Periodic Comet Numbers
The assignment of periodic comet numbers is the responsibility of the Minor Planet Center. The current list of numbers is as follows:Number Name Number Name 1P Halley 115P Maury 2P Encke 116P Wild 3D Biela 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 4P Faye 118P Shoemaker-Levy 5D Brorsen 119P Parker-Hartley 6P d'Arrest 120P Mueller 7P Pons-Winnecke 121P Shoemaker-Holt 8P Tuttle 122P de Vico 9P Tempel 123P West-Hartley 10P Tempel 124P Mrkos 11P Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 125P Spacewatch 12P Pons-Brooks 126P IRAS 13P Olbers 127P Holt-Olmstead 14P Wolf 128P Shoemaker-Holt 15P Finlay 129P Shoemaker-Levy 16P Brooks 130P McNaught-Hughes 17P Holmes 131P Mueller 18D Perrine-Mrkos 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 19P Borrelly 133P Elst-Pizarro 20D Westphal 134P Kowal-Vavrova 21P Giacobini-Zinner 135P Shoemaker-Levy 22P Kopff 136P Mueller 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 137P Shoemaker-Levy 24P Schaumasse 138P Shoemaker-Levy 25D Neujmin 139P Vaisala-Oterma 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 140P Bowell-Skiff 27P Crommelin 141P Machholz 28P Neujmin 142P Ge-Wang 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 143P Kowal-Mrkos 30P Reinmuth 144P Kushida 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 145P Shoemaker-Levy 32P Comas Sola 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR 33P Daniel 147P Kushida-Muramatsu 34D Gale 148P Anderson-LINEAR 35P Herschel-Rigollet 149P Mueller 36P Whipple 150P LONEOS 37P Forbes 151P Helin 38P Stephan-Oterma 152P Helin-Lawrence 39P Oterma 153P Ikeya-Zhang 40P Vaisala 154P Brewington 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 155P Shoemaker 42P Neujmin 156P Russell-LINEAR 43P Wolf-Harrington 157P Tritton 44P Reinmuth 158P Kowal-LINEAR 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 159P LONEOS 46P Wirtanen 160P LINEAR 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 161P Hartley-IRAS 48P Johnson 162P Siding Spring 49P Arend-Rigaux 163P NEAT 50P Arend 164P Christensen 51P Harrington 165P LINEAR 52P Harrington-Abell 166P NEAT 53P Van Biesbroeck 167P CINEOS 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 168P Hergenrother 55P Tempel-Tuttle 169P NEAT 56P Slaughter-Burnham 170P Christensen 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 171P Spahr 58P Jackson-Neujmin 172P Yeung 59P Kearns-Kwee 173P Mueller 60P Tsuchinshan 174P Echeclus 61P Shajn-Schaldach 175P Hergenrother 62P Tsuchinshan 176P LINEAR 63P Wild 177P Barnard 64P Swift-Gehrels 178P Hug-Bell 65P Gunn 179P Jedicke 66P du Toit 180P NEAT 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 181P Shoemaker-Levy 68P Klemola 182P LONEOS 69P Taylor 183P Korlevic-Juric 70P Kojima 184P Lovas 71P Clark 185P Petriew 72D Denning-Fujikawa 186P Garradd 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 187P LINEAR 74P Smirnova-Chernykh 188P LINEAR-Mueller 75D Kohoutek 189P NEAT 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 190P Mueller 77P Longmore 191P McNaught 78P Gehrels 192P Shoemaker-Levy 79P du Toit-Hartley 193P LINEAR-NEAT 80P Peters-Hartley 194P LINEAR 81P Wild 195P Hill 82P Gehrels 196P Tichy 83D Russell 197P LINEAR 84P Giclas 198P ODAS 85P Boethin 199P Shoemaker 86P Wild 200P Larsen 87P Bus 201P LONEOS 88P Howell 202P Scotti 89P Russell 203P Korlevic 90P Gehrels 204P LINEAR-NEAT 91P Russell 205P Giacobini 92P Sanguin 206P Barnard-Boattini 93P Lovas 207P NEAT 94P Russell 208P McMillan 95P Chiron 209P LINEAR 96P Machholz 210P Christensen 97P Metcalf-Brewington 211P Hill 98P Takamizawa 212P NEAT 99P Kowal 213P Van Ness 100P Hartley 214P LINEAR 101P Chernykh 215P NEAT 102P Shoemaker 216P LINEAR 103P Hartley 217P LINEAR 104P Kowal 218P LINEAR 105P Singer Brewster 219P LINEAR 106P Schuster 220P McNaught 107P Wilson-Harrington 221P LINEAR 108P Ciffreo 222P LINEAR 109P Swift-Tuttle 223P Skiff 110P Hartley 224P LINEAR-NEAT 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 225P LINEAR 112P Urata-Niijima 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 113P Spitaler 227P Catalina-LINEAR 114P Wiseman-Skiff 228P LINEARSee this list in name order.
Additions to this list will appear in the Minor Planet Circulars.
This list was last updated on 2009 Nov. 2.
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