It's finally official: SOHO comets can no longer be designated with only
three digits. On 5 August 2005, Toni Scarmato, a high school teacher
from San Costantino di Briatico, Calabria, Italy, discovered SOHO's
999th and 1000th comet. Scarmato, an astrophysics graduate of Bologna
University, said "I am very happy for this special experience that is
possible thanks to the SOHO satellite and NASA-ESA collaboration. I want
to dedicate the SOHO 1000th comet to my wife Rosy and my son Kevin to
compensate for the time that I have taken from them to search for SOHO
comets".

Mo
http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/2005_08_11/