Why ESA and NASA's SOHO Spacecraft Spots So Many Comets | NASA

Why ESA and NASA's SOHO Spacecraft Spots So Many Comets | NASA

Comet Discovery – A citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO — the 4,000th comet discovered in the spacecraft's 25-year history. The solar observatory was not originally designed to study comets, but this mission has become the greatest comet finder in history.

Why SOHO Spots So Many Comets