It is his fifth comet discovery.

This was the first comet discovery of 1994 and his second discovery within a month.

He was a manager at a construction materials factory and an amateur astronomer at the time of the comet discovery.

Currently the record number of comet discoveries was nine, held by an Australian minister.

Edgar Wilson Award 1999 - "for comet discovery"

Edgar Wilson Award 2000 - "for comet discovery"

This has been a record year for comet discoveries, Mr. Green said in a telephone interview yesterday.

Each year his office assigns successive letters of the alphabet to each comet discovery.

An outstanding minor planet search program was also performed with comet discoveries by Rob Cardinal.

This was his only comet discovery and the first comet discovered in Brazil.