Aug 10 2005 12:05:48
Now would be a good time for a select few confirmations, I think...
Soho# Date/Time of Post Discoverer Tel Group Images of...
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991 Jul 11,05 16:13:49 R.Matson C3,C2 Kreutz Jul11-12,05
992 Jul 12,05 13:21:31 B.Zhou C3 Kreutz Jul12,05
993 Jul 13,05 00:07:29 R.Matson C3,C2 Kreutz Jul13-14,05
994 Jul 13,05 06:49:30 B.Zhou C3 Kreutz Jul13,05
995 Jul 21,05 18:44:18 R.Matson C3,C2 Kreutz Jul21-23,05
--More to come sometime soon...~~KB
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Aug 17 2005 15:23:57
This is the confirmation you have all been waiting for:
Soho# Date/Time of Post Discoverer Tel Group Images of...
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996 Jul 23,05 20:05:40 T.Hoffman C3 Kreutz Jul23-24,05
997 Jul 26,05 00:45:24 T.Hoffman C3,C2 Kreutz Jul26-27,05
998 Jul 26,05 01:18:16 T.Hoffman C2 Meyer Jul26,05
999 Aug 05,05 10:08:19 T.Scarmato C3,C2 Kreutz Aug05-06,05
1000 Aug 05,05 10:13:39 T.Scarmato C3 Kreutz Aug05,05
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Aug 17 2005 15:25:22
I can finally confirm what most of you have suspected -- SOHO-1000
was discovered by Toni Scarmato on August 5th! So first I offer
him many congratulations! Well done, Toni!
Second, I want to congratulate and thank each and evey one of you who
has contributed to SOHO comet hunting -- this discovery is thanks to
you guys! 
Third, congratulations to Andrew Dolgopolov of Dublin, Ireland, who
won the "1000 comet contest", guessing the perihelion time of SOHO-1000
to within 22 minutes!
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NASA press release is here...
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/solarsystem/1000comet.html
...and a special "thank you" from the SOHO team is here...
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2005_08_11/
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Again, well done everyone! SOHO-2000 is only a few years away... 
~~Karl |