(European Space Agency) The ESA/NASA SOHO spacecraft has just discovered its 1,500th comet, making it more successful than all other comet discoverers throughout history put together.
Not bad for a spacecraft that was designed as a solar physics mission.
SOHO discovers its 1,500th cometCourtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Thu, 06/26/2008 - 23:00
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