这是<S&T>每周新闻公告9月3日一期发布的周先生去逝的消息.

XingMing Zhou (1965-2004)

Well-known Chinese comet hunter XingMing Zhou died last August 5th
from
severe head trauma that he sustained in a motorcycle accident near
Liancheng in Fujian province. He was 39. Zhou is survived by his
wife, Xin
Yu, and daughter, Yingzhen.

Zhou was one of the world's most successful discoverers of comets
recorded
by the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) satellite. He found
63
sungrazing and non-sungrazing comets on images obtained with SOHO's
coronagraphs as well as one with the SWAN instrument. The latter has
been
designated as Comet SWAN, C/2004 H6.

全球天文同好对周先生的哀悼！

这说明周先生在国际上也有一定的知名度