Solar Observatory discovers its 3,000th comet
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 - On Sept. 13, 2015, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory - a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA - discovered its 3,000th comet, cementing its standing as the greatest comet finder of all time. Prior to the 1995 launch of the observatory, commonly known as SOHO, only a dozen or so comets had ever even been discovered from space, while some 900 had been discovered from the ground ... more
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