/SOHO	Nov 23 '07	Jan 16	B10	Jan 16	B10	Disc by Su
C/2007 VO₅₃	C/Spacewatch	Nov 1 '07	Jan 18	8911	Jan 18	8911	Asteroidal. Coma disc by Read from NEOCP.
P/2008 A2	P/LINEAR	Jan 13	Jan 19	8912	Jan 19	8912	Asteroidal. Coma disc by Young from NEOCP.
C/2007 W9	C/SOHO	Nov 23 '07	Jan 22	B35	Jan 22	B35	Disc by Hoffman
C/2007 W10	C/SOHO	Nov 24 '07	Jan 22	B35	Jan 22	B35	Disc by Kusiak
C/2007 W11	C/SOHO	Nov 29 '07	Jan 22	B35	Jan 22	B35	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 W12	C/SOHO	Nov 30 '07	Jan 22	B35	Jan 22	B35	Disc by Su
C/2007 X1	C/SOHO	Dec 3 '07	Jan 23	B36	Jan 23	B36	Disc by Uchina
C/2007 X2	C/SOHO	Dec 4 '07	Jan 23	B36	Jan 23	B36	Disc by Su
C/2007 X3	C/SOHO	Dec 4 '07	Jan 23	B36	Jan 23	B36	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 X4	C/SOHO	Dec 5 '07	Jan 23	B36	Jan 23	B36	Disc by Su
C/2007 X5	C/SOHO	Dec 7 '07	Jan 23	B36	Jan 23	B36	Disc by Su
C/2007 X6	C/SOHO	Dec 10 '07	Jan 24	B45	Jan 24	B45	Disc by Kusiak
C/2007 X7	C/SOHO	Dec 10 '07	Jan 24	B45	Jan 24	B45	Disc by Su
C/2007 X8	C/SOHO	Dec 10 '07	Jan 24	B45	Jan 24	B45	Disc by Hoffman
C/2007 X9	C/SOHO	Dec 12 '07	Jan 24	B45	Jan 24	B45	Disc by Matson
C/2007 X10	C/SOHO	Dec 12 '07	Jan 24	B46	Jan 24	B46	Disc by Hoffman
C/2007 X11	C/SOHO	Dec 12 '07	Jan 24	B46	Jan 24	B46	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 X12	C/SOHO	Dec 13 '07	Jan 24	B46	Jan 24	B46	Disc by Matson
C/2007 X13	C/SOHO	Dec 14 '07	Jan 24	B46	Jan 24	B46	Disc by Collison
C/2007 X14	C/SOHO	Dec 14 '07	Jan 25	B48	Jan 25	B48	Disc by Hoffman
C/2007 X15	C/SOHO	Dec 15 '07	Jan 25	B48	Jan 25	B48	Disc by Su
C/2007 Y3	C/SOHO	Dec 21 '07	Jan 25	B49	Jan 25	B49	Disc by Yuan
C/2007 Y4	C/SOHO	Dec 21 '07	Jan 25	B49	Jan 25	B49	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 Y5	C/SOHO	Dec 22 '07	Jan 25	B49	Jan 25	B49	Disc by Kubczak
C/2007 Y6	C/SOHO	Dec 26 '07	Jan 25	B49	Jan 25	B49	Disc by Yuan
C/2007 Y7	C/SOHO	Dec 26 '07	Jan 25	B49	Jan 25	B49	Disc by Su
C/2007 Y8	C/SOHO	Dec 28 '07	Jan 29	B61	Jan 29	B61	Disc by Kracht
C/2007 Y9	C/SOHO	Dec 28 '07	Jan 29	B61	Jan 29	B61	Disc by Matson
C/2007 Y10	C/SOHO	Dec 28 '07	Jan 30	B61	Jan 29	B61	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 A3	C/SOHO	Jan 15	Jan 29	B61	Jan 29	B61	Disc by Kracht
P/2007 VQ₁₁	P/Catalina	Nov 3 '07	Feb 1	8914	Feb 1	8914	Asteroidal; Coma disc by Boattini
C/2008 C1	C/Chen-Gao	Jan 30	Feb 3	8915	Feb 3	8915
C/2008 E1	C/Catalina	Mar 2	Mar 4	8923	Mar 4	8923	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP
C/2008 D1	C/STEREO	Feb 16	Mar 6	E58	Mar 6	E58	Disc by Watson
C/2008 D2	C/STEREO	Feb 19	Mar 6	E58	Mar 6	E58	Disc by Watson
C/2008 D3	C/STEREO	Feb 20	Mar 6	E58	Mar 6	E58	Disc by Watson
C/2008 D4	C/STEREO	Feb 20	Mar 6	E58	Mar 6	E58	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 E3	C/Garradd	Mar 5	Mar 8	8927	Mar 8	8927
C/2008 E4	C/SOHO	Mar 3	Mar 25	F32	Mar 25	F32	Disc by Su
C/2008 F1	C/SOHO	Mar 19	Mar 25	F32	Mar 25	F32	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 G1	C/Gibbs	Apr 7	Apr 9	8932	Apr 9	8932
C/2008 B1	C/SOHO	Jan 26	Apr 9	G59	Apr 9	G59	Disc by Su
C/2008 B2	C/SOHO	Jan 27	Apr 9	G59	Apr 9	G59	Disc by Kubczak
C/2008 B3	C/SOHO	Jan 28	Apr 9	G59	Apr 9	G59	Disc by Su
C/2008 B4	C/SOHO	Jan 29	Apr 9	G59	Apr 9	G59	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 C3	C/SOHO	Feb 3	Apr 9	G60	Apr 9	G60	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 C4	C/SOHO	Feb 3	Apr 9	G60	Apr 9	G60	Disc by Su
C/2008 C5	C/SOHO	Feb 5	Apr 9	G60	Apr 9	G60	Disc by Kubczak
C/2008 H1	C/LINEAR	Apr 18	Apr 23	8938	Apr 9	8938	Asteroidal; Coma disc by Reina from NEOCP
C/2008 J1	C/Boattini	May 2	May 3	8940	May 3	8940
P/2008 J2	P/Beshore	May 6	May 7	8941	May 7	8941
C/2008 J3	C/McNaught	May 10	May 12	8942	May 12	8942
C/2008 J4	C/McNaught	May 10	May 13	8943	May 13	8943
C/2008 J5	C/Garradd	May 13	May 15	8944	May 15	8944
C/2008 J6	C/Hill	May 14	May 15	8945	May 15	8945
C/2008 E5	C/STEREO	Mar 5	May 23	K29	May 23	K29	Disc by Watson
C/2008 E6	C/STEREO	Mar 15	May 23	K29	May 23	K29	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 C6	C/SOHO	Feb 7	Jun 4	L18	Jun 4	L18	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 C7	C/SOHO	Feb 9	Jun 4	L18	Jun 4	L18	disc by Su
C/2008 C8	C/SOHO	Feb 14	Jun 4	L18	Jun 4	L18	Disc by Sachs
C/2008 C9	C/SOHO	Feb 15	Jun 4	L18	Jun 4	L18	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 D5	C/SOHO	Feb 19	Jun 4	L19	Jun 4	L19	Disc by Su
C/2008 D6	C/SOHO	Feb 19	Jun 4	L19	Jun 4	L19	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 D7	C/SOHO	Feb 25	Jun 4	L19	Jun 4	L19	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 D8	C/SOHO	Feb 24	Jun 5	L26	Jun 5	L26	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 D9	C/SOHO	Feb 29	Jun 5	L26	Jun 5	L26	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 E7	C/SOHO	Mar 4	Jun 5	L26	Jun 5	L26	Disc by Su
C/2008 E8	C/SOHO	Mar 7	Jun 5	L27	Jun 5	L27	Disc by Su
C/2008 E9	C/SOHO	Mar 12	Jun 5	L27	Jun 5	L27	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 G3	C/SOHO	Apr 1	Jun 5	L27	Jun 5	L27	Disc by Su
C/2008 G4	C/SOHO	Apr 9	Jun 5	L27	Jun 5	L27	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 G5	C/SOHO	Apr 10	Jun 6	L29	Jun 6	L29	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 G6	C/SOHO	Apr 13	Jun 6	L29	Jun 6	L29	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 H2	C/SOHO	Apr 16	Jun 6	L29	Jun 6	L29	Disc by Su
C/2008 H3	C/SOHO	Apr 16	Jun 6	L29	Jun 6	L29	Disc by Matson
C/2008 H4	C/SOHO	Apr 18	Jun 11	L47	Jun 11	L47	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 H5	C/SOHO	Apr 25	Jun 11	L47	Jun 11	L47	Disc by Su
C/2008 H6	C/SOHO	Apr 27	Jun 11	L47	Jun 11	L47	Disc by Banach
C/2008 H7	C/SOHO	Apr 29	Jun 11	L47	Jun 11	L47	Disc by Meyer
C/2008 H8	C/SOHO	Apr 30	Jun 11	L47	Jun 11	L47	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 J7	C/SOHO	May 1	Jun 11	L48	Jun 11	L48	Disc by Su
C/2008 J8	C/SOHO	May 5	Jun 11	L48	Jun 11	L48	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 J9	C/SOHO	May 5	Jun 11	L48	Jun 11	L48	Disc by Kusiak
P/2008 L2	C/Hill	Jun 12	Jun 14	8953	Jun 14	8953
C/2008 L3	C/Hill	Jun 13	Jun 14	8954	Jun 14	8954
C/2008 H9	C/SOHO	Apr 22	Jun 17	M10	Jun 17	M10	Disc by Su
C/2008 J10	C/SOHO	May 6	Jun 17	M10	Jun 17	M10	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 J11	C/SOHO	May 7	Jun 17	M10	Jun 17	M10	Disc by Pappa
C/2008 J12	C/SOHO	May 7	Jun 17	M10	Jun 17	M10	Disc by Yuan
C/2008 J13	C/SOHO	May 12	Jun 17	M11	Jun 17	M11	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 J14	C/SOHO	May 13	Jun 17	M11	Jun 17	M11	Disc by Matson
C/2008 J15	C/SOHO	May 13	Jun 17	M11	Jun 17	M11	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 J16	C/SOHO	May 14	Jun 17	M11	Jun 17	M11	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 K1	C/SOHO	May 17	Jun 18	M13	Jun 18	M13	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 K2	C/SOHO	May 17	Jun 18	M13	Jun 18	M13	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 K3	C/SOHO	May 17	Jun 18	M13	Jun 18	M13	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 K4	C/SOHO	May 23	Jun 18	M13	Jun 18	M13	Disc by Matson
C/2008 K5	C/SOHO	May 23	Jun 18	M13	Jun 18	M13	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 FK₇₅	C/Lemon-Siding Spring	Mar 31	Jul 7	8958	Jul 7	8958	Asteroidal; Coma disc by Young from NEOCP.
C/2008 N1	C/Holmes	Jul 1	Jul 7	8959	Jul 7	8959	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP.
C/2008 K6	C/SOHO	May 26	Jul 22	O15	Jul 22	O15	Disc by Su
C/2008 K7	C/SOHO	May 26	Jul 22	O15	Jul 22	O15	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 K8	C/SOHO	May 28	Jul 22	O15	Jul 22	O15	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 K9	C/SOHO	May 29	Jul 22	O15	Jul 22	O15	Disc by Pappa
C/2008 K10	C/SOHO	May 31	Jul 22	O16	Jul 22	O16	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 K11	C/SOHO	May 31	Jul 22	O16	Jul 22	O16	Disc by Sun
C/2008 L4	C/SOHO	Jun 2	Jul 22	016	Jul 22	O16	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 L5	C/SOHO	Jun 7	Jul 22	O16	Jul 22	O16	Disc by Su
C/2008 L6	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 23	O23	Jul 23	O23	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 L7	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 23	O23	Jul 23	O23	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 L8	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 23	O23	Jul 23	O23	Disc by Mazzucato
C/2008 L9	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 23	O23	Jul 23	O23	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 L10	C/SOHO	Jun 11	Jul 23	O24	Jul 23	O24	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 L11	C/SOHO	Jun 12	Jul 23	O24	Jul 23	O24	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 L12	C/SOHO	Jun 13	Jul 23	O24	Jul 23	O24	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 L13	C/SOHO	Jun 13	Jul 23	O24	Jul 23	O24	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 L14	C/SOHO	Jun 15	Jul 25	O27	Jul 25	O27	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 L15	C/SOHO	Jun 15	Jul 25	O27	Jul 25	O27	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 M1	C/SOHO	Jun 21	Jul 25	O27	Jul 25	O27	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 M2	C/SOHO	Jun 22	Jul 25	O27	Jul 25	O27	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 M3	C/SOHO	Jun 23	Jul 25	O27	Jul 25	O27	Disc by Su
C/2008 O1	C/SOHO	Jul 31	Jul 31	O67	Jul 31	O67	Disc by Su
C/2008 O2	C/McNaught	Jul 28	Aug 4	8963	Aug 4	8963
C/2008 O3	C/Boattini	Jul 29	Aug 4	8964	Aug 4	8964
C/2008 M4	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 7	P33	Aug 7	P33	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 M5	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 7	P33	Aug 7	P33	Disc by Matson
C/2008 M6	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 7	P33	Aug 7	P33	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 M7	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 7	P33	Aug 7	P33	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 N2	C/SOHO	Jul 2	Aug 13	P60	Aug 13	P60	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 N3	C/SOHO	Jul 3	Aug 13	P60	Aug 13	P60	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 N5	C/SOHO	Jul 4	Aug 13	P60	Aug 13	P60	Disc by Kubczak
C/2008 P1	C/Garradd	Aug 13	Aug 15	8965	Aug 15	8965
C/2008 Q1	C/Maticic	Aug 18	Aug 21	8966	Aug 21	8966
P/2008 Q2	P/Ory	Aug 27	Aug 28	Q51	Aug 27	Q51
C/2008 Q3	C/Garradd	Aug 27	Aug 28	Q52	Aug 28	Q52
P/2008 QP20	P/LINEAR-Hill	Sep 25	Sep 27	S74	Sep 27	S74
C/2008 R1	C/Garradd	Sep 2	Sep 4	8969	Sep 4	8969
C/2008 R3	C/LINEAR	Sep 7	Sep 8	R51	Sep 8	R51	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP
C/2008 N6	C/SOHO	Jul 5	Sep 26	S67	Sep 26	S67	Disc by Su
C/2008 N7	C/SOHO	Jul 6	Sep 26	S67	Sep 26	S67	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 O4	C/SOHO	Jul 25	Sep 26	S67	Sep 26	S67	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 R7	C/SOHO	Sep 6	Sep 26	S67	Sep 26	S67	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 N8	C/SOHO	Jul 7	Sep 26	S68	Sep 26	S68	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 N9	C/SOHO	Jul 8	Sep 26	S68	Sep 26	S68	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 N10	C/SOHO	Jul 10	Sep 26	S68	Sep 26	S68	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 N11	C/SOHO	Jul 12	Sep 26	S68	Sep 26	S68	Disc by Su
C/2008 O5	C/SOHO	Jul 17	Sep 26	S68	Sep 26	S68	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 S3	C/Boattini	Sep 29	Sep 30	S96	Sep 30	S96
C/2008 O6	C/SOHO	Jul 17	Oct 1	T10	Oct 1	T10	Disc by Su
C/2008 O7	C/SOHO	Jul 18	Oct 1	T10	Oct 1	T10	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 P2	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Oct 1	T11	Oct 1	T11	Disc by Su
C/2008 P3	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Oct 1	T11	Oct 1	T11	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 P4	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Oct 1	T11	Oct 1	T11	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 P5	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Oct 1	T11	Oct 1	T11	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 P6	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Oct 1	T11	Oct 1	T11	Disc by Zhou
P/2008 T1	P/Boattini	Sep 2	Oct 2	T30	Oct 2	T30
C/2008 T2	C/Cardinal	Oct 1	Oct 8	T88	Oct 8	T88
P/2008 T4	P/Hill	Sep 28	Oct 8	T90	Oct 8	T90
C/2008 Q5	C/SOHO	Aug 26	Dec 2	X24	Dec 2	X24	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 R8	C/SOHO	Sep 3	Dec 2	X24	Dec 2	X24	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 R9	C/SOHO	Sep 4	Dec 2	X24	Dec 2	X24	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 R10	C/SOHO	Sep 7	Dec 2	X24	Dec 2	X24	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 R11	C/SOHO	Sep 7	Dec 2	X25	Dec 2	X25	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 R12	C/SOHO	Sep 11	Dec 2	X25	Dec 2	X25	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 R13	C/SOHO	Sep 14	Dec 2	X25	Dec 2	X25	Disc by Su
C/2008 S4	C/SOHO	Sep 17	Dec 2	X25	Dec 2	X25	Disc by Matson
C/2008 X3	C/LINEAR	Dec 4	Dec 5	9003	Dec 5	9003	Asteroidal; Coma disc read by mult obs by NEOCP
C/2008 S5	C/SOHO	Sep 19	Dec 18	Y04	Dec 18	Y04	Disc by Matson
C/2008 S6	C/SOHO	Sep 28	Dec 18	Y04	Dec 18	Y04	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 S7	C/SOHO	Sep 29	Dec 18	Y04	Dec 18	Y04	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 S8	C/SOHO	Sep 30	Dec 18	Y04	Dec 18	Y04	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 X5	C/SOHO	Dec 7	Dec 18	Y06	Dec 18	Y06	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 Y1	C/Boattini	Dec 22	Dec 25	9007	Dec 25	9007

Announcements of newly discovered comets usually appear first on IAU Circulars and the number of the circular is given in the column headed "IAUC". Announcements of new names can appear either on IAU Circulars or on Minor Planet Electronic Circulars and the reference is given in the column headed "IAUC - MPEC". Simple numbers refer to IAU Circulars while numbers preceded by a single letter refer to MPECs, implicitly preceded by the current year. Occasionally an MPEC appears announcing a comet shortly before the IAU Circular but since this is mostly a matter of varying electronic transmission times, we have listed the IAU Circular when one was issued on the same day. The date of naming is implicitly in the current year. The Notes column usually gives the name of the individual(s) who discovered the cometary activity, whether independently or because of requests based on the orbit (which are often posted on the NEO Confirmation Page of the Minor Planet Center). This column is also used to indicate unusual characteristics (Centaur, possible short-period orbit, etc.)

Created by: Mike A'Hearn; Last Updated: Tuesday, 14-Jun-2011 16:45:05 EDT