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999th and 1000th comets identified in SOHO images
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999th and 1000th comets identified in SOHO images

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On 5 August 2005, the ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft saw its 1000th comet. The 1000th comet was a Kreutz-group comet spotted in images from the C3 coronagraph on SOHO's LASCO instrument by Toni Scarmato, from Calabria, Italy.

SOHO’s comet encounters
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SOHO’s comet encounters

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SOHO's 1500th comet
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SOHO's 1500th comet

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SOHO's record-breaking discovery
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SOHO's record-breaking discovery

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Comet SWAN in all-sky map from the ESA/NASA solar watcher, SOHO
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Comet SWAN in all-sky map from SOHO

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Spotting a comet in the all-sky maps from SOHO's instrument SWAN
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Spotting a comet in the all-sky maps from SOHO's ins…

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