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Comets in 2003

2P/Encke

Images: 2003 August 3 (Birtwhistle). 2003 September 23 (Mobberley), 2003 September 26 (Sostero), 2003 October 15 (Sostero), 2003 October 18 (Holloway), 2003 October 20 (Strange), 2003 October 21 (Birtwhistle), 2003 October 20 (James), 2003 October 25 (Holloway), 2003 October 25 (Sostero), 2003 October 26 (Mobberley), 2003 October 27 (Holloway), 2003 October 29 (Holloway), 2003 November 2 (Montanucci), 2003 November 12 (Oksa), 2003 November 16 (Buczynski), 2003 November 16 (Mobberley), 2003 November 17 (Holloway), 2003 November 20 (Holloway), 2003 November 24 (Weightman), 2003 November 24 (Holloway), 2003 Novemver 26 (Mobberley), 2003 November 27 (Strange), 2003 November 27 (Mobberley), 2003 November 30 (Montanucci), 2003 December 5 (Holloway), 2003 December 7 (Jäger), 2003 December 7 (Jäger).

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Images: 2003 June 26 (Jäger). 2003 September 12 (Montanucci), 2003 September 29 (Sostero), 2003 October 10 (montanucci).

30P/Reinmuth

Images: 2003 January 12 (Gonano, Lepardo), 2003 January 24 (Gonano), 2003 January 29 (Gonano), 2003 February 1 (Gonano), 2003 February 5 (Gonano), 2003 February 22 (Gonano), 2003 February 23 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2002 March 22 (Mobberley), 2003 March 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 April 11 (Holloway), 2003 May 25 (James).

53P/Van Biesbroeck

2003 May 3 (Jäger), 2003 May 23 (Jäger), 2003 June 22 (Jäger).

65P/Gunn

2003 May 4 (Jäger), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 June 23 (Jäger).

66P/du Toit

2003 May 3 (Jäger), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 30 (Jäger/Rhemann).

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

A potential Rosetta target: 2003 January 12 (Gonano, Lepardo), 2003 February 1 (Gonano), 2003 February 5 (Gonano), 2003 April 8 (Montanucci).

81P/Wild

Images: 2003 January 7 (James), 2003 February 5 (James), 2003 December 27 (Haddix).

100P/Hartley 1

Images: 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann).

116P/Wild 4

2003 March 25 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 3 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 19 (Montanucci), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 28 (Holloway), 2003 May 30 (Holloway), 2003 July 4 (Holloway).

155P/Shoemaker 3

Images: 2003 January 11 (Gonano, Lepardo), 2003 January 29 (Gonano), 2003 February 1 (Gonano), 2003 February 5 (Gonano), 2003 February 28 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 March 6 (Mobberley),

157P/Tritton (=P/2003 T1)

Following a suggestion by S. Hoenig (Germany) from orbital computations by M. Meyer (Kelkheim, Germany), Brian G. Marsden has shown that this comet is identical to the lost comet 1978d = 1977 XIII = D/1978 C2 (Tritton), which was observed for only a month. Images: 2003 October 10 (Birtwhistle), 2003 October 16 (Sostero), 2003 October 18 (Sostero), 2003 October 18 (Birtwhistle), 2003 October 22 (Juels), 2003 October 24 (Birtwhistle), 2003 October 25 (Birtwhistle).

C/2001 G1 (LONEOS)

2003 May 30 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT)

2003 January 8 (Holloway), 2003 January 14 (Montanucci), 2003 February 18 (Mobberley), 2003 February 21 (Gonano), 2003 February 27 (Gonano), 2003 March 4 (Gonano), 2003 August 1 (Holloway), 2003 September 26 (Sostero), 2003 September 27 (Montanucci), 2003 October 10 (Montanucci). 2003 October 26 (Mobberley), 2003 November 2 (Montanucci), 2003 November 2 (Holloway), 2003 November 27 (Strange).

C/2001 K5 (LINEAR)

2003 March 25 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 30 (Holloway), 2003 July 6 (Holloway), 2003 July 6 (Sostero), 2003 July 26 (Holloway), 2003 August 16 (Holloway).

C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)

2003 January 3 (Sostero), 2003 January 5 (Montanucci), 2003 January 12 (Holloway), 2003 January 14 (Montanucci), 2003 February 1 (Montanucci), 2003 February 21 (Gonano), 2003 February 22 (Gonano), 2003 February 23 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 February 28 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 March 2 (Mobberley), 2003 March 24 (Gonano), 2003 March 26 (Holloway), 2003 March 31 (Mobberley), 2003 March 31 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 April 4 (Montanucci), 2003 April 8 (Gonano), 2003 April 11 (Holloway), 2003 May 4 (Gonano).

C/2002 J5 (LINEAR)

2003 June 2 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)

2003 February 28 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 April 12 (Holloway), 2003 April 16 (James), 2003 April 21 (Mobberley), 2003 May 4 (Gonano), 2003 May 12 (Holloway), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 28 (Holloway), 2003 May 30 (Holloway), 2003 June 28 (Holloway), 2003 July 4 (Holloway).

P/2002 T1 (LINEAR)

2003 January 5 (Birtwhistle).

P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR)

An object reported as asteroidal independently by the NEAT and LINEAR surveys, and later placed on the NEOCP, has been found cometary in appearance. P. Birtwhistle, Great Shefford, U.K., reports that CCD images taken with a 0.3-m reflector on Oct. 27.9 UT show two faint, thin, straight tails in p.a. 107 deg (36 arcsec long) and 310 deg (39 arcsec long) and a nuclear condensation with diameter about 8 arcsec. Images: 2003 February 1 (Birtwhistle).

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

Images: 2003 January 3 (Birtwhistle), 2003 February 5 (Holloway), 2003 March 4 (Holloway), 2003 March 22 (James), 2003 March 23 (Rhemann/Jäger), 2003 April 1 (Holloway), 2003 July 27 (Holloway), 2003 August 8 (Holloway), 2003 August 23 (Holloway), 2003 September 26 (Sostero), 2003 September 29 (Montanucci), 2003 October 10 (Montanucci), 2003 October 18 (Holloway), 2003 October 25 (Sostero), 2003 October 26 (Mobberley), 2003 October 24 (Montanucci), 2003 November 2 (Holloway), 2003 November 2 (Montanucci), 2003 November 4 (Sostero), 2003 November 16 (Birtwhistle), 2003 November 18 (Montanucci), 2003 November 18 (Montanucci), 2003 November 27 (Birtwhistle), 2003 November 27 (Strange), 2003 November 27 (James), 2003 November 30 (Montanucci), 2003 December 11 (Holloway), 2003 December 14 (James), 2003 December 15 (Mobberley), 2003 December 15 (Candy) 2003 December 17 (Mobbereley), (spectrum) 2003 December 17 (Gavin), 2003 December 18 (Rhemann/Jäger), 2003 December 18 (Mobberley), 2003 December 18 (Gavin), 2003 December 20 (Rhemann/Jäger), 2003 December 21 (Holloway), 2003 December 21 (James), 2003 December 21 (Ward), 2003 December 24 (Holloway), 2003 December 24 with M33 (Holloway), 2003 December 24 (Sostero), 2003 December 26 (Holloway),

C/2002 V1 (NEAT)

January images: 2003 January 1 (Sostero), 2003 January 3 (Jäger), 2003 January 5 (Montanucci), 2003 January 5 (Montanucci), 2003 January 7 (Mobberley), 2003 January 7 (James), 2003 January 11 (Mobberley), 2003 January 11 (Strange), 2003 January 11 (Montanucci), 2003 January 12 (Gonano), 2003 January 14 (Montanucci), 2003 January 15 (Holloway), 2003 January 15 (Mobberley), 2003 January 15 (Montanucci), 2003 January 17 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 19 (Mobberley), 2003 January 19 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 19 (Gonano), 2003 January 19 (Montanucci), 2003 January 19 (Montanucci), 2003 January 20 (Mobberley), 2003 January 20 (Jäger), 2003 January 20 (Jäger), 2003 January 23 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 23 (Mobberley), 2003 January 24 (Holloway), 2003 January 25 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 25 (Jäger), 2003 January 25 (Mobberley), 2003 January 25 (Aletti, Buzzi), 2003 January 25 (Gonano), 2003 January 26 (Montanucci), 2003 January 26 (Gonano), 2003 January 27 (Mobberley). 2003 January 27 (Montanucci), 2003 January 28 (Jäger), 2003 January 28 (Montanucci), 2003 January 29 (Birtwhistle).

February images: 2003 February 1 (Gonano), 2003 Februrary 1 (Jäger), 2003 February 1 (Mobberley), 2003 February 1 (Gonano), 2003 February 1 (Montanucci), 2003 February 2 (Montanucci), 2003 February 3 (Mobberley), 2003 February 3 (Mobberley), 2003 February 5 (Holloway), 2003 February 5 (Gonano), 2003 February 5 (Mobberley), 2003 February 6 (Montanucci), 2003 February 7 (Jäger), 2003 February 7 (Montanucci), 2003 February 8 (Montanucci), 2003 February 8 (Candy), 2003 February 9 (Jäger), 2003 February 13 (Oksa).

Spectra: 2003 February 5 (Gavin).

C/2002 X1 (LINEAR)

2003 January 12 (Birtwhistle), 2003 February 21 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 March 22 (James), 2003 March 23 (Rhemann/Jäger).

C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa)

Images: 2003 January 1 (Holloway), 2003 January 1 (Sostero), 2003 January 4 (Aletti, Buzzi), 2003 January 5 (Montanucci), 2003 January 12 (Strange), 2003 January 12 (James), 2003 January 19 (Aletti, Buzzi), 2003 March 23 (Mobberley).

C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem)

Images: 2003 January 2 (Juels), 2003 January 3 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 11 (Holloway), 2003 January 12 (Birtwhistle). 2003 January 28 (Birtwhistle), 2003 January 31 (Juels), 2003 February 1 (Holloway), 2003 February 8 (Holloway), 2003 February 18 (Mobberley), 2003 February 19 (Mobberley), 2003 February 21 (Mobberley), 2003 February 22 (Juels), 2003 February 22 (Mobberley), 2003 February 23 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 February 25 (Montanucci), 2003 February 25 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 February 28 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 March 2 (Mobberley), 2003 March 4 (Aletti/Buzzi), 2003 March 4 (Aletti/Buzzi), 2003 March 6 (Mobberley), 2003 March 7 (Mobberley), 2003 March 8 (Haddix), 2003 March 21 (Jäger), 2003 March 22 (Jäger), 2003 March 22 (Mobberley), 2003 March 23 (Rhemann/Jäger), 2003 March 23 (Mobberley), 2003 August 2 (Holvorcem).

P/2003 A1

2003 January 25 (Birtwhistle), 2003 February 1 (Birtwhistle).

P/2003 CP7 (LINEAR-NEAT)

2003 March 13 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 5 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2003 E1 (NEAT)

2003 March 13 (Birtwhistle), 2003 March 27 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 F1 (LINEAR)

2003 March 28 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 5 (Jäger).

P/2003 F2 (NEAT)

2003 March 30 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 G1 (LINEAR)

2003 April 9 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 G2 (LINEAR)

2003 April 12 (Birtwhistle), 2003 April 17 (Birtwhistle), 2003 April 18 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 H1 (LINEAR)

2003 April 26 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 6 (Birtwhistle), 2003 July 4 (Holloway),

C/2003 H2 (LINEAR)

2003 May 6 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 24 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 May 26 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 H3 (NEAT)

2003 May 25 (Birtwhistle).

P/2003 H4 (LINEAR)

2003 May 25 (Birtwhistle), 2003 May 23 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2003 K1 (Spacewatch)

2003 May 25 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 K2 (LINEAR)

2003 May 30 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2003 K4 (LINEAR)

2003 May 31 (Birtwhistle), 2003 June 2 (Jäger/Rhemann), 2003 October 10 (Holloway), 2003 November 16 (Mobberley), 2003 November 24 (Holloway), 2003 November 27 (Mobberley).

C/2003 KV2 (LINEAR)

2003 May 30 (Birtwhistle), 2003 June 2 (Jäger/Rhemann).

C/2003 L2 (LINEAR)

2003 June 28 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 O1 (LINEAR)

2003 July 19 (Birtwhistle). 2003 July 20 (James).

P/2003 O2 (LINEAR)

2003 July 31 (Birtwhistle).

P/2003 O3 (LINEAR)

2003 July 31 (Birtwhistle), 2003 November 17 (Birtwhistle).

P/2003 S1 (NEAT)

2003 September 23 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 S3 (LINEAR)

2003 November 16 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)

2003 October 16 (Birtwhistle).

C/2003 U1 (LINEAR)

2003 October 21 (Birtwhistle).

P/2003 XD10 (LINEAR-NEAT)

2003 December 15 (Birtwhistle).
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