Abstract

The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory announces that the 2009 Edgar Wilson Award for the discovery of comets (cf. IAUCs 6936, 8962) is being divided among the following five individuals for five different comets: Robert E. Holmes, Jr. (Charleston, IL, U.S.A.) for C/2008 N1 (cf. IAUC 8959); Stanislav Maticic (Crni Vrh Observatory, Slovenia) for C/2008 Q1 (cf. IAUC 8966); Michel Ory (Delemont, Switzerland) for P/2008 Q2 (cf. IAUC 8967); Koichi Itagaki (Yamagata, Japan) for C/2009 E1 (cf. IAUC 9026); and Dae-am Yi (Yeongwol-kun, Gangwon-do, Korea) for C/2009 F6 (cf. IAUC 9035).