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