Comet Catalog in order of Number of Periodic Comets

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In order of: ( ) Day of Perihelion ( ) Day of Perihelion (on earth) ( ) Designation ( ) Designation (on earth) (*) Number of Periodic Comets [What's New] Numbered periodic comets Not numbered periodic comets Comet-like asteroids Observable comet now Not observable comet now Returning but not yet observed comet Comet not observed at last return or diminished comet Search:

Numbered periodic comets 1P Halley 2P Encke 3D Biela 4P Faye 5D Brorsen 6P d'Arrest 7P Pons-Winnecke 8P Tuttle 9P Tempel 1 10P Tempel 2 11P Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 12P Pons-Brooks 13P Olbers 14P Wolf 15P Finlay 16P Brooks 2 17P Holmes 18D Perrine-Mrkos 19P Borrelly 20D Westphal 21P Giacobini-Zinner 22P Kopff 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 24P Schaumasse 25D Neujmin 2 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 27P Crommelin 28P Neujmin 1 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 30P Reinmuth 1 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 32P Comas Sola 33P Daniel 34D Gale 35P Herschel-Rigollet 36P Whipple 37P Forbes 38P Stephan-Oterma 39P Oterma 40P Vaisala 1 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 42P Neujmin 3 43P Wolf-Harrington 44P Reinmuth 2 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 46P Wirtanen 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 48P Johnson 49P Arend-Rigaux 50P Arend 51P Harrington 52P Harrington-Abell 53P Van Biesbroeck 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 55P Tempel-Tuttle 56P Slaughter-Burnham 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 58P Jackson-Neujmin 59P Kearns-Kwee 60P Tsuchinshan 2 61P Shajn-Schaldach 62P Tsuchinshan 1 63P Wild 1 64P Swift-Gehrels 65P Gunn 66P du Toit 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 68P Klemola 69P Taylor 70P Kojima 71P Clark 72P Denning-Fujikawa 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 74P Smirnova-Chernykh 75P Kohoutek 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 77P Longmore 78P Gehrels 2 79P du Toit-Hartley 80P Peters-Hartley 81P Wild 2 82P Gehrels 3 83P Russell 1 84P Giclas 85P Boethin 86P Wild 3 87P Bus 88P Howell 89P Russell 2 90P Gehrels 1 91P Russell 3 92P Sanguin 93P Lovas 1 94P Russell 4 95P/(2060) Chiron 96P Machholz 1 97P Metcalf-Brewington 98P Takamizawa 99P Kowal 1 100P Hartley 1 101P Chernykh 102P Shoemaker 1 103P Hartley 2 104P Kowal 2 105P Singer Brewster 106P Schuster 107P/(4015) Wilson-Harrington 108P Ciffreo 109P Swift-Tuttle 110P Hartley 3 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 112P Urata-Niijima 113P Spitaler 114P Wiseman-Skiff 115P Maury 116P Wild 4 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 1 118P Shoemaker-Levy 4 119P Parker-Hartley 120P Mueller 1 121P Shoemaker-Holt 2 122P de Vico 123P West-Hartley 124P Mrkos 125P Spacewatch 126P IRAS 127P Holt-Olmstead 128P Shoemaker-Holt 1 129P Shoemaker-Levy 3 130P McNaught-Hughes 131P Mueller 2 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 2 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro 134P Kowal-Vavrova 135P Shoemaker-Levy 8 136P Mueller 3 137P Shoemaker-Levy 2 138P Shoemaker-Levy 7 139P Vaisala-Oterma 140P Bowell-Skiff 141P Machholz 2 142P Ge-Wang 143P Kowal-Mrkos 144P Kushida 145P Shoemaker-Levy 5 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR 147P Kushida-Muramatsu 148P Anderson-LINEAR 149P Mueller 4 150P LONEOS 151P Helin 152P Helin-Lawrence 153P Ikeya-Zhang 154P Brewington 155P Shoemaker 3 156P Russell-LINEAR 157P Tritton 158P Kowal-LINEAR 159P LONEOS 160P LINEAR 161P Hartley-IRAS 162P Siding Spring 163P NEAT 164P Christensen 165P LINEAR 166P NEAT 167P CINEOS 168P Hergenrother 169P NEAT 170P Christensen 171P Spahr 172P Yeung 173P Mueller 5 174P/(60558) Echeclus 175P Hergenrother 176P/(118401) LINEAR 177P Barnard 2 178P Hug-Bell 179P Jedicke 180P NEAT 181P Shoemaker-Levy 6 182P LONEOS 183P Korlevic-Juric 184P Lovas 2 185P Petriew 186P Garradd 187P LINEAR 188P LINEAR-Mueller 189P NEAT 190P Mueller 191P McNaught 192P Shoemaker-Levy 1 193P LINEAR-NEAT 194P LINEAR 195P Hill 196P Tichy 197P LINEAR 198P ODAS 199P Shoemaker 4 200P Larsen

Not numbered periodic comets C/1468 S1 C/1468 S1 D/1766 G1 Helfenzrieder D/1770 L1 Lexell D/1783 W1 Pigott D/1819 W1 Blanpain C/1827 M1 Pons-Gambart C/1861 J1 Great comet D/1884 O1 Barnard 1 D/1886 K1 Brooks 1 D/1892 T1 Barnard 3 D/1894 F1 Denning D/1895 Q1 Swift D/1896 R2 Giacobini C/1917 F1 Mellish D/1918 W1 Schorr C/1921 H1 Dubiago C/1937 D1 Wilk C/1942 EA Vaisala 2 D/1952 B1 Harrington-Wilson D/1960 S1 van Houten D/1977 C1 Skiff-Kosai D/1978 R1 Haneda-Campos C/1984 A1 Bradfield 1 C/1989 A3 Bradfield 2 C/1991 L3 Levy D/1993 F2 Shoemaker-Levy 9 C/1993 Y1 McNaught-Russell P/1994 N2 McNaught-Hartley P/1994 X1 McNaught-Russell P/1996 A1 Jedicke P/1996 R2 Lagerkvist C/1996 V2 = C/2002 V5 SOHO C/1996 X3 = C/2002 N2 SOHO C/1996 X3 = C/2002 S4 SOHO P/1997 B1 Kobayashi C/1997 B5 SOHO P/1997 C1 Gehrels P/1997 G1 Montani P/1997 T3 Lagerkvist-Carsenty C/1998 A2 SOHO C/1998 G1 LINEAR P/1998 QP54 LONEOS-Tucker P/1998 U3 Jager P/1998 U4 Spahr P/1998 VS24 LINEAR C/1998 Y1 LINEAR P/1998 Y2 Li P/1999 D1 Hermann C/1999 E1 Li C/1999 G1 LINEAR C/1999 J6 = C/2004 V9 SOHO C/1999 M3 = C/2004 L10 SOHO C/1999 N5 = C/2005 E4 SOHO C/1999 N5 = C/2005 G2 SOHO C/1999 N6 = C/2004 J4 SOHO C/1999 P6 SOHO P/1999 R1 = P/2003 R5 = P/2007 R5 SOHO P/1999 RO28 LONEOS C/1999 S3 LINEAR C/1999 U2 = C/2005 W5 SOHO P/1999 U3 LINEAR P/1999 V1 Catalina P/1999 WJ7 Korlevic P/1999 XB69 LINEAR C/1999 XS87 LINEAR P/1999 XN120 Catalina C/2000 C4 = C/2005 W1 SOHO C/2000 D2 LINEAR P/2000 G1 LINEAR C/2000 G2 LINEAR C/2000 O3 = C/2005 W4 SOHO P/2000 QJ46 LINEAR P/2000 R2 LINEAR P/2000 S1 Skiff C/2000 S3 LONEOS P/2000 S4 LINEAR-Spacewatch P/2000 Y3 Scotti P/2001 BB50 LINEAR-NEAT P/2001 CV8 LINEAR P/2001 F1 NEAT P/2001 H5 NEAT P/2001 J1 NEAT C/2001 M10 NEAT P/2001 MD7 LINEAR C/2001 OG108 LONEOS P/2001 Q6 NEAT C/2001 Q7 SOHO P/2001 R1 LONEOS P/2001 R6 LINEAR-Skiff C/2001 R8 SOHO P/2001 T3 NEAT P/2001 TU80 LINEAR-NEAT C/2001 W2 BATTeRS P/2001 X2 Scotti P/2001 YX127 LINEAR C/2002 A1 LINEAR C/2002 A2 LINEAR P/2002 AR2 LINEAR C/2002 B1 LINEAR C/2002 CE10 LINEAR P/2002 CW134 LINEAR P/2002 EJ57 LINEAR P/2002 JN16 LINEAR C/2002 K4 NEAT P/2002 LZ11 LINEAR P/2002 O8 NEAT P/2002 Q1 Van Ness C/2002 Q8 = C/2008 E4 SOHO C/2002 R1 = C/2008 A3 SOHO C/2002 R4 = C/2007 Y4 SOHO P/2002 S1 Skiff C/2002 S11 = C/2008 G6 SOHO P/2002 T1 LINEAR P/2002 T5 LINEAR P/2002 T6 NEAT-LINEAR P/2002 X2 NEAT P/2003 A1 LINEAR P/2003 CP7 LINEAR-NEAT C/2003 E1 NEAT C/2003 F1 LINEAR P/2003 F2 NEAT P/2003 H4 LINEAR P/2003 HT15 LINEAR P/2003 K2 Christensen P/2003 L1 Scotti P/2003 O2 LINEAR P/2003 O3 LINEAR P/2003 QX29 NEAT C/2003 R1 LINEAR P/2003 S1 NEAT P/2003 S2 NEAT P/2003 SQ215 NEAT-LONEOS P/2003 T12 SOHO C/2003 U1 LINEAR P/2003 U2 LINEAR P/2003 U3 NEAT P/2003 UY275 LINEAR C/2003 W1 LINEAR P/2003 WC7 LINEAR-Catalina P/2003 XD10 LINEAR-NEAT P/2004 A1 LONEOS C/2004 A3 SOHO C/2004 C1 Larsen P/2004 CB LINEAR P/2004 DO29 Spacewatch-LINEAR P/2004 EW38 Catalina-LINEAR P/2004 F1 NEAT P/2004 F3 NEAT P/2004 FY140 LINEAR P/2004 H2 Larsen P/2004 H3 Larsen P/2004 HC18 LINEAR P/2004 K2 McNaught P/2004 R1 McNaught P/2004 R3 LINEAR-NEAT P/2004 T1 LINEAR-NEAT P/2004 V1 Skiff P/2004 V3 Siding Spring P/2004 V5 LINEAR-Hill P/2004 VR8 LONEOS C/2004 W10 SOHO P/2004 WR9 LINEAR P/2004 X1 LINEAR P/2005 E1 Tubbiolo P/2005 GF8 LONEOS P/2005 J1 McNaught P/2005 JN Spacewatch P/2005 JQ5 Catalina P/2005 JD108 Catalina-NEAT P/2005 JY126 Catalina P/2005 K3 McNaught P/2005 L1 McNaught P/2005 L4 Christensen P/2005 N3 Larson C/2005 N5 Catalina C/2005 O2 Christensen P/2005 Q4 LINEAR P/2005 R1 NEAT P/2005 R2 Van Ness P/2005 RV25 LONEOS-Christensen P/2005 S2 Skiff P/2005 S3 Read P/2005 SB216 LONEOS P/2005 T2 Christensen P/2005 T3 Read P/2005 T4 SWAN P/2005 T5 Broughton P/2005 U1 Read P/2005 V1 Bernardi C/2005 W2 Christensen P/2005 W3 Kowalski P/2005 XA54 LONEOS-Hill P/2005 Y2 McNaught P/2005 YQ127 LINEAR P/2006 D1 Hill C/2006 E2 SOHO P/2006 F1 Kowalski C/2006 F2 Christensen P/2006 F4 Spacewatch P/2006 G1 McNaught P/2006 H1 McNaught P/2006 HR30 Siding Spring P/2006 K2 McNaught P/2006 Q2 LONEOS P/2006 R1 Siding Spring P/2006 R2 Christensen P/2006 S1 Christensen P/2006 S4 Christensen P/2006 S6 Hill P/2006 T1 Levy P/2006 U1 LINEAR P/2006 U5 Christensen C/2006 U7 Gibbs P/2006 W1 Gibbs P/2006 XG16 Spacewatch P/2006 Y2 Gibbs P/2007 A2 Christensen P/2007 B1 Christensen P/2007 C1 Christensen P/2007 C2 Catalina P/2007 H1 McNaught P/2007 H3 Garradd P/2007 K2 Gibbs P/2007 Q2 Gilmore P/2007 R1 Larson P/2007 R2 Gibbs P/2007 R3 Gibbs P/2007 R4 Garradd P/2007 S1 Zhao C/2007 S2 Lemmon P/2007 T2 Kowalski P/2007 T4 Gibbs P/2007 T6 Catalina P/2007 V1 Larson P/2007 V2 Hill P/2007 VQ11 Catalina P/2008 A2 LINEAR C/2008 E1 Catalina P/2008 J2 Beshore P/2008 J3 McNaught

Comet-like asteroids (944) Hidalgo 95P/(2060) Chiron (3200) Phaethon (3552) Don Quixote 107P/(4015) Wilson-Harrington (5145) Pholus (5335) Damocles 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro (8405) Asbolus (10199) Chariklo (15504) 1999 RG33 (20461) Dioretsa (29981) 1999 TD10 (32532) Thereus (37117) 2000 VU2 174P/(60558) Echeclus (65407) 2002 RP120 176P/(118401) LINEAR (144908) 2004 YH32 (145485) 2005 UN398 1996 PW 1996 PW 1997 MD10 1997 MD10 1998 QJ1 1998 QJ1 1998 WU24 1998 WU24 1999 LE31 1999 LE31 1999 XS35 1999 XS35 2000 AB229 2000 AB229 2000 DG8 2000 DG8 2000 EJ37 2000 EJ37 2000 HE46 2000 HE46 2000 KP65 2000 KP65 2001 QF6 2001 QF6 2001 QQ199 2001 QQ199 2001 TX16 2001 TX16 2002 PD43 2002 PD43 2003 EH1 2003 EH1 2003 UL12 2003 UL12 2003 WN188 2003 WN188 2004 DA62 2004 DA62 2004 NN8 2004 NN8 2004 YY23 2004 YY23 2004 YZ23 2004 YZ23 2005 HL3 2005 HL3 2005 UJ159 2005 UJ159 2005 WY3 2005 WY3 2006 AL8 2006 AL8 2006 BZ8 2006 BZ8 2006 EX52 2006 EX52 2006 FV4 2006 FV4 2006 HY51 2006 HY51 2006 OS9 2006 OS9 2006 QL39 2006 QL39 2006 QU90 2006 QU90 2006 RG1 2006 RG1 2006 RJ2 2006 RJ2 2006 RB117 2006 RB117 2006 RB118 2006 RB118 2006 RP118 2006 RP118 2006 SV301 2006 SV301 2007 VA85 2007 VA85 2007 VW266 2007 VW266 2007 WE 2007 WE 2008 BN18 2008 BN18 2008 FF5 2008 FF5 2008 HE 2008 HE 2008 HW1 2008 HW1