Periodic Comet Numbers (Alphabetic List by Name)
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 2012 Feb. 8.
The current list of numbers is as follows:
Number Name Number Name 148P Anderson-LINEAR 188P LINEAR-Mueller 50P Arend 224P LINEAR-NEAT 49P Arend-Rigaux 193P LINEAR-NEAT 47P Ashbrook-Jackson 204P LINEAR-NEAT 177P Barnard 231P LINEAR-NEAT 206P Barnard-Boattini 150P LONEOS 3D Biela 182P LONEOS 85P Boethin 201P LONEOS 19P Borrelly 159P LONEOS 140P Bowell-Skiff 77P Longmore 154P Brewington 93P Lovas 16P Brooks 184P Lovas 5D Brorsen 96P Machholz 23P Brorsen-Metcalf 141P Machholz 87P Bus 115P Maury 227P Catalina-LINEAR 208P McMillan 101P Chernykh 254P McNaught 95P Chiron 220P McNaught 170P Christensen 191P McNaught 210P Christensen 130P McNaught-Hughes 164P Christensen 97P Metcalf-Brewington 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 124P Mrkos 108P Ciffreo 190P Mueller 167P CINEOS 120P Mueller 71P Clark 136P Mueller 32P Comas Sola 173P Mueller 27P Crommelin 131P Mueller 6P d'Arrest 149P Mueller 33P Daniel 243P NEAT 122P de Vico 246P NEAT 54P de Vico-Swift-NEAT 180P NEAT 72D Denning-Fujikawa 215P NEAT 66P du Toit 207P NEAT 79P du Toit-Hartley 169P NEAT 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte 163P NEAT 174P Echeclus 189P NEAT 133P Elst-Pizarro 166P NEAT 2P Encke 240P NEAT 4P Faye 212P NEAT 15P Finlay 28P Neujmin 37P Forbes 25D Neujmin 34D Gale 42P Neujmin 186P Garradd 198P ODAS 142P Ge-Wang 13P Olbers 78P Gehrels 39P Oterma 82P Gehrels 253P PANSTARRS 90P Gehrels 119P Parker-Hartley 205P Giacobini 18D Perrine-Mrkos 21P Giacobini-Zinner 80P Peters-Hartley 229P Gibbs 185P Petriew 248P Gibbs 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski 84P Giclas 12P Pons-Brooks 26P Grigg-Skjellerup 7P Pons-Winnecke 65P Gunn 238P Read 1P Halley 30P Reinmuth 51P Harrington 44P Reinmuth 52P Harrington-Abell 83D Russell 103P Hartley 91P Russell 100P Hartley 89P Russell 110P Hartley 94P Russell 161P Hartley-IRAS 156P Russell-LINEAR 151P Helin 92P Sanguin 152P Helin-Lawrence 24P Schaumasse 117P Helin-Roman-Alu 106P Schuster 132P Helin-Roman-Alu 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 168P Hergenrother 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann 175P Hergenrother 244P Scotti 35P Herschel-Rigollet 202P Scotti 211P Hill 61P Shajn-Schaldach 232P Hill 199P Shoemaker 195P Hill 102P Shoemaker 17P Holmes 155P Shoemaker 127P Holt-Olmstead 121P Shoemaker-Holt 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 128P Shoemaker-Holt 88P Howell 181P Shoemaker-Levy 178P Hug-Bell 118P Shoemaker-Levy 153P Ikeya-Zhang 135P Shoemaker-Levy 126P IRAS 129P Shoemaker-Levy 58P Jackson-Neujmin 192P Shoemaker-Levy 179P Jedicke 137P Shoemaker-Levy 48P Johnson 138P Shoemaker-Levy 59P Kearns-Kwee 145P Shoemaker-Levy 68P Klemola 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR 75D Kohoutek 162P Siding Spring 70P Kojima 105P Singer Brewster 22P Kopff 223P Skiff 203P Korlevic 56P Slaughter-Burnham 183P Korlevic-Juric 74P Smirnova-Chernykh 99P Kowal 125P Spacewatch 104P Kowal 242P Spahr 158P Kowal-LINEAR 171P Spahr 143P Kowal-Mrkos 113P Spitaler 134P Kowal-Vavrova 38P Stephan-Oterma 144P Kushida 64P Swift-Gehrels 147P Kushida-Muramatsu 109P Swift-Tuttle 233P La Sagra 98P Takamizawa 200P Larsen 69P Taylor 250P Larson 10P Tempel 255P Levy 9P Tempel 214P LINEAR 11P Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 216P LINEAR 55P Tempel-Tuttle 217P LINEAR 196P Tichy 218P LINEAR 157P Tritton 219P LINEAR 62P Tsuchinshan 221P LINEAR 60P Tsuchinshan 222P LINEAR 8P Tuttle 225P LINEAR 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 165P LINEAR 112P Urata-Niijima 228P LINEAR 40P Vaisala 160P LINEAR 139P Vaisala-Oterma 230P LINEAR 53P Van Biesbroeck 187P LINEAR 213P Van Ness 194P LINEAR 123P West-Hartley 234P LINEAR 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura 235P LINEAR 20D Westphal 236P LINEAR 36P Whipple 237P LINEAR 86P Wild 239P LINEAR 116P Wild 241P LINEAR 63P Wild 247P LINEAR 81P Wild 209P LINEAR 107P Wilson-Harrington 249P LINEAR 46P Wirtanen 176P LINEAR 245P WISE 251P LINEAR 114P Wiseman-Skiff 252P LINEAR 14P Wolf 197P LINEAR 43P Wolf-Harrington 256P LINEAR 172P YeungSee this list in numerical order.
