Comets Named in 2009

Comet Designation	Comet Name	Discovery Observation	Discovery Announced	IAUC	Date of Naming	IAUC - MPEC	Notes
C/2008 Y2	C/Gibbs	Dec 1	Jan 1	A03	Jan 1	A03
P/2008 Y3	P/McNaught	Dec 31	Jan 1	A04	Jan 1	A04
C/2008 T6	C/SOHO	Oct 2	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 T7	C/SOHO	Oct 3	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 T8	C/SOHO	Oct 5	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 T9	C/SOHO	Oct 5	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 T10	C/SOHO	Oct 11	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 T11	C/SOHO	Oct 13	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Su
C/2008 T12	C/SOHO	Oct 14	Jan 11	A59	Jan 11	A59	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 W1	C/STEREO	Nov 18	Jan 17	B10	Jan 17	B10	Disc by Watson
C/2009 A1	C/STEREO	Jan 10	Jan 17	B10	Jan 17	B10	Disc by Watson
C/2009 B1	C/Boattini	Jan 21	Jan 22	B46	Jan 22	B46
C/2008 U2	C/SOHO	Oct 16	Jan 28	B66	Jan 28	B66	Disc by Banach
C/2008 U3	C/SOHO	Oct 16	Jan 28	B66	Jan 28	B66	Disc by Matson
C/2008 U4	C/SOHO	Oct 16	Jan 28	B66	Jan 28	B66	Disc by Matson
C/2008 U5	C/SOHO	Oct 18	Jan 28	B66	Jan 28	B66	Disc by Matson
C/2008 U6	C/SOHO	Oct 18	Jan 28	B67	Jan 28	B67	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 U7	C/SOHO	Oct 20	Jan 28	B67	Jan 28	B67	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 U8	C/SOHO	Oct 20	Jan 28	B67	Jan 28	B67	Disc by Hoffman
C/2008 U9	C/SOHO	Oct 21	Jan 28	B67	Jan 28	B67	Disc by Su
C/2008 U10	C/SOHO	Oct 24	Jan 29	B70	Jan 29	B70	Disc by Xu
C/2008 U11	C/SOHO	Oct 24	Jan 29	B70	Jan 29	B70	Disc by Su
C/2008 U12	C/SOHO	Oct 26	Jan 29	B70	Jan 29	B70	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 U13	C/SOHO	Oct 26	Jan 29	B71	Jan 29	B71	Disc by Matson
C/2008 U14	C/SOHO	Oct 27	Jan 29	B71	Jan 29	B71	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 U15	C/SOHO	Oct 28	Jan 29	B71	Jan 29	B71	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 U16	C/SOHO	Oct 31	Jan 29	B71	Jan 29	B71	Disc by Matson
P/2008 WZ₉₆	P/LINEAR	Jan 14	Jan 29	B73	Jan 29	B73	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP.
C/2009 B2	C/LINEAR	Jan 29	Jan 31	B91	Jan 31	B91	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP.
C/2008 V1	C/SOHO	Nov 2	Feb 4	C46	Feb 4	C46	Disc by Matson
C/2008 V2	C/SOHO	Nov 4	Feb 4	C46	Feb 4	C46	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 V3	C/SOHO	Nov 6	Feb 4	C46	Feb 4	C46	Disc by Matson
C/2008 V4	C/SOHO	Nov 7	Feb 4	C46	Feb 4	C46	Disc by Matson
C/2008 V5	C/SOHO	Nov 8	Feb 4	C47	Feb 4	C47	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 V6	C/SOHO	Nov 11	Feb 4	C47	Feb 4	C47	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 W2	C/SOHO	Nov 16	Feb 4	C47	Feb 4	C47	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 W3	C/SOHO	Nov 23	Feb 4	C47	Feb 4	C47	Disc by Kubczak
C/2008 W4	C/SOHO	Nov 23	Feb 5	C56	Feb 5	C56	Disc by Su
C/2008 W5	C/SOHO	Nov 23	Feb 5	C56	Feb 5	C56	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 W6	C/SOHO	Nov 24	Feb 5	C56	Feb 5	C56	Disc by Jin
C/2008 W7	C/SOHO	Nov 24	Feb 5	C56	Feb 5	C56	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 W8	C/SOHO	Nov 26	Feb 5	C57	Feb 5	C57	Disc by Banach
C/2008 W9	C/SOHO	Nov 27	Feb 5	C57	Feb 5	C57	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 W10	C/SOHO	Nov 28	Feb 5	C57	Feb 5	C57	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 W11	C/SOHO	Nov 29	Feb 5	C57	Feb 5	C57	Disc by Banach
C/2008 W12	C/SOHO	Nov 29	Mar 12	E60	Mar 12	E60	Disc by Matson
C/2008 X7	C/SOHO	Dec 1	Mar 12	E60	Mar 12	E60	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 X8	C/SOHO	Dec 2	Mar 12	E60	Mar 12	E60	Disc by Mazzucato
C/2008 X9	C/SOHO	Dec 3	Mar 12	E60	Mar 12	E60	Disc by Banach
C/2008 X10	C/SOHO	Dec 3	Mar 12	E61	Mar 12	E61	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 X11	C/SOHO	Dec 5	Mar 12	E61	Mar 12	E61	Disc by Yuan
C/2008 X12	C/SOHO	Dec 8	Mar 12	E61	Mar 12	E61	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 X13	C/SOHO	Dec 10	Mar 12	E61	Mar 12	E61	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 X14	C/SOHO	Dec 13	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Xu
C/2008 Y4	C/SOHO	Dec 19	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Zhou
C/2008 Y5	C/SOHO	Dec 19	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Jin
C/2008 Y6	C/SOHO	Dec 21	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 Y7	C/SOHO	Dec 21	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Uchina
C/2008 Y8	C/SOHO	Dec 21	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Kusiak
C/2008 Y9	C/SOHO	Dec 21	Mar 13	E63	Mar 13	E63	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 E1	C/Itagaki	Mar 14	Mar 15	E68	Mar 15	E68
C/2008 Y10	C/SOHO	Dec 21	Mar 17	F17	Mar 17	F17	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 Y12	C/SOHO	Dec 22	Mar 17	F17	Mar 17	F17	Disc by Kracht
C/2008 Y13	C/SOHO	Dec 27	Mar 17	F18	Mar 17	F18	Disc by Kubczak
C/2008 Y14	C/SOHO	Dec 27	Mar 17	F18	Mar 17	F18	Disc by Ruan
C/2008 Y15	C/SOHO	Dec 29	Mar 17	F18	Mar 17	F18	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 A2	C/SOHO	Dec 31	Mar 17	F18	Mar 17	F18	Disc by Su
P/2008 CL94	P/Lemmon	Feb 20	Mar 18	F28	Mar 18	F28
C/2009 A3	C/SOHO	Jan 1	Mar 18	F30	Mar 18	F30	Disc by Su
C/2009 A4	C/SOHO	Jan 1	Mar 18	F30	Mar 18	F30	Disc by Su
C/2009 A5	C/SOHO	Jan 1	Mar 18	F30	Mar 18	F30	Disc by Su
C/2008 E10	C/SOHO	Mar 7	Mar 18	F31	Mar 18	F31	Disc by Watson
C/2008 Y16	C/SOHO	Dec 31	Mar 18	F31	Mar 18	F31	Disc by Watson
C/2008 Y17	C/SOHO	Dec 31	Mar 18	F31	Mar 18	F31	Disc by Battams
C/2009 A6	C/SOHO	Jan 2	Mar 18	F31	Mar 18	F31	Disc by Watson
C/2009 F1	C/Larson	Mar 16	Mar 18	9029	Mar 18	9029
C/2009 F2	C/McNaught	Mar 19	Mar 20	9030	Mar 20	9030
P/2009 F3	P/LINEAR	Mar 17	Mar 20	9031	Mar 20	9031	Recovery of P/2001 MD7
C/2009 F4	C/McNaught	Mar 20	Mar 21	9032	Mar 21	9032
C/2009 F5	C/McNaught	Mar 20	Mar 22	9033	Mar 22	9033
C/2009 G1	C/STEREO	Apr 3	Apr 9	9036	Apr 9	9036	Disc by ?
C/2009 F6	C/Yi-Swan	Mar 25	Apr 9	G31	Apr 9	G31
C/2009 K1	C/Gibbs	Apr 24	May 18	9044	May 18	9044
C/2009 K2	C/Catalina	May 18	May 19	9045	May 18	9045	Asteroidal; Coma disc by mult obs from NEOCP
C/2009 K3	C/Beshore	May 26	May 28	9047	May 28	9047
C/2009 K4	C/Gibbs	May 27	May 28	9048	May 28	9048
C/2009 K5	C/McNaught	May 27	May 29	9050	May 29	9050
P/2009 L2	P/Yang-Gao	Jun 15	Jun 16	9052	Jun 16	9052
C/2009 B6	C/STEREO	Jan 19	Jun 25	M37	Jun 25	M37	Disc by Matson
C/2009 B7	C/STEREO	Jan 29	Jun 25	M37	Jun 25	M37	Disc by Matson
C/2009 C1	C/STEREO	Feb 10	Jun 25	M37	Jun 25	M37	Disc by Kracht
C/2009 C2	C/STEREO	Feb 11	Jun 25	M37	Jun 25	M37	Disc by Battams
C/2008 Y18	C/SOHO	Dec 25	Jun 27	M41	Jun 27	M41	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 A7	C/SOHO	Jan 4	Jun 27	M41	Jun 27	M41	Disc by Kubczak
C/2009 B8	C/SOHO	Jan 20	Jun 27	M41	Jun 27	M41	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 B9	C/SOHO	Jan 4	Jun 27	M41	Jun 27	M41	Disc by Xu
C/2009 B10	C/SOHO	Jan 29	Jun 27	M42	Jun 27	M42	Disc by Xu
C/2009 B11	C/SOHO	Jan 30	Jun 27	M42	Jun 27	M42	Disc by Hoffman
C/2009 C3	C/SOHO	Feb 4	Jun 27	M42	Jun 27	M42	Disc by Matson
C/2009 C4	C/SOHO	Feb 7	Jun 30	M54	Jun 30	M54	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 C5	C/SOHO	Feb 11	Jun 30	M54	Jun 30	M54	Disc by Kaluzny
C/2009 D2	C/SOHO	Feb 19	Jun 30	M54	Jun 30	M54	Disc by Ruan
C/2009 D3	C/SOHO	Feb 19	Jun 30	M54	Jun 30	M54	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 D4	C/SOHO	Feb 21	Jun 30	M55	Jun 30	M55	Disc by Hoffman
C/2009 D5	C/SOHO	Feb 23	Jun 30	M55	Jun 30	M55	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 D6	C/SOHO	Feb 24	Jun 30	M55	Jun 30	M55	Disc by Kracht
C/2009 D7	C/SOHO	Feb 26	Jul 1	N01	Jul 1	N01	Disc by Uchina
C/2009 D8	C/SOHO	Feb 26	Jul 1	N01	Jul 1	N01	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 E2	C/SOHO	Mar 1	Jul 1	N01	Jul 1	N01	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 E3	C/SOHO	Mar 7	Jul 1	N01	Jul 1	N01	Disc by E. Banach
C/2009 E4	C/SOHO	Mar 10	Jul 1	N01	Jul 1	N01	Disc by W. Xu
C/2009 E5	C/SOHO	Mar 10	Jul 9	N29	Jul 9	N29	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 F8	C/SOHO	Mar 16	Jul 9	N29	Jul 9	N29	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 F9	C/SOHO	Mar 28	Jul 9	N29	Jul 9	N29	Disc by H. Su
C/2009 F10	C/SOHO	Mar 30	Jul 9	N29	Jul 9	N29	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 G2	C/SOHO	Apr 2	Jul 9	N30	Jul 9	N30	Disc by H. Su
C/2009 G3	C/SOHO	Apr 2	Jul 9	N30	Jul 9	N30	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 G4	C/SOHO	Apr 4	Jul 9	N30	Jul 9	N30	Disc by A. Kubczak
C/2009 G5	C/SOHO	Apr 6	Jul 9	N30	Jul 9	N30	Disc by H. Su
C/2009 G6	C/SOHO	Apr 10	Jul 9	N30	Jul 9	N30	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 G7	C/SOHO	Apr 13	Jul 10	N33	Jul 10	N33	Disc by A. Kubczak
C/2009 G8	C/SOHO	Apr 13	Jul 10	N33	Jul 10	N33	Disc by B. Zhou
P/2009 H1	P/LINEAR	Apr 17	Apr 18	9039	Apr 18	9039	Recovery of P/2002 LZ11
C/2009 H3	C/SOHO	Apr 18	Jul 10	N33	Jul 10	N33	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 H4	C/SOHO	Apr 19	Jul 10	N33	Jul 10	N33	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 H5	C/SOHO	Apr 22	Jul 10	N34	Jul 10	N34	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 H6	C/SOHO	Apr 23	Jul 10	N34	Jul 10	N34	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 H7	C/SOHO	Apr 24	Jul 10	N34	Jul 10	N34	Disc by R. Kracht
C/2009 H8	C/SOHO	Apr 24	Jul 10	N34	Jul 10	N34	Disc by R. Matson
C/2009 J1	C/SOHO	May 3	Jul 14	N46	Jul 14	N46	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 J2	C/SOHO	May 3	Jul 14	N46	Jul 14	N46	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 J3	C/SOHO	May 3	Jul 14	N46	Jul 14	N46	Disc by T. Hoffman
C/2009 J4	C/SOHO	May 5	Jul 14	N46	Jul 14	N46	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 J5	C/SOHO	May 6	Jul 14	N46	Jul 14	N46	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 J6	C/SOHO	May 6	Jul 14	N47	Jul 14	N47	Disc by R. Kracht
C/2009 J7	C/SOHO	May 6	Jul 14	N47	Jul 14	N47	Disc by M. Kaluzny
C/2009 J8	C/SOHO	May 8	Jul 14	N47	Jul 14	N47	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 J9	C/SOHO	May 9	Jul 14	N47	Jul 14	N47	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 J10	C/SOHO	May 11	Jul 15	N49	Jul 15	N49	Disc by R. Kracht
C/2009 J11	C/SOHO	May 13	Jul 15	N49	Jul 15	N49	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 J12	C/SOHO	May 15	Jul 15	N49	Jul 15	N49	Disc by R. Kracht
C/2009 K6	C/SOHO	May 17	Jul 15	N49	Jul 15	N49	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 K7	C/SOHO	May 20	Jul 15	N50	Jul 15	N50	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 K8	C/SOHO	May 24	Jul 15	N50	Jul 15	N50	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 K9	C/SOHO	May 26	Jul 15	N50	Jul 15	N50	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 K10	C/SOHO	May 27	Jul 15	N50	Jul 15	N50	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 K11	C/SOHO	May 29	Jul 21	O18	Jul 21	O18	Disc by M. Uchina
C/2009 K12	C/SOHO	May 30	Jul 21	O18	Jul 21	O18	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 K13	C/SOHO	May 31	Jul 21	O18	Jul 21	O18	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 K14	C/SOHO	May 31	Jul 21	O18	Jul 21	O18	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 L2	C/SOHO	Jun 3	Jul 21	O19	Jul 21	O19	Disc by ?
C/2009 L3	C/SOHO	Jun 3	Jul 21	O19	Jul 21	O19	Disc by Kracht
C/2009 L4	C/SOHO	Jun 4	Jul 21	O19	Jul 21	O19	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 L5	C/SOHO	Jun 5	Jul 21	O19	Jul 21	O19	Disc by Kracht
C/2009 L7	C/SOHO	Jun 1	Jul 21	O21	Jul 21	O21	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 L8	C/SOHO	Jun 6	Jul 21	O21	Jul 21	O21	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 L9	C/SOHO	Jun 7	Jul 21	O21	Jul 21	O21	Disc by Hoffman
C/2009 L10	C/SOHO	Jun 7	Jul 21	O21	Jul 21	O21	Disc by Sun
C/2009 L11	C/SOHO	Jun 7	Jul 21	O21	Jul 21	O21	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 L12	C/SOHO	Jun 8	Jul 21	O22	Jul 21	O22	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 L13	C/SOHO	Jun 9	Jul 21	O22	Jul 21	O22	Disc by Uchina
C/2009 L14	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 21	O22	Jul 21	O22	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 L15	C/SOHO	Jun 10	Jul 21	O22	Jul 21	O22	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 A8	C/STEREO	Jan 4	Jul 22	O25	Jul 22	O25	Disc by Watson
C/2009 A9	C/STEREO	Jan 10	Jul 22	O25	Jul 22	O25	Disc by Matson
C/2009 A10	C/STEREO	Jan 10	Jul 22	O25	Jul 22	O25	Disc by Watson
C/2009 O1	C/STEREO	Jul 18	Jul 22	O25	Jul 22	O25	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 O2	C/Catalina	Jul 27	Jul 30	9057	Jul 30	9057
C/2009 O3	C/Hill	Jul 29	Jul 30	9058	Jul 30	9058
C/2009 O4	C/Hill	Jul 30	Jul 31	9059	Jul 31	9059
C/2009 O5	C/SOHO	Jul 29	Nov 16	W09	Nov 16	W09	Disc. by B. Zhou
C/2009 L16	C/SOHO	Jun 14	Aug 1	P01	Aug 1	P01	Disc by Matson
C/2009 L17	C/SOHO	Jun 15	Aug 1	P01	Aug 1	P01	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 M1	C/SOHO	Jun 21	Aug 1	P01	Aug 1	P01	Disc by Zhou
C/2009 M2	C/SOHO	Jun 22	Aug 1	P01	Aug 1	P01	Disc by Kusiak
C/2009 M3	C/SOHO	Jun 22	Aug 1	P02	Aug 1	P02	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 M4	C/SOHO	Jun 24	Aug 1	P02	Aug 1	P02	Disc by R. Kracht
C/2009 M5	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 1	P02	Aug 1	P02	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 M6	C/SOHO	Jun 25	Aug 1	P02	Aug 1	P02	Disc by ?
C/2009 M7	C/SOHO	Jun 26	Aug 4	P20	Aug 4	P20	Disc by ?
C/2009 M8	C/SOHO	Jun 30	Aug 4	P20	Aug 4	P20	Disc by ?
C/2009 N1	C/SOHO	Jul 2	Aug 4	P20	Aug 4	P20	Disc by ?
C/2009 N2	C/SOHO	Jul 4	Aug 4	P20	Aug 4	P20	Disc by M. Kusiak
C/2009 N3	C/SOHO	Jul 4	Aug 4	P20	Aug 4	P20	Disc by B. Zhou
C/2009 P1	C/Garradd	Aug 13	Aug 15	P54	Aug 15	P54
C/2009 P2	C/Boattini	Aug 15	Aug 18	9063	Aug 18	9063
C/2009 P3	C/SOHO	Aug 1	Nov 16	W09	Nov 16	W09	Disc. by M. Kusiak
C/2009 P4	C/SOHO	Aug 9	Nov 16	W09	Nov 16	W09	Disc. by B. Zhou
C/2009 P5	C/SOHO	Aug 11	Nov 16	W09	Nov 16	W09	Disc. by B. Zhou
P/2009 Q1	P/Hill	Aug 27	Aug 29	9067	Aug 29	9067
P/2009 Q4	P/Boattini	Aug 26	Aug 31	9069	Aug 31	9069
P/2009 Q5	P/McNaught	Aug 31	Sep 1	9070	Sep 1	9070
C/2009 Q6	C/SOHO	Aug 20	Nov 16	W10	Nov 16	W10	Disc by Z. Xu
C/2009 Q7	C/SOHO	Aug 22	Nov 16	W10	Nov 16	W10	Disc by Z. Xu
C/2009 Q8	C/SOHO	Aug 31	Nov 16	W10	Nov 31	W10	Disc by ?
C/2009 R1	C/McNaught	Jul 20	Sep 10	9071	Sep 10	9071
P/2009 R2	P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski	Sep 10	Sep 11	9072	Sep 11	9072	Recovery of P/2003 A1 = 1783 W1
P/2009 S1	P/Gibbs	Sep 20	Sep 22	9074	Sep 22	9074	Recovery of P/2001 Q10
P/2009 S2	P/McNaught	Sep 20	Sep 24	9075	Sep 24	9075
C/2009 S3	C/Lemmon	Sep 24	Sep 27	9076	Sep 27	9076	Asteroidal; Coma seen by W.H. Ryan, E.V. Ryan
P/2009 S4	P/Catalina-LINEAR	Sep 21	Sep 28	9077	Sep 28	9077	Recovery of comet P/2004 EW38
C/2009 T1	C/McNaught	Oct 9	Oct 11	9080	Oct 11	9080
P/2009 QG31	C/La Sagra	Aug 19	Sep 29	9078	Oct 9	9079	Asteroidal; Coma seen by Tubbiolo and McMillan on Sep 12
P/2009 T2	P/La Sagra	Oct 12	Oct 13	9081	Oct 13	9081	Disc by R. Stoss, Visnjan, and Croatia
C/2009 T3	C/LINEAR	Oct 14	Oct 15	9083	Oct 15	9083	Asteroidal; Coma seen by L. Buzzi on Oct 15
P/2009 SK280	P/Spacewatch-Hill	Oct 15	Oct 16	U02	Oct 16	U02
C/2009 U1	C/Garradd	Oct 17	Oct 18	U27	Oct 18	U27
P/2009 U2	P/LINEAR	Oct 18	Oct 19	U40	Oct 19	U40	Recovery of P/2001 YX127
C/2009 U3	C/Hill	Oct 21	Oct 22	9086	Oct 22	9086
C/2009 U4	C/McNaught	Oct 23	Oct 24	9087	Oct 24	9087
C/2009 U5	C/Grauer	Oct 23	Oct 25	9089	Oct 25	9089
P/2009 U6	P/LINEAR	Oct 27	Oct 29	9090	Oct 29	9090	Asteroidal; Coma seen on Oct 28 by T. Kryachka, B. Satovski
P/2009 W1	P/Hill	Nov 18	Nov 19	9095	Nov 19	9095
C/2009 W2	C/Boattini	Nov 23	Nov 24	9096	Nov 24	9096
P/2009 X1	P/LINEAR-NEAT	Dec 11	Dec 17	Y17	Dec 17	Y17	Recovery of P/2003 CP7
C/2009 Y1	C/Catalina	Dec 17	Dec 20	Y33	Dec 20	Y33	Disc. by Hill
P/2009 Y2	P/Kowalski	Dec 20	Dec 21	Y40	Dec 21	Y40

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