public astronomical education. He is also the president of the amateur association Sternfreunde Donzdorf in Donzdorf (Src). || |-id=948 | 68948 Mikeoates || || Michael Oates (born 1957), a British amateur astronomer who was the most successful SOHO-comet hunter in 2003. Using his personal computer and fast Internet connections to scan through the SOHO LASCO image archive, he is credited with 138 near-sun comet discoveries (Src). || |} References 068001-069000