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 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 2P Encke 118P Shoemaker-Levy 3D Biela 119P Parker-Hartley 4P Faye 120P Mueller 5D Brorsen 121P Shoemaker-Holt 6P d'Arrest 122P de Vico 7P Pons-Winnecke 123P West-Hartley 8P Tuttle 124P Mrkos 9P Tempel 125P Spacewatch 10P Tempel 126P IRAS 11P Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 127P Holt-Olmstead 12P Pons-Brooks 128P Shoemaker-Holt 13P Olbers 129P Shoemaker-Levy 14P Wolf 130P McNaught-Hughes 15P Finlay 131P Mueller 16P Brooks 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 17P Holmes 133P Elst-Pizarro 18D Perrine-Mrkos 134P Kowal-Vavrova 19P Borrelly 135P Shoemaker-Levy 20D Westphal 136P Mueller 21P Giacobini-Zinner 137P Shoemaker-Levy 22P Kopff 138P Shoemaker-Levy 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 139P Vaisala-Oterma 24P Schaumasse 140P Bowell-Skiff 25D Neujmin 141P Machholz 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 142P Ge-Wang 27P Crommelin 143P Kowal-Mrkos 28P Neujmin 144P Kushida 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 145P Shoemaker-Levy 30P Reinmuth 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 147P Kushida-Muramatsu 32P Comas Sola 148P Anderson-LINEAR 33P Daniel 149P Mueller 34D Gale 150P LONEOS 35P Herschel-Rigollet 151P Helin 36P Whipple 152P Helin-Lawrence 37P Forbes 153P Ikeya-Zhang 38P Stephan-Oterma 154P Brewington 39P Oterma 155P Shoemaker 40P Vaisala 156P Russell-LINEAR 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 157P Tritton 42P Neujmin 158P Kowal-LINEAR 43P Wolf-Harrington 159P LONEOS 44P Reinmuth 160P LINEAR 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 161P Hartley-IRAS 46P Wirtanen 162P Siding Spring 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 163P NEAT 48P Johnson 164P Christensen 49P Arend-Rigaux 165P LINEAR 50P Arend 166P NEAT 51P Harrington 167P CINEOS 52P Harrington-Abell 168P Hergenrother 53P Van Biesbroeck 169P NEAT 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 170P Christensen 55P Tempel-Tuttle 171P Spahr 56P Slaughter-Burnham 172P Yeung 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 173P Mueller 58P Jackson-Neujmin 174P Echeclus 59P Kearns-Kwee 175P Hergenrother 60P Tsuchinshan 176P LINEAR 61P Shajn-Schaldach 177P Barnard 62P Tsuchinshan 178P Hug-Bell 63P Wild 179P Jedicke 64P Swift-Gehrels 180P NEAT 65P Gunn 181P Shoemaker-Levy 66P du Toit 182P LONEOS 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 183P Korlevic-Juric 68P Klemola 184P Lovas 69P Taylor 185P Petriew 70P Kojima 186P Garradd 71P Clark 187P LINEAR 72D Denning-Fujikawa 188P LINEAR-Mueller 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 189P NEAT 74P Smirnova-Chernykh 190P Mueller 75D Kohoutek 191P McNaught 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 192P Shoemaker-Levy 77P Longmore 193P LINEAR-NEAT 78P Gehrels 194P LINEAR 79P du Toit-Hartley 195P Hill 80P Peters-Hartley 196P Tichy 81P Wild 197P LINEAR 82P Gehrels 198P ODAS 83D Russell 199P Shoemaker 84P Giclas 200P Larsen 85P Boethin 201P LONEOS 86P Wild 202P Scotti 87P Bus 203P Korlevic 88P Howell 204P LINEAR-NEAT 89P Russell 205P Giacobini 90P Gehrels 206P Barnard-Boattini 91P Russell 207P NEAT 92P Sanguin 208P McMillan 93P Lovas 209P LINEAR 94P Russell 210P Christensen 95P Chiron 211P Hill 96P Machholz 212P NEAT 97P Metcalf-Brewington 213P Van Ness 98P Takamizawa 214P LINEAR 99P Kowal 215P NEAT 100P Hartley 216P LINEAR 101P Chernykh 217P LINEAR 102P Shoemaker 218P LINEAR 103P Hartley 219P LINEAR 104P Kowal 220P McNaught 105P Singer Brewster 221P LINEAR 106P Schuster 222P LINEAR 107P Wilson-Harrington 223P Skiff 108P Ciffreo 224P LINEAR-NEAT 109P Swift-Tuttle 225P LINEAR 110P Hartley 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 227P Catalina-LINEAR 112P Urata-Niijima 228P LINEAR 113P Spitaler 229P Gibbs 114P Wiseman-Skiff 230P LINEAR 115P Maury 231P LINEAR-NEAT 116P Wild 232P HillSee this list in name order.
Additions to this list will appear in the Minor Planet Circulars.
This list was last updated on 2010 Jan. 30.
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