Well our friend Terry Lovejoy has done it again….. Comet No.6 to which David Levy has said he has now passed John E. Mellish ( 1886 – 1970). The latest Comet was discovered using software Terry wrote himself. And yes i have done the correction to the wikipedia entry! Mary will be back with us in April .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lovejoy
http://www.space.com/13957-doomed-sungrazing-comet-terry-lovejoy-interview.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20040805131809/http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/iraamod
Terry Lovejoy discovers comet C/2017 E4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mellish
C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) discovery frame
By Terry Lovejoy – http://www.pbase.com/terrylovejoy/image/75931279, CC BY-SA 2.5 , https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1952633