Cet article est une liste de comètes, non exhaustive mais qui vise à l'être. Elle inclut les comètes périodiques (à courte période : P/ et D/), à longue période et non périodiques (C/ et X/) ainsi que les planètes mineures ayant une désignation cométaire (A/).
Au , le Centre des planètes mineures (MPC) répertorie , parmi lesquelles 507 sont numérotées ( ne le sont donc pas).
Cette liste exclut les comètes découvertes par SOHO et STEREO qui n'ont pas reçu de désignation officielle par le MPC. Au , ces deux instruments ont découvert respectivement .
Comètes périodiques numérotées
Liste à jour au Periodic Comet Numbers, sur le site du Centre des planètes mineures..
1-100 vignette|La comète de Halley sur fond de Voie lactée. vignette|La comète Encke. vignette|Le noyau de 19P/Borrelly.
ComèteAutre nomDésignation systématiqueDécouvreur(s)Année de découvertePériode orbitale (a) 1P/Halley P/1682 Q1-239 K1[www.icq.eps.harvard.edu/names1.html International Comet Quaterly: Comet names and designations]. = -239-163 U1 = -163-86 Q1 = -86-11 Q1 = -1166 B1 = 66141 F1 = 141 Halley 1758 76,09 2P/Encke P/1818 W1 Encke 1786 3,30 3D/Biela Biela 1 D/1826 D1 Biela 1826 6,619 4P/Faye P/1843 W1 Faye 1843 7,545 5D/Brorsen D/1846 D2 Brorsen 1846 5,461 6P/d'Arrest P/1851 M1 d'Arrest 1851 6,54 7P/Pons-Winnecke P/1858 E1 Pons & Winnecke 1819 6,36 8P/Tuttle P/1858 A1 Tuttle 1858 13,58 9P/Tempel Tempel 1 P/1867 G1 Tempel 1867 5,52 10P/Tempel Tempel 2 P/1873 N1 Tempel 1873 5,382 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR P/1880 T1 Tempel, Swift & LINEAR 1869 6,372 12P/Pons-Brooks C/1385 U1 = 1385 C/1457 A1 = 1457 I P/1812 O1 1953 M1 Pons & Brooks 1812 70,85 13P/Olbers P/1815 E11956 A1 Olbers 1815 69,5 14P/Wolf P/1884 S1 Wolf 1884 8,74 15P/Finlay P/1886 S1 Finlay 1886 6,50 16P/Brooks Brooks 2 P/1889 N1 Brooks 1889 6,14 17P/Holmes P/1892 V1 Holmes 1892 6,89 18D/Perrine-Mrkos D/1896 X1 Perrine & Mrkos 1896 19P/Borrelly P/1904 Y2 = 1905 II = 1904e = P/1911 S1 = 1911 VIII = 1911e = 1918 IV = 1918c = 1925 VIII = 1925f = 1932 IV = 1932i = 1953 IV = 1954b = 1960 V = 1960k = 1967 VIII = 1967m = 1974 VII = 1973m = 1981 IV = 1980i = 1987 XXXIII = 1987p = 1994 XXX = 1994l Borrelly 1904 6,85 20D/Westphal D/1852 O1 Westphal 1852 61,8 21P/Giacobini-Zinner P/1900 Y1 Giacobini & Zinner 1900 6,60 22P/Kopff P/1906 Q1 Kopff 1906 6,43 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf P/1847 O11989 N1 Brorsen & Metcalf 1847 70,52 24P/Schaumasse P/1911 X1 Schaumasse 1911 8,25 25D/Neujmin Neujmin 2 D/1916 D1 Neujmin 1916 5,43 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup P/1922 K1 Grigg & Skjellerup 1902 et 1922 5,31 27P/Crommelin Anciennement nommée Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbe P/1928 W11956 S1 J.-L. Pons 1818 27,93 28P/Neujmin Neujmin 1 P/1913 R2 Neujmin 1913 18,17 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 P/1927 V1 Schwassmann & Wachmann 1927 14,69 30P/Reinmuth Reinmuth 1 P/1928 D1 Reinmuth 1928 7,34 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 P/1929 B1 Schwassmann & Wachmann 1929 8,75 32P/Comas Solà P/1926 V1 P/1935 P1 Comas Solà 1926 8,80 33P/Daniel P/1909 X1 Daniel 1909 8,07 34D/Gale D/1927 L1 Gale 1927 10,99 35P/Herschel-Rigollet P/1939 O1 Herschel & Rigollet 1798 155 36P/Whipple Whipple 1933 8,55 37P/Forbes Forbes 1929 6,35 38P/Stephan-Oterma Stephan & Oterma 1867 37,72 39P/Oterma Oterma 1943 40P/Väisälä Väisälä 1 Väisälä 1939 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Tuttle & Giacobini & Kresák 1858 et 1907 42P/Neujmin Neujmin 3 Neujmin 1929 10,71 43P/Wolf-Harrington Wolf & Harrington 1924 44P/Reinmuth Reinmuth 2 Reinmuth 1947 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková Honda & Mrkos & Pajdušáková 1948 46P/Wirtanen Wirtanen 1948 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson Ashbrook-Jackson 1 P/1948 Q1 Ashbrook & Jackson 1948 48P/Johnson Johnson 1949 49P/Arend-Rigaux Arend-Rigaux 1 P/1951 C2 Arend & Rigaux 1951 50P/Arend Arend 1 P/1951 T1 Arend 1951 51P/Harrington Harrington 1953 52P/Harrington-Abell Harrington & Abell 1955 53P/Van Biesbroeck Van Biesbroeck 1954 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT de Vico & Swift & NEAT 1844 55P/Tempel-Tuttle 1366 ?? 1699 ?? 1866 ?? 1965 M2 Tempel & Tuttle 1865 et 1866 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Slaughter & Burnham 1959 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte du Toit & Neujmin & Delporte 1941 58P/Jackson-Neujmin Jackson & Neujmin 1936 59P/Kearns-Kwee Kearns & Kwee 1963 60P/Tsuchinshan Tsuchinshan 2 Tsuchinshan 1965 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Shajn & Schaldach 1949 62P/Tsuchinshan Tsuchinshan 1 Tsuchinshan 1965 63P/Wild Wild 1 Wild 1960 64P/Swift-Gehrels Swift & Gehrels 1889 65P/Gunn Gunn 1970 66P/du Toit du Toit 1944 67P/Tchourioumov-Guérassimenko Tchourioumov & Guérassimenko 19696,44 68P/Klemola Klemola 1965 69P/Taylor Taylor 1915 70P/Kojima Kojima 1970 71P/Clark Clark 1973 72P/Denning-Fujikawa Denning & Fujikawa 1881 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Schwassmann & Wachmann 1930 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Smirnova & Chernykh 1975 75D/Kohoutek Kohoutek 1973 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura West & Kohoutek & Ikemura 1975 77P/Longmore Longmore 1975 78P/Gehrels Gehrels 2 Gehrels 1973 79P/du Toit-Hartley du Toit & Hartley 1945 80P/Peters-Hartley Peters & Hartley 1846 81P/Wild Wild 2 Wild 1978 82P/Gehrels Gehrels 3 Gehrels 1975 83D/Russell Russell 1 Russell 1979 84P/Giclas Giclas 1978 85D/Boethin Boethin 1975 86P/Wild Wild 3 Wild 1980 87P/Bus Bus 1981 6,51 88P/Howell Howell 1981 5,49 89P/Russell Russell 2 Russell 1980 7,26 90P/Gehrels Gehrels 1 Gehrels 1972 14,85 91P/Russell Russell 3 Russell 1983 7,67 92P/Sanguin Sanguin 1977 12,43 93P/Lovas Lovas 1 Lovas 1980 9,20 94P/Russell Russell 4 Russell 1984 6,58 95P/Chiron (2060) ChironDésignation astéroïdale. Kowal 1977 50,50 96P/Machholz Machholz 1 Machholz 1986 5,2322 97P/Metcalf-Brewington Metcalf & Brewington 1906 98P/Takamizawa Takamizawa 1984 99P/Kowal Kowal 1 Kowal 1977 100P/Hartley Hartley 1 Hartley 1985
101-200 vignette|Le noyau de la comète . vignette|Animation du survol de la comète Hartley 2 par la sonde EPOXI. vignette|La comète Ikeya-Zhang. vignette|La comète-astéroïde Wilson-Harrington.
ComèteAutre nomDésignation systématiqueDécouvreur(s)Année de découvertePériode orbitale (a) 101P/Tchernykh Tchernykh 1977 13,94 102P/Shoemaker Shoemaker 1 C. Shoemaker & E. Shoemaker 1983 7,22 103P/Hartley Hartley 2 Hartley 1986 6,47 104P/Kowal Kowal 2 Kowal 1979 5,89 105P/Singer Brewster Singer Brewster 1986 6,47 106P/Schuster Schuster 1977 7,31 107P/Wilson-Harrington (4015) Wilson-Harrington Helin & Wilson & Harrington 1949 4,29 108P/Ciffréo Ciffréo 1985 7,26 109P/Swift-Tuttle -68 Q1 = -68 Swift & Tuttle 1862 133,28 110P/Hartley Hartley 3 1988 Hartley 1988 6,88 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett Helin & Roman & Crockett 1989 8,14 112P/Urata-Niijima Urata & Niijima 1986 113P/Spitaler Spitaler 1890 114P/Wiseman-Skiff Wiseman & Skiff 1986 115P/Maury Maury 1 Maury 1985 116P/Wild Wild 4 Wild 1990 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu Helin-Roman-Alu 1 Helin & Roman & Alu 1989 118P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 4 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1991 119P/Parker-Hartley Parker & Hartley 1989 120P/Mueller Mueller 1 Mueller 1987 121P/Shoemaker-Holt Shoemaker-Holt 2 C.Shoemaker, E.Shoemaker & Holt 1989 122P/de Vico de Vico 1846 et 1995 123P/West-Hartley West & Hartley 1989 124P/Mrkos Mrkos 1991 125P/Spacewatch Spacewatch 1 Spacewatch 1991 126P/IRAS IRAS 1983 127P/Holt-Olmstead Holt & Olmstead 1990 128P/Shoemaker-Holt Shoemaker-Holt 1 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Holt 1987 129P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 3 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1991 130P/McNaught-Hughes McNaught & Hughes 1991 131P/Mueller Mueller 2 Mueller 1990 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu Helin-Roman-Alu 2 Helin & Roman & Alu 1989 133P/Elst-Pizarro (7968) Elst-Pizarro Elst & Pizarro 1979 134P/Kowal-Vávrová Kowal & Vávrová 1983 135P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 8 P/1998 B1 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1992 136P/Mueller Mueller 3 Mueller 1990 137P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 2 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1990 138P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 7 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1991 139P/Väisälä-Oterma Väisälä & Oterma 1939 140P/Bowell-Skiff Bowell & Skiff 1983 141P/Machholz Machholz 2 Machholz 1994 142P/Ge-Wang Ge & Wang 1988 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Kowal & Mrkos 1984 144P/Kushida Kushida 1994 145P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 5 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1991 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & LINEAR 1984 8,08 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Kushida & Muramatsu 1993 148P/Anderson-LINEAR Anderson-LINEAR 1Planetary Data System Small Bodies Node (PDS SBN): Periodic Comet Names and Designations. (anciennement Anderson) P/1963 W1 Anderson & LINEAR 1963 7,07 149P/Mueller Mueller 4 Mueller 1992 150P/LONEOS LONEOS 3 LONEOS 2001 151P/Helin Helin 1987 152P/Helin-Lawrence Helin & Lawrence 1993 153P/Ikeya-Zhang C/1661 C1C/2002 C1 Ikeya & Zhang 2002 366,51 154P/Brewington Brewington 1992 155P/Shoemaker Shoemaker 3 C. Shoemaker & E. Shoemaker 1985 156P/Russell-LINEAR Russell & LINEAR 2000 6,82 157P/Tritton Tritton 1978 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Kowal & LINEAR 1979 10,26 159P/LONEOS LONEOS 7 LONEOS 2003 160P/LINEAR LINEAR 43 LINEAR 2004 7,92 161P/Hartley-IRAS Hartley & IRAS 1983 162P/Siding Spring Siding Spring 2 2004 TU12 Siding Spring 2004 163P/NEAT NEAT 21 NEAT 2004 164P/Christensen Christensen 2 Christensen 2004 165P/LINEAR LINEAR 10 LINEAR 2000 76,69 166P/NEAT NEAT 8 NEAT 2001 167P/CINEOS CINEOS 2004 168P/Hergenrother Hergenrother 1 Hergenrother 1998 169P/NEAT NEAT 22 NEAT 2002 170P/Christensen Christensen 4 Christensen 2005 171P/Spahr Spahr 2 Spahr 1998 172P/Yeung Yeung 2002 173P/Mueller Mueller 5 Mueller 1993 174P/Échéclos (60558) Échéclos Spacewatch 2000 175P/Hergenrother Hergenrother 2 Hergenrother 2000 176P/LINEAR LINEAR 52 (118401) LINEAR LINEAR 2005 177P/Barnard Barnard 2 P/1889 M1 Barnard 1889 178P/Hug-Bell P/1999 X1P/2006 O1 Hug & Bell 1999 179P/Jedicke Jedicke 1 Jedicke 1995 180P/NEAT NEAT 3 NEAT 2001 181P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 6 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1991 182P/LONEOS LONEOS 6 LONEOS 2001 183P/Korlević-Jurić Korlević & Jurić 1999 184P/Lovas Lovas 2 Lovas 1986 185P/Petriew Petriew 2001 186P/Garradd Garradd 1 Garradd 2007 10,62 187P/LINEAR LINEAR 4 LINEAR 1999 188P/LINEAR-Mueller P/1998 S1P/2007 J7 LINEAR & Mueller 1998 189P/NEAT NEAT 10 NEATIAUC 8860 2002 190P/Mueller Mueller 6 Mueller 1998 191P/McNaught McNaught 11 McNaught 2007 192P/Shoemaker-Levy Shoemaker-Levy 1 P/1990 V1P/2007 T3 C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 1990 193P/LINEAR-NEAT LINEAR-NEAT 2 P/2001 Q5P/2007 U2 LINEAR & NEAT 2001 194P/LINEAR LINEAR 9 P/2000 B3P/2007 W2 LINEAR 2000 195P/Hill P/2006 W4P/1993 D1 Hill 2006 196P/Tichý P/2000 U6P/2008 C2 TichýIAUC 8917 2000 197P/LINEAR LINEARIAUC 8924 2003 4,85 198P/ODAS P/1998 X1 OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS), IAUC 8929 1998 6,78 199P/Shoemaker Shoemaker 4 P/1994 J3 C. Shoemaker & E. ShoemakerCBET 1347 1994 14,53 200P/Larsen P/1997 V1 Larsen 1997 10,92
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