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This is a list of all comets that includes numbered comets, unnumbered comets, and active asteroids.
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Numbered[]
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Includes periodic, Halley-type, quasi-Hilda and other comets with periods less than 200 years.
✝Indicates a lost or destroyed comet
| Designation | Diameter (km) | Discovery Year | Notes | Provisional Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1P/Halley | 11[1] | 240 BC | ||
| 2P/Encke | 4.8 | 1786 | ||
| 3D/Biela✝ | 0.5 | 1826 | ||
| 4P/Faye | 3.54 | 1843 | ||
| 5P/Brorsen✝ | ||||
| 6P/d'Arrest | ||||
| 7P/Pons-Winnecke | ||||
| 8P/Tuttle | ||||
| 9P/Tempel (Tempel 1) |
6.25[2] | 1867 | 1867 G1 | |
| 10P/Tempel (Tempel 2) |
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| 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR | ||||
| 12P/Pons-Brooks | ||||
| 13P/Olbers | ||||
| 14P/Wolf | ||||
| 15P/Finlay | ||||
| 16P/Brooks (Brooks 2) |
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| 17P/Holmes | ||||
| 18D/Perrine-Mrkos✝ | ||||
| 19P/Borrelly | 4.8[3] | 1904 | ||
| 20D/Westphal✝ | ||||
| 81P/Wild | 2.13[4] | 1978 | ||
| 103P/Hartley | 1.6 | 1984 | ||
| 109P/Swift-Tuttle | 26[5] | 1862 |
Unnumbered[]
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| Name of Comet | Diameter
(km) |
Discovery Year | Notes | Provisional Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hale-Bopp | 60[6] | 1995 | C/1995 O1 | |
| 2004 | C/2004 R2 (ASAS) | |||
| 1[7] | 2022 | C/2022 E3 (ZTF) |
Active Asteroids[]
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| Comet Number | Name of Comet | Diameter of Nucleus (Kilometers) | Discovery Year | Notes | Provisional Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95P | 2060 Chiron | 215.6[8] | 1977 | Considered both a comet and minor planet. | 1977 UB |
References[]
- ↑ https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=1P&view=OPC
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112311/http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/asteroids_and_comets/tempel1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140809140735/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Com_19PBorrelly&Display=Facts&System=Metric
- ↑ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/81p-wild/
- ↑ https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=109P%2FSwift-Tuttle&view=OPC
- ↑ https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=Hale-Bopp&view=OPC
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/graphics/2023/01/15/green-comet-what-it-is-how-to-see-it/11039033002/
- ↑ https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013A&A...555A..15F