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