List of numbered comets

The following is a list of comets that have been assigned a numeric designation by the Minor Planet Center, having been observed on at least two occasions. As of June 2016 there are 337 numbered comets, 310 being Jupiter-family comets, 20 Halley-type comets, 6 main-belt comets and one long-period comet (153P/Ikeya–Zhang). The letter to the left of the forward slash in the designation indicates the comet type, either P (Periodic), C (Non-periodic), X (No orbit) or D (Lost).

A number of the comets on the list had been discovered prior to observations of cometary activity, and were assigned asteroid designation, such as 133P/Elst–Pizarro, which had prior been given the minor planet numeric designation 7968. A few, through various reasons, display characteristics of both an asteroid and a comet, such as 95P/Chiron.

Occasionally, comets will break up into smaller chunks, as volatiles coming off the comet may cause it to break into two or more pieces. An extreme example of this is 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, which broke into over 50 pieces during its 1995 perihelion.

For a list of unnumbered Jupiter-family and Halley-type comets, see List of periodic comets.

List

Comet designation Discoverer(s) or namesake(s) Orbital period (years) Semimajor axis (a) Inclination (i) Eccentricity (e) Comet total magnitude/
absolute magnitude (M1)
1P/Halley[1] Halley 75.32 17.83414 162.2627 0.9671 5.5
2P/Encke Encke 3.30 2.21473 11.7789 0.8482 14.1
3D/Biela Biela 6.65 3.53466 13.2164 0.7513 7.1
4P/Faye Faye 7.52 3.83746 9.05 0.5687 10.7
5D/Brorsen Brorsen 5.46 3.10113 29.3821 0.8098 8.3
6P/d'Arrest d'Arrest 6.54 3.49537 19.4817 0.6128 14.2
7P/Pons–Winnecke Pons–Winnecke 6.33 3.42249 22.3359 0.6374 15.1
8P/Tuttle Tuttle 13.61 5.69986 54.9832 0.8198 9.8
9P/Tempel Tempel 5.56 3.13933 10.502 0.5119 13.1
10P/Tempel Tempel 5.37 3.06489 12.0292 0.5364 13.2
11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR Tempel–Swift–LINEAR 6.37 3.43740 13.4604 0.5392 15
12P/Pons–Brooks Pons–Brooks 70.85 17.12122 74.1769 0.9548 5
13P/Olbers Olbers 69.52 16.90678 44.6099 0.9303 5
14P/Wolf Wolf 8.74 4.24310 27.9431 0.3578 12.8
15P/Finlay Finlay 6.50 3.48227 6.81683 0.7214 12.7
16P/Brooks Brooks 6.14 3.35425 4.2581 0.5628 12.8
17P/Holmes Holmes 6.89 3.62099 19.0916 0.4320 10.5
18D/Perrine–Mrkos Perrine–Mrkos 6.72 3.55954 17.759 0.6426 11.5
19P/Borrelly Borrelly 6.85 3.60660 30.3307 0.62467 8.9
20D/Westphal Westphal 61.87 15.64215 40.8901 0.9198 8.8
21P/Giacobini–Zinner Giacobini–Zinner 6.59 3.51555 31.9081 0.7068 10.5
22P/Kopff Kopff 6.42 3.45572 4.7369 0.5449 12.7
23P/Brorsen–Metcalf Brorsen–Metcalf 70.52 17.06921 19.3339 0.9720 7.8
24P/Schaumasse Schaumasse 8.25 4.08202 11.7515 0.7048 7
25D/Neujmin Neujmin 5.43 3.08917 10.6387 0.5668 12.5
26P/Grigg–Skjellerup Grigg–Skjellerup 5.24 3.01745 22.4243 0.6401 16.5
27P/Crommelin Crommelin 28.07 9.23596 28.9669 0.9190 12
28P/Neujmin Neujmin 18.17 6.91117 14.1856 0.7754 11.5
29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Schwassmann–Wachmann 14.71 6.00476 9.3751 0.0427 5.5
30P/Reinmuth Reinmuth 7.34 3.77541 8.1227 0.5012 11.7
31P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Schwassmann–Wachmann 8.75 4.24648 4.5466 0.1939 6.2
32P/Comas Solà Comas Solà 9.57 4.50692 9.9708 0.5559 11.9
33P/Daniel Daniel 8.10 4.03226 22.3746 0.4620 11.3
34D/Gale Gale 11.00 4.94359 11.7821 0.7607 10.5
35P/Herschel–Rigollet Herschel–Rigollet 155.00 28.84355 64.207 0.9741 8.3
36P/Whipple Whipple 8.53 4.17419 9.9273 0.2617 7.5
37P/Forbes Forbes 6.37 3.43525 8.9553 0.5406 9
38P/Stephan–Oterma Stephan–Oterma 37.72 11.24767 17.9814 0.8600 8
39P/Oterma Oterma 19.53 7.25149 1.9428 0.2455 5
40P/Väisälä Väisälä 10.98 4.94008 11.4898 0.6320 5.5
41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák 5.42 3.08544 9.228 0.6604 11.8
42P/Neujmin Neujmin 10.70 4.85656 3.9855 0.5852 14
43P/Wolf–Harrington Wolf–Harrington 6.13 3.34922 15.968 0.5947 9.5
44P/Reinmuth Reinmuth 7.10 3.69277 5.8954 0.4269 11.4
45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková 5.25 3.02155 4.2524 0.8247 14
46P/Wirtanen Wirtanen 5.43 3.08761 11.7571 0.6593 12.9
47P/Ashbrook–Jackson Ashbrook–Jackson 8.36 4.11794 13.0357 0.3177 5.6
48P/Johnson Johnson 6.98 3.65095 13.9668 0.3700 8.5
49P/Arend–Rigaux Arend–Rigaux 6.73 3.56543 19.0517 0.6004 12
50P/Arend Arend 8.27 4.08846 19.1584 0.5295 12.1
51P/Harrington Harrington 7.13 3.70427 5.4282 0.5443 12.3
51P/Harrington-A Harrington 6.78 3.58229 8.6573 0.5622 10
52P/Harrington–Abell Harrington–Abell 7.58 3.85869 10.2313 0.5405 10.1
53P/Van Biesbroeck Van Biesbroeck 12.53 5.39383 6.6061 0.5523 7.5
54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT de Vico–Swift–NEAT 7.38 3.79048 6.0672 0.4270 13.1
55P/Tempel–Tuttle Tempel–Tuttle 33.24 10.33834 164.4866 0.9056 10
56P/Slaughter–Burnham Slaughter–Burnham 11.54 5.10744 8.1557 0.5037 8.5
57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 6.40 3.44805 2.8487 0.4998 13.8
57P/du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte-A du Toit–Neujmin–Delporte 6.41 3.45215 2.8448 0.4990 8.5
58P/Jackson–Neujmin Jackson–Neujmin 8.24 4.08036 13.4784 0.6615 11.5
59P/Kearns–Kwee Kearns–Kwee 9.51 4.48979 9.3399 0.4754 9.8
60P/Tsuchinshan Tsuchinshan 6.56 3.50578 3.6107 0.5384 11.5
61P/Shajn–Schaldach Shajn–Schaldach 7.06 3.67888 6.0105 0.4269 11.6
62P/Tsuchinshan Tsuchinshan 6.63 3.52863 10.5021 0.5780 8
63P/Wild Wild 13.20 5.58486 19.78 0.6508 8
64P/Swift–Gehrels Swift–Gehrels 9.35 4.43847 8.9499 0.6897 10.1
65P/Gunn Gunn 7.27 3.75425 9.389 0.3007 7.9
66P/du Toit du Toit 14.71 6.00224 18.7007 0.7877 12
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Churyumov–Gerasimenko 6.45 3.46341 7.0408 0.6411 11.4
68P/Klemola Klemola 10.83 4.89551 10.1437 0.6407 10.2
69P/Taylor Taylor 7.65 3.88164 20.046 0.4145 5
70P/Kojima Kojima 7.04 3.6735 6.6004 0.4537 10.6
71P/Clark Clark 5.53 3.12713 9.48 0.4982 11.3
72P/Denning–Fujikawa Denning–Fujikawa 9.02 4.33387 9.1697 0.7841 15.5
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann (see below) Schwassmann–Wachmann 5.34 3.05653 11.4235 0.6948 12
74P/Smirnova–Chernykh Smirnova–Chernykh 8.50 4.16402 6.6509 0.1481 6.7
75D/Kohoutek Kohoutek 6.67 3.54315 5.9072 0.4963 10.5
76P/West–Kohoutek–Ikemura West–Kohoutek–Ikemura 6.47 3.47099 30.4827 0.5390 13.9
77P/Longmore Longmore 6.83 3.59874 24.3989 0.3579 9.7
78P/Gehrels Gehrels 7.22 3.73541 6.2538 0.4622 6.5
79P/du Toit-Hartley du Toit–Hartley 5.06 2.94586 3.1456 0.6185 15
80P/Peters–Hartley Peters–Hartley 8.12 4.04036 29.8543 0.5981 7
81P/Wild Wild 6.41 3.45011 3.2383 0.5374 8.6
82P/Gehrels Gehrels 8.43 4.14215 1.1259 0.1228 5
83D/Russell Russell 6.10 3.33798 22.6595 0.5172 14
84P/Giclas Giclas 6.94 3.63787 7.2871 0.4943 12
85P/Boethin Boethin 11.81 5.18489 4.2953 0.7812
86P/Wild Wild 6.91 3.62928 15.4475 0.3660 14
87P/Bus Bus 6.51 3.48504 2.6011 0.3764 13.5
88P/Howell Howell 5.48 3.10983 4.3824 0.5622 12
89P/Russell Russell 7.39 3.79503 12.0323 0.3992 9.5
90P/Gehrels Gehrels 14.85 6.04224 9.6153 0.5091 9.5
91P/Russell Russell 7.70 3.90020 14.0752 0.3291 11.5
92P/Sanguin Sanguin 12.43 5.36642 19.4434 0.6631 10.5
93P/Lovas Lovas 9.20 4.39120 12.2198 0.6119 12.8
94P/Russell Russell 6.58 3.51278 6.1839 0.3636 12.9
95P/Chiron = 2060 Chiron Kowal 50.41 13.64668 6.9352 0.3810 6.1
96P/Machholz Machholz 5.28 3.03394 58.3122 0.9592 13.3
97P/Metcalf–Brewington Metcalf–Brewington 10.51 4.79660 17.8783 0.4584 4
98P/Takamizawa Takamizawa 7.44 3.80934 10.5442 0.5607 14.3
99P/Kowal Kowal 15.25 6.15050 4.3325 0.2288 5.5
100P/Hartley Hartley 6.31 3.41617 25.6615 0.4172 8
101P/Chernykh Chernykh 13.94 5.79215 5.0793 0.5942 9.8
101P/Chernykh-B Chernykh 13.97 5.79977 5.0783 0.5947 13
102P/Shoemaker C. Shoemaker–E. Shoemaker 7.22 3.73479 26.2476 0.4729 15.7
103P/Hartley Hartley 6.47 3.47277 13.6172 0.69514 13.2
104P/Kowal Kowal 6.18 3.36674 15.4894 0.5853 8.27
105P/Singer Brewster Singer-Brewster 6.46 3.47005 9.1709 0.4091 12.6
106P/Schuster Schuster 7.31 3.76558 20.1114 0.5868 11.3
107P/Wilson–Harrington = 4015 Wilson–Harrington Helin–Wilson–Harrington 4.29 2.64051 2.7847 0.6235 15.99
108P/Ciffréo Ciffréo 7.26 3.74983 13.0782 0.5415 10
109P/Swift–Tuttle Swift–Tuttle 133.28 26.09207 113.4538 0.9632 4.5
110P/Hartley Hartley 6.86 3.61054 11.6938 0.3142 7.5
111P/Helin–Roman–Crockett Helin–Roman–Crockett 8.49 4.16037 4.2288 0.1096 11.5
112P/Urata–Niijima Urata–Niijima 6.64 3.53360 24.2030 0.5882 15.1
113P/Spitaler Spitaler 7.09 3.68969 5.7757 0.4232 12.7
114P/Wiseman–Skiff Wiseman–Skiff 6.67 3.54312 18.2841 0.5555 12.9
115P/Maury Maury 8.79 4.25971 11.6874 0.5212 10.5
116P/Wild Wild 6.48 3.47669 3.6123 0.3744 5.5
117P/Helin–Roman–Alu Helin–Roman–Alu 8.29 4.09574 8.6972 0.2538 6.4
118P/Shoemaker–Levy C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Levy 6.45 3.46549 8.5084 0.4282 10.4
119P/Parker–Hartley Parker–Hartley 8.84 4.27634 5.1959 0.2922 2
120P/Mueller Mueller 8.39 4.12863 8.7959 0.3390 5
121P/Shoemaker–Holt C.Shoemaker, E.Shoemaker–Holt 9.98 4.63518 20.1563 0.1903 1.5
122P/de Vico de Vico 74.35 17.68082 85.3828 0.9627 7.5
123P/West–Hartley West–Hartley 7.59 3.86074 15.3569 0.4486 6
124P/Mrkos Mrkos 6.04 3.31687 31.5290 0.5039 15.6
125P/Spacewatch Spacewatch 5.53 3.12793 9.9872 0.5123 12.9
126P/IRAS IRAS 13.42 5.64648 45.8027 0.6958 8.8
127P/Holt–Olmstead Holt–Olmstead 6.40 3.44599 14.3129 0.3634 6.1
128P/Shoemaker–Holt-A C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Holt 9.51 4.48816 4.3616 0.3210 8.5
128P/Shoemaker–Holt-B C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Holt 9.59 4.51276 4.3551 0.3200 6.5
129P/Shoemaker–Levy C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Levy 8.96 4.31539 3.43815 0.0932 11.5
130P/McNaught–Hughes McNaught–Hughes 6.67 3.54360 7.34 0.4117 10.5
131P/Mueller Mueller 7.06 3.67914 7.3551 0.3432 8
132P/Helin–Roman–Alu (Helin–Roman–Alu 2) Helin–Roman–Alu 8.28 4.09403 5.7660 0.5300 10
133P/Elst–Pizarro = 7968 Elst–Pizarro Elst–Pizarro 5.62 3.15969 1.3871 0.1613 15.6
134P/Kowal–Vávrová Kowal–Vávrová 15.55 6.22907 4.3488 0.5872 6
135P/Shoemaker–Levy Shoemaker, Shoemaker–Levy 7.50 3.83021 6.0501 0.2896 7
136P/Mueller Mueller 8.59 4.19392 9.42636 0.2935 11.2
137P/Shoemaker–Levy Shoemaker, Shoemaker–Levy 9.55 4.50066 4.8689 0.5765 12.1
138P/Shoemaker–Levy Shoemaker, Shoemaker–Levy 6.89 3.62181 10.0856 0.5305 14
139P/Väisälä–Oterma Väisälä–Oterma 9.61 4.51876 2.3290 0.2470 6.6
140P/Bowell–Skiff Bowell–Skiff 16.18 6.39725 3.8358 0.6918 11.5
141P/Machholz-A Machholz 5.23 3.01289 12.7951 0.7501 12
141P/Machholz-D Jäger 5.22 3.00881 12.8118 0.7511 12.5
142P/Ge–Wang Ge–Wang 11.05 4.95956 12.3068 0.4982 13.5
143P/Kowal–Mrkos Kowal–Mrkos 8.93 4.30305 4.6898 0.4101 11.6
144P/Kushida Kushida 7.60 3.86617 4.1092 0.6278 13.4
145P/Shoemaker–Levy C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Levy 8.43 4.14100 11.2836 0.5418 12.3
146P/Shoemaker–LINEAR Shoemaker, Shoemaker–LINEAR 8.08 4.02675 23.0797 0.6479 14
147P/Kushida–Muramatsu Kushida–Muramatsu 7.43 3.80709 2.3680 0.2760 4.5
148P/Anderson–LINEAR Anderson–LINEAR 7.07 3.68399 3.6784 0.5378 12.6
149P/Mueller Mueller 9.02 4.33409 29.7345 0.3884 7.5
150P/LONEOS LONEOS 7.67 3.89042 18.5066 0.5469 13
151P/Helin Helin 14.10 5.83771 4.7159 0.5663 10
152P/Helin–Lawrence Helin–Lawrence 9.54 4.49693 9.8679 0.3071 8.5
153P/Ikeya–Zhang Ikeya–Zhang 366.51 51.21358 28.1199 0.9901 4
154P/Brewington Brewington 10.78 4.88064 17.8328 0.6706 5
155P/Shoemaker C. Shoemaker–E. Shoemaker 17.09 6.63432 6.3859 0.7267 10
156P/Russell–LINEAR Russell–LINEAR 6.82 3.59501 20.7778 0.5591 13.6
157P/Tritton Tritton 6.31 3.41350 7.2848 0.6022 11.1
158P/Kowal–LINEAR Kowal–LINEAR 10.26 4.72070 7.9084 0.0286 9
159P/LONEOS LONEOS 14.32 5.89629 3.6508 0.3808 10
160P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.92 3.97338 17.2785 0.4790 13
161P/Hartley–IRAS Hartley–IRAS 21.43 7.71507 95.6981 0.8351 8.5
162P/Siding Spring Siding Spring 5.32 3.04822 27.8448 0.5972 13.5
163P/NEAT NEAT 7.30 3.76226 12.7179 0.4532 13.5
164P/Christensen Christensen 6.97 3.64880 16.2684 0.5413 11
165P/LINEAR LINEAR 76.69 18.04993 6.8304 0.6216 8
166P/NEAT NEAT 51.73 13.88284 15.3684 0.3831 4.5
167P/CINEOS CINEOS 64.85 16.14084 19.1272 0.2700 9.7
168P/Hergenrother Hergenrother 6.90 3.62370 21.9279 0.6096 7
169P/NEAT NEAT 4.20 2.60421 11.3047 0.7670 14
170P/Christensen Christensen 8.63 4.20857 10.1277 0.3042 11.8
171P/Spahr Spahr 6.69 3.55207 21.9496 0.5031 8.5
172P/Yeung Yeung 6.58 3.51304 11.5179 0.3621 12.3
173P/Mueller (Mueller 5) Mueller 13.63 5.70700 16.4934 0.2617 9.3
174P/Echeclus = 60558 Echeclus Spacewatch 34.96 10.69195 4.3427 0.4560 9.5
175P/Hergenrother Hergenrother 6.51 3.48519 6.0943 0.4236 9.6
176P/LINEAR = 118401 LINEAR LINEAR 5.71 3.19283 0.2349 0.1934 15.1
177P/Barnard Barnard 119.67 24.28396 31.1793 0.9544 15.7
178P/Hug–Bell Hug–Bell 7.03 3.66951 10.9749 0.4730 13.8
179P/Jedicke Jedicke 14.31 5.89280 19.8856 0.3074 5.3
180P/NEAT NEAT 7.54 3.84532 16.9136 0.3580 6.4
181P/Shoemaker–Levy C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Levy 7.53 3.84208 16.9267 0.7065 16.3
182P/LONEOS LONEOS 5.02 2.93122 16.9093 0.6663 19.3
183P/Korlevic–Juric Korlević–Jurić 9.58 4.51056 18.7259 0.1366 5.2
184P/Lovas Lovas 6.62 3.52556 1.5502 0.6047 14.4
185P/Petriew Petriew 5.46 3.09970 14.0070 0.6993 13.5
186P/Garradd Garradd 10.62 4.83170 28.8455 0.1175 5.8
187P/LINEAR LINEAR 9.68 4.54329 3.6954 0.1636 6.3
188P/LINEAR–Mueller LINEAR–Mueller 9.13 4.36793 2.5526 0.4156 10.9
189P/NEAT NEAT 4.99 2.92051 29.3759 0.5968 18.4
190P/Mueller Mueller 8.73 4.23885 2.0357 0.5197 11.6
191P/McNaught McNaught 6.64 3.53141 8.7612 0.4201 11.7
192P/Shoemaker–Levy C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker–Levy 17.29 6.68631 24.3873 0.7708 12.2
193P/LINEAR–NEAT LINEAR–NEAT 6.56 3.50508 10.6866 0.4167 10.1
194P/LINEAR LINEAR 8.03 4.01114 11.1231 0.5744 13.7
195P/Hill Hill 16.49 6.47961 36.3675 0.3150 8.6
196P/Tichý Tichý 7.36 3.78230 19.3742 0.4311 15
197P/LINEAR LINEAR 4.85 2.86600 25.5427 0.6297 18.2
198P/ODAS OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS) 6.78 3.58309 1.3494 0.4479 12.5
199P/Shoemaker C. Shoemaker–E. Shoemaker 14.53 5.95509 24.7677 0.5069 7.8
200P/Larsen Larsen 10.92 4.92076 12.1223 0.3334 10.2
201P/LONEOS LONEOS 6.47 3.4226 7.0436 0.6089 13.6
202P/Scotti Scotti 7.32 3.77165 2.1854 0.3304 7.8
203P/Korlevic Korlević 10.01 4.64349 2.9760 0.3147 12
204P/LINEAR–NEAT LINEAR–NEAT 7.00 3.66071 6.5825 0.4705 12.5
205P/Giacobini Giacobini 6.66 3.53984 15.3043 0.5688 14.1
205P/Giacobini-A Giacobini 6.66 3.53930 15.3046 0.5687 12
205P/Giacobini-B Giacobini 6.84 3.60328 15.4053 0.5753 18.5
205P/Giacobini-C Giacobini 6.66 3.53997 15.3085 0.5687
206P/Barnard–Boattini Barnard–Boattini 5.83 3.239112 32.9309 0.646433 20.3
207P/NEAT NEAT 7.66 3.88458 10.1500 0.7570 16.5
208P/McMillan McMillan 8.11 4.03602 4.4146 0.3743 13.4
209P/LINEAR LINEAR 5.04 2.93797 19.3878 0.6891 16.8
210P/Christensen Christensen 5.71 3.19408 10.1666 0.8289 15
211P/Hill Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) 6.73 3.56584 18.8707 0.3377 11.7
212P/NEAT = 2000 YN30 NEAT 7.78 3.92695 22.3980 0.5787 14.8
213P/Van Ness Van Ness 6.34 3.42686 10.2369 0.3807 10.3
213P/Van Ness-B Van Ness 6.33 3.42223 10.2401 0.3797 7.3
214P/LINEAR = 2002 CW134 LINEAR 6.84 3.60436 15.2260 0.4896 12.1
215P/NEAT NEAT 8.07 4.02307 12.7892 0.2006 10.1
216P/LINEAR = 2001 CV8 LINEAR 7.65 3.88125 9.0414 0.4454 6.5
217P/LINEAR = 2001 MD7 LINEAR 7.83 3.94218 12.8819 0.6896 14.1
218P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.11 3.34041 18.1511 0.4903 14.7
219P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.98 3.65091 11.5234 0.3525 11.4
220P/McNaught McNaught 5.50 3.11591 8.1232 0.5013 14.3
221P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.50 3.48396 11.4130 0.4861 14.6
222P/LINEAR LINEAR 4.83 2.85761 5.1458 0.7267 19.7
223P/Skiff Skiff 8.42 4.13868 27.0495 0.4175 11.5
224P/LINEAR–NEAT LINEAR–NEAT 6.11 3.34226 14.7304 0.4369 13.1
225P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.68 3.54533 20.7096 0.6638 18.8
226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski 7.09 3.68946 46.3472 0.4805 12
227P/Catalina–LINEAR Catalina Sky Survey–LINEAR 6.79 3.58744 6.5238 0.4994 13.9
228P/LINEAR LINEAR 8.49 4.16184 7.9181 0.1763 12.4
229P/Gibbs Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey) 7.78 3.92474 26.1088 0.3782 12.2
230P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.27 3.39899 14.6433 0.5628 13.1
231P/LINEAR–NEAT LINEAR–NEAT 8.08 4.02547 12.3279 0.2470 6.2
232P/Hill Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) 9.49 4.48282 14.6350 0.3345 10.8
233P/La Sagra La Sagra Sky Survey 5.29 3.03733 11.2764 0.4090 17.6
234P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.46 3.81805 11.5183 0.2519 12.7
235P/LINEAR LINEAR 8.00 4.00039 8.8959 0.3148 13.1
236P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.20 3.72755 16.3338 0.5088 15.2
237P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.22 3.73683 16.1550 0.3526 12.9
238P/Read Read (Spacewatch) 5.63 3.16459 1.2662 0.2528 13.7
239P/LINEAR LINEAR 9.43 4.46453 11.3188 0.6315 14.4
240P/NEAT NEAT 7.60 3.86707 23.5250 0.4501 10.6
241P/LINEAR LINEAR 10.79 4.88347 20.7424 0.6189 12
242P/Spahr Spahr 13.39 5.63937 32.1285 0.3141 5.7
243P/NEAT NEAT 7.50 3.83138 7.6381 0.3586 8.3
244P/Scotti Scotti 11.00 4.94538 2.2676 0.2042 6.5
245P/WISE WISE 8.03 4.01159 2.1412 0.4663 14.4
246P/NEAT NEAT 8.06 4.02007 15.9865 0.28646 4.6
247P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.98 3.99177 13.7282 0.6252 16.4
248P/Gibbs Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey) 14.63 5.98246 6.3678 0.6412 12.7
249P/LINEAR LINEAR 4.63 2.77713 8.4341 0.8161 16.2
250P/Larson Larson (Catalina Sky Survey) 7.20 3.73033 13.2935 0.4065 13.3
251P/LINEAR LINEAR 6.52 3.48967 23.5070 0.5096 13.6
252P/LINEAR LINEAR 5.34 3.05679 10.3811 0.6724 18.6
253P/PANSTARRS Pan-STARRS 6.46 3.46931 4.9403 0.4126 13.1
254P/McNaught McNaught 10.09 4.67027 32.5642 0.3119 10.9
255P/Levy Levy 5.30 3.03817 18.2690 0.6683 11.5
256P/LINEAR LINEAR 9.93 4.62111 27.6418 0.4179 12.8
257P/Catalina Catalina Sky Survey 7.28 3.75550 20.2439 0.4336 11.7
258P/PANSTARRS Pan-STARRS 9.22 4.39740 6.7462 0.2088 12.4
259P/Garradd Garradd 4.50 2.72573 15.9031 0.3422 14.8
260P/McNaught McNaught 7.07 3.68517 15.7369 0.5935 12.2
261P/Larson Larson (Mount Lemmon Survey) 6.79 3.58704 6.3229 0.3896 4.4
262P/McNaught–Russell McNaught–Russell 18.27 6.93552 29.0794 0.8154 13.1
263P/Gibbs Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey) 5.27 3.02964 14.4712 0.5870 16.7
264P/Larsen Larsen 7.68 3.89202 25.1477 0.3738 13.2
265P/LINEAR LINEAR 8.77 4.25298 14.6912 0.6460 14.8
266P/Christensen Christensen 6.63 3.53064 3.4286 0.3407 14.3
267P/LONEOS LONEOS 5.97 3.28961 5.3686 0.5933 18.6
268P/Bernardi Bernardi 9.55 4.50055 15.6195 0.4789 13.7
269P/Jedicke V. Jedicke–R. Jedicke 19.28 7.19103 6.6179 0.4358 6.5
270P/Gehrels Gehrels 17.54 6.75044 2.8594 0.4674 3
271P/van Houten–Lemmon C. van Houten–I. van Houten-Groeneveld–Mount Lemmon Survey 18.38 6.96351 6.8563 0.3890 5.5
272P/NEAT NEAT 9.40 4.45250 18.2770 0.4525 12.7
273P/Pons–Gambart Pons–Gambart 187.47 32.75524 136.3990 0.9753 11.4
274P/Tombaugh–Tenagra Tombaugh–Tenagra II Observatory 9.12 4.36546 15.8373 0.4406 11.5
275P/Hermann Hermann 13.84 5.76436 21.5699 0.7139 15
276P/Vorobjov Vorobjov 12.43 5.36671 14.4977 0.2691 5.8
277P/LINEAR LINEAR 7.60 3.86562 16.7255 0.5036 12.8
278P/McNaught McNaught 7.09 3.69228 6.6873 0.4345 5.8
279P/La Sagra La Sagra Sky Survey 6.76 3.57565 5.0547 0.3994 13.9
280P/Larsen Larsen 9.58 4.51173 11.7797 0.4181 11.6
281P/MOSS Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey (MOSS) 10.72 4.86212 4.7211 0.1736 11.3
282P/LONEOS = (323137) 2003 BM80 LONEOS 8.77 4.25130 5.8093 0.1884 15.3
283P/Spacewatch = 2013 EV9 Spacewatch 8.41 4.13497 14.4640 0.48567 13.1
284P/McNaught McNaught 7.07 3.68239 11.8619 0.3792 6.6
285P/LINEAR LINEAR 9.59 4.51265 24.4972 0.6210 13.6
286P/Christensen Christensen 8.35 4.11538 2.3668 0.4249 12.8
287P/Christensen Christensen 8.51 4.16775 16.3148 0.2708 6.2
288P/Spacewatch = (300163) 2006 VW139 Spacewatch 5.32 3.04719 3.2407 0.2012 16.1
289P/Blanpain Blanpain 5.41 3.08037 5.9312 0.6757 22.9
290P/Jäger Jäger 15.08 6.10400 19.0685 0.6470 6.5
291P/NEAT NEAT 9.73 4.55909 5.9471 0.4286 5.5
292P/Li Li 15.19 6.13467 24.3151 0.5867 6
293P/Spacewatch Spacewatch 6.93 3.63308 9.0688 0.4194 15.4
294P/LINEAR LINEAR 5.73 3.20046 19.0858 0.5945 15.4
295P/LINEAR LINEAR 12.36 5.34619 21.1062 0.6149 15.3
296P/Garradd Garradd 6.55 3.50075 25.2013 0.4765 9.5
297P/Beshore Beshore 6.5 3.48407 10.2636 0.3086 6.1
298P/Christensen Christensen 6.52 3.49015 8.0217 0.4124 15.2
299P/Catalina–PANSTARRS Catalina Sky Survey–Pan-STARRS 9.15 4.37435 10.4799 0.2817 6.1
300P/Catalina Catalina Sky Survey 4.42 2.69383 5.6960 0.6936 18.2
301P/LINEAR–NEAT LINEAR–NEAT 3.56 2.34631 10.6182 0.5874 11
302P/Lemmon–PANSTARRS Mount Lemmon Survey–Pan-STARRS 8.81 3.28360 6.0365 0.2304 12.2
303P/NEAT NEAT 11.44 5.07664 7.0470 0.5085 12.6
304P/Ory Ory 5.84 3.24313 2.7552 0.5736 14.6
305P/Skiff Skiff 9.93 4.62049 11.4674 0.6939 14.8
306P/LINEAR LINEAR 5.47 3.10396 8.3644 0.5984 18
307P/LINEAR LINEAR 14.06 5.82428 4.4242 0.6729 7.2
308P/Lagerkvist–Carsenty Lagerkvist–Carsenty 17.27 6.68071 4.8352 0.3653 9.5
309P/LINEAR LINEAR 9.41 4.45560 17.6490 0.6061 15.6
310P/Hill Hill 8.51 4.16718 13.1766 0.4246 10.5
311P/PANSTARRS Pan-STARRS 3.24 2.18870 4.9685 0.1153 14.9
312P/NEAT NEAT 6.41 3.44939 19.8555 0.4348 14.6
313P/Gibbs Gibbs 5.61 3.15579 10.9663 0.2422 13.3
314P/Montani Montani 19.44 7.22902 3.99168 0.4176 9
315P/LONEOS LONEOS 10.67 4.84673 20.11699 0.5098 9.6
316P/LONEOS–Christensen LONEOS-Christensen 9.00 4.32790 9.88289 0.1664 11.2
317P/WISE WISE 5.11 2.9669 11.93941 0.56985
318P/McNaught–Hartley McNaught - Hartley 20.6 7.5155 17.8685 0.67424
319P/Catalina–McNaught Catalina Sky Survey - McNaught 6.76 3.5753 15.07376 0.66528
320P/McNaught McNaught 5.45 3.0972 4.89971 0.68455
321P/SOHO SOHO 3.77 2.4223 20.20228 0.98118
322P/SOHO SOHO 3.99 2.5166 12.57970 0.97869
323P/SOHO SOHO 4.15 2.58399 5.39377 0.98465
324P/La Sagra La Sagra Sky Survey 5.45 3.09592 21.41643 0.15378
325P/Yang–Gao Yang - Gao 6.61 3.52224 16.6921 0.59370
326P/Hill Hill 8.22 4.07165 2.4705 0.31729
327P/Van Ness Van Ness 6.74 3.56685 36.21403 0.56255
328P/LONEOS–Tucker LONEOS - Tucker 8.62 4.20351 17.64912 0.55120
329P/LINEAR–Catalina LINEAR - Catalina Sky Survey 11.8 5.18189 21.46166 0.67974
330P/Catalina Catalina Sky Survey 16.8 6.57161 15.56476 0.55064
331P/Gibbs Gibbs 5.21 3.0039 9.73941 0.04142
332P/Ikeya–Murakami Ikeya - Murakami 5.42 3.0867 9.38603 0.49043
333P/NEAT NEAT 8.68 4.2248 131.877 0.73605
334P/NEAT NEAT 16.7 6.5341 19.05406 0.35958
335P/Gibbs Gibbs 6.78 3.5816 7.28788 0.54506
336P/McNaught McNaught 11.3 5.0229 17.83946 0.44622
337P/McNaught WISE 5.96 3.2865 15.36661 0.49656
338P/McNaught McNaught 7.68 3.8922 25.39873 0.41235 11.2
339P/Gibbs Gibbs 7.04 3.6725 5.74670 0.63972 12.2
340P/Boattini Boattini 8.76 4.2503 2.07804 0.27916 11.9
341P/Gibbs Gibbs 8.87 4.2858 3.8000 0.41619 13.7
342P/SOHO SOHO 5.31 3.0430 13.27479 0.98260
343P/NEAT-LONEOS NEAT-LONEOS 12.87 5.4928 5.54582 0.58091 6.9

73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann

A certain comet, designated 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann, broke up into several pieces in 1995,[2] and as of its last perihelion date, the pieces numbered at least 67 with 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann C as the presumed original nucleus. Because of the enormous number, the pieces of it have been compiled into a separate list:

Comet fragment Orbital period (years) Semimajor axis (a) Eccentricity (e) Comet total magnitude/
absolute magnitude (M1)
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann A 5.34 3.05653 0.6948 12
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann B 5.36 3.06184 0.6933 15.2
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann C 5.36 3.06347 0.6922 13.2
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann E 5.36 3.06229 0.6939 10.4
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann G 5.36 3.06335 0.6934 16.8
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann H 5.37 3.06483 0.6936 20.2
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann J 5.31 3.04421 0.6915
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann K 5.36 3.06431 0.6935 20.9
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann L 5.40 3.07632 0.6947 20.9
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann M 5.37 3.06835 0.6939 21
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann N 5.33 3.05239 0.6923 20.4
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann P 5.42 3.08504 0.6956
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Q 5.51 3.11832 0.6986 21.5
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann R 5.38 3.06994 0.6941 19.2
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann S 6.09 3.33407 0.6934 21.1
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann T 5.89 3.26076 0.7119
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann U 5.26 3.02441 0.6894
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann V 5.13 2.97608 0.6935
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann W 5.47 3.10530 0.6976
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann X 5.40 3.07645 0.6948 21.7
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Y 6.13 3.34821 0.7195
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Z 5.38 3.07212 0.6934
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AA 5.04 2.94109 0.6806
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AB 5.31 3.04180 0.6912
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AC 5.41 3.08255 0.6954
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AD 5.37 3.06777 0.6934
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AE 5.45 3.09638 0.6967
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AF 4.96 2.90758 0.6763
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AG 5.42 3.08672 0.6958
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AH 5.39 3.07521 0.6934
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AI 5.48 3.10921 0.6980 21.3
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AJ 10.14 4.68498 0.8002 21.3
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AK 5.35 3.05798 0.6934 18.8
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AL 5.53 3.12759 0.6998
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AM 5.29 3.03591 0.6934
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AN 5.40 3.07623 0.6948
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AO 5.38 3.07203 0.6938
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AP 5.58 3.14414 0.7014 20.3
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AQ 5.43 3.08794 0.6959 17.5
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AR 5.43 3.08745 0.6958 21.8
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AS 5.57 3.14076 0.7011 20.3
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AT 5.20 3.00136 0.6869 21
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AU 5.35 3.05783 0.6928
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AV 5.36 3.06228 0.6934
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AW 4.97 2.91373 0.6773
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AX 5.33 3.05014 0.6925
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AY 4.92 2.89370 0.6751
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann AZ 4.92 2.89391 0.6751
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BA 5.09 2.96078 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BB 5.11 2.96763 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BC 5.55 3.13424 0.7005 19.8
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BD 5.14 2.97945 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BE 5.09 2.95824 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BF 5.17 2.98917 0.6857
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BG 5.14 2.97972 0.6848
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BH 5.09 2.95948 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BI 5.09 2.95954 0.6825
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BJ 5.30 3.04058 0.6911
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BK 5.31 3.04505 0.6915 23.7
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BL 5.44 3.09142 0.6962 22.4
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BM 5.09 2.95930 0.6824
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BN 5.32 3.04704 0.6918 21.3
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BO 5.32 3.04771 0.6918 22.9
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BP 5.09 2.95951 0.6825
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BQ 5.34 3.05371 0.6925 20.8
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BR 5.16 2.98432 0.6852
73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann BS 5.50 3.11502 0.6986

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JPL small-body database browser orbital information". JPL. NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "breakup of 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann". NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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