Periodic Comet Numbers
The assignment of periodic comet numbers is the responsibility of the Minor Planet Center.Additions to this list will appear in the Minor Planet Circulars.
This list was last updated on 2010 Aug. 26.
The current list of numbers is as follows:
Number Name Number Name 1P Halley 123P West-Hartley 2P Encke 124P Mrkos 3D Biela 125P Spacewatch 4P Faye 126P IRAS 5D Brorsen 127P Holt-Olmstead 6P d'Arrest 128P Shoemaker-Holt 7P Pons-Winnecke 129P Shoemaker-Levy 8P Tuttle 130P McNaught-Hughes 9P Tempel 131P Mueller 10P Tempel 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 11P Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 133P Elst-Pizarro 12P Pons-Brooks 134P Kowal-Vavrova 13P Olbers 135P Shoemaker-Levy 14P Wolf 136P Mueller 15P Finlay 137P Shoemaker-Levy 16P Brooks 138P Shoemaker-Levy 17P Holmes 139P Vaisala-Oterma 18D Perrine-Mrkos 140P Bowell-Skiff 19P Borrelly 141P Machholz 20D Westphal 142P Ge-Wang 21P Giacobini-Zinner 143P Kowal-Mrkos 22P Kopff 144P Kushida 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 145P Shoemaker-Levy 24P Schaumasse 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR 25D Neujmin 147P Kushida-Muramatsu 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 148P Anderson-LINEAR 27P Crommelin 149P Mueller 28P Neujmin 150P LONEOS 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 151P Helin 30P Reinmuth 152P Helin-Lawrence 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 153P Ikeya-Zhang 32P Comas Sola 154P Brewington 33P Daniel 155P Shoemaker 34D Gale 156P Russell-LINEAR 35P Herschel-Rigollet 157P Tritton 36P Whipple 158P Kowal-LINEAR 37P Forbes 159P LONEOS 38P Stephan-Oterma 160P LINEAR 39P Oterma 161P Hartley-IRAS 40P Vaisala 162P Siding Spring 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 163P NEAT 42P Neujmin 164P Christensen 43P Wolf-Harrington 165P LINEAR 44P Reinmuth 166P NEAT 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 167P CINEOS 46P Wirtanen 168P Hergenrother 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 169P NEAT 48P Johnson 170P Christensen 49P Arend-Rigaux 171P Spahr 50P Arend 172P Yeung 51P Harrington 173P Mueller 52P Harrington-Abell 174P Echeclus 53P Van Biesbroeck 175P Hergenrother 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 176P LINEAR 55P Tempel-Tuttle 177P Barnard 56P Slaughter-Burnham 178P Hug-Bell 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 179P Jedicke 58P Jackson-Neujmin 180P NEAT 59P Kearns-Kwee 181P Shoemaker-Levy 60P Tsuchinshan 182P LONEOS 61P Shajn-Schaldach 183P Korlevic-Juric 62P Tsuchinshan 184P Lovas 63P Wild 185P Petriew 64P Swift-Gehrels 186P Garradd 65P Gunn 187P LINEAR 66P du Toit 188P LINEAR-Mueller 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 189P NEAT 68P Klemola 190P Mueller 69P Taylor 191P McNaught 70P Kojima 192P Shoemaker-Levy 71P Clark 193P LINEAR-NEAT 72D Denning-Fujikawa 194P LINEAR 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 195P Hill 74P Smirnova-Chernykh 196P Tichy 75D Kohoutek 197P LINEAR 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 198P ODAS 77P Longmore 199P Shoemaker 78P Gehrels 200P Larsen 79P du Toit-Hartley 201P LONEOS 80P Peters-Hartley 202P Scotti 81P Wild 203P Korlevic 82P Gehrels 204P LINEAR-NEAT 83D Russell 205P Giacobini 84P Giclas 206P Barnard-Boattini 85P Boethin 207P NEAT 86P Wild 208P McMillan 87P Bus 209P LINEAR 88P Howell 210P Christensen 89P Russell 211P Hill 90P Gehrels 212P NEAT 91P Russell 213P Van Ness 92P Sanguin 214P LINEAR 93P Lovas 215P NEAT 94P Russell 216P LINEAR 95P Chiron 217P LINEAR 96P Machholz 218P LINEAR 97P Metcalf-Brewington 219P LINEAR 98P Takamizawa 220P McNaught 99P Kowal 221P LINEAR 100P Hartley 222P LINEAR 101P Chernykh 223P Skiff 102P Shoemaker 224P LINEAR-NEAT 103P Hartley 225P LINEAR 104P Kowal 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 105P Singer Brewster 227P Catalina-LINEAR 106P Schuster 228P LINEAR 107P Wilson-Harrington 229P Gibbs 108P Ciffreo 230P LINEAR 109P Swift-Tuttle 231P LINEAR-NEAT 110P Hartley 232P Hill 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 233P La Sagra 112P Urata-Niijima 234P LINEAR 113P Spitaler 235P LINEAR 114P Wiseman-Skiff 236P LINEAR 115P Maury 237P LINEAR 116P Wild 238P Read 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 239P LINEAR 118P Shoemaker-Levy 240P NEAT 119P Parker-Hartley 241P LINEAR 120P Mueller 242P Spahr 121P Shoemaker-Holt 243P NEAT 122P de Vico 244P ScottiSee this list in name order.
