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 231P LINEAR-NEAT 50P Arend 224P LINEAR-NEAT 49P Arend-Rigaux 182P LONEOS 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 201P LONEOS 177P Barnard 159P LONEOS 206P Barnard-Boattini 150P LONEOS 3D Biela 77P Longmore 85P Boethin 184P Lovas 19P Borrelly 93P Lovas 140P Bowell-Skiff 141P Machholz 154P Brewington 96P Machholz 16P Brooks 115P Maury 5D Brorsen 208P McMillan 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 191P McNaught 87P Bus 220P McNaught 227P Catalina-LINEAR 130P McNaught-Hughes 101P Chernykh 97P Metcalf-Brewington 95P Chiron 124P Mrkos 170P Christensen 136P Mueller 210P Christensen 173P Mueller 164P Christensen 131P Mueller 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 149P Mueller 108P Ciffreo 190P Mueller 167P CINEOS 120P Mueller 71P Clark 215P NEAT 32P Comas Sola 207P NEAT 27P Crommelin 169P NEAT 6P d'Arrest 163P NEAT 33P Daniel 189P NEAT 122P de Vico 166P NEAT 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 212P NEAT 72D Denning-Fujikawa 180P NEAT 66P du Toit 42P Neujmin 79P du Toit-Hartley 28P Neujmin 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 25D Neujmin 174P Echeclus 198P ODAS 133P Elst-Pizarro 13P Olbers 2P Encke 39P Oterma 4P Faye 119P Parker-Hartley 15P Finlay 18D Perrine-Mrkos 37P Forbes 80P Peters-Hartley 34D Gale 185P Petriew 186P Garradd 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 142P Ge-Wang 12P Pons-Brooks 78P Gehrels 7P Pons-Winnecke 82P Gehrels 44P Reinmuth 90P Gehrels 30P Reinmuth 205P Giacobini 94P Russell 21P Giacobini-Zinner 83D Russell 229P Gibbs 91P Russell 84P Giclas 89P Russell 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 156P Russell-LINEAR 65P Gunn 92P Sanguin 1P Halley 24P Schaumasse 51P Harrington 106P Schuster 52P Harrington-Abell 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 110P Hartley 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 103P Hartley 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 100P Hartley 202P Scotti 161P Hartley-IRAS 61P Shajn-Schaldach 151P Helin 155P Shoemaker 152P Helin-Lawrence 199P Shoemaker 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 102P Shoemaker 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 121P Shoemaker-Holt 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 128P Shoemaker-Holt 175P Hergenrother 135P Shoemaker-Levy 168P Hergenrother 129P Shoemaker-Levy 35P Herschel-Rigollet 192P Shoemaker-Levy 195P Hill 137P Shoemaker-Levy 211P Hill 138P Shoemaker-Levy 232P Hill 145P Shoemaker-Levy 17P Holmes 181P Shoemaker-Levy 127P Holt-Olmstead 118P 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 194P LINEAR 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 209P LINEAR 112P Urata-Niijima 176P LINEAR 40P Vaisala 197P LINEAR 139P Vaisala-Oterma 214P LINEAR 53P Van Biesbroeck 216P LINEAR 213P Van Ness 217P LINEAR 123P West-Hartley 218P LINEAR 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 219P LINEAR 20D Westphal 221P LINEAR 36P Whipple 222P LINEAR 116P Wild 225P LINEAR 63P Wild 165P LINEAR 81P Wild 228P LINEAR 86P Wild 160P LINEAR 107P Wilson-Harrington 230P LINEAR 46P Wirtanen 187P LINEAR 114P Wiseman-Skiff 188P LINEAR-Mueller 14P Wolf 193P LINEAR-NEAT 43P Wolf-Harrington 204P 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 2010 Jan. 30.
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