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Year Discoveries* Amateur Visual
2023
11
1
0
2022
58
2
0
2021
74
5
0
2020
81
5
0
2019
66
2
0
2018
48
3
1
2017
59
6
0
2016
38 (1**)
1
0
2015
70 (1**)
8
0
2014
67 (1**)
9
0
2013
65 (3**)
14
0
2012
58 (4**)
8
0
2011
49 (3**)
5
0
2010
59 (201**)
6
2
2009
44 (187**)
6
0
2008
42 (180**)
4
0
2007
54 (169**)
3
0
2006
54 (152**)
2
1
2005
54 (169**)
2
0
2004
52 (169**)
3
2
2003
45 (148**)
1
0
2002
50 (131**)
7
5
2001
40 (107**)
1
1
2000
33 (99**)
1
1
1999
42 (94**)
6
3
1998
29 (79**)
4
2
1997
17 (88**)
4
3
1996
12 (32**)
4
3
1995
6
4
4
1994
11
6
4
1993
10
1
0
1992
13
7
7
1991
22
6
4
1990
10
3
3
Survey Official Comet Discoveries
SOHO (incl. SWAN) 1986
PanSTARRs 291
LINEAR 224
Mt. Lemmon Survey 175
Catalina Sky Survey 152
Siding Spring Survey 101
ATLAS 76
SPACEWATCH 66
NEAT 56
LONEOS 44
WISE/NEOWISE 44
STEREO 43
Credited Discoverer Comets
McNaught 82
Shoemaker 32
Gibbs 31
Hill 27
Pons 27
Boattini 25
Christensen 25
Levy 22
Brooks 21
Leonard 18
Bradfield 18
Garradd 17
Skiff 16
Barnard 16
Mueller 15
Kowalski 15
* without re-/pre-discoveries ------- ** SOHO/STEREO discoveries, numbers not complete (SWAN NOT included)


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Catalogue of Comet Discoveries

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