Year Discoveries* Amateur Visual 2020 49 5 0 2019 63 2 0 2018 45 3 1 2017 59 6 0 2016 38 (1**) 1 0 2015 70 (1**) 8 0 2014 66 (1**) 9 0 2013 65 (3**) 14 0 2012 58 (4**) 8 0 2011 49 (3**) 5 0 2010 57 (201**) 6 2 2009 44 (187**) 6 0 2008 42 (180**) 4 0 2007 54 (169**) 3 0 2006 54 (152**) 2 1 2005 52 (169**) 2 0 2004 52 (169**) 3 2 2003 44 (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 1983 PanSTARRs 226 LINEAR 223 Catalina Sky Survey 146 Mt. Lemmon Survey 128 Siding Spring Survey 101 SPACEWATCH 66 NEAT 54 ATLAS 46 STEREO 43 LONEOS 43 WISE/NEOWISE 34 Credited Discoverer Comets McNaught 82 Shoemaker 32 Gibbs 31 Hill 27 Pons 26 Boattini 25 Christensen 24 Levy 22 Brooks 21 Bradfield 18 Garradd 17 Skiff 16 Barnard 16 Mueller 15 Kowalski 14

* without re-/pre-discoveries ------- ** SOHO/STEREO discoveries, numbers not complete (SWAN NOT included)