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 2024 July 19.
The current list of numbers is as follows:
Number Name Prov. Desig. 486P Leonard P/2018 L5 485P Sheppard-Tholen P/2022 U6 484P Spacewatch P/2005 XR132 483P PANSTARRS P/2016 J1 482P PANSTARRS P/2014 VF40 481P Lemmon-PANSTARRS P/2012 WA34 480P PANSTARRS P/2014 A3 479P Elenin P/2011 NO1 478P ATLAS P/2023 Y3 477P PANSTARRS P/2018 P3 476P PANSTARRS P/2015 HG16 475P Spacewatch-LINEAR P/2004 DO29 474P Hogan P/2023 S4 473P NEAT P/2001 Q6 472P NEAT-LINEAR P/2002 T6 471P P/2023 KF3 470P PANSTARRS P/2014 W1 469P PANSTARRS P/2015 XG422 468P Siding Spring P/2004 V3 467P LINEAR-Grauer P/2010 TO20 466P PANSTARRS P/2015 T3 465P Hill P/2008 L2 464P PANSTARRS P/2014 OL465 463P NEOWISE P/2018 HT3 462P LONEOS-PANSTARRS P/2022 M1 461P WISE P/2010 OE101 460P PANSTARRS P/2016 BA14 459P Catalina P/2010 VH95 458P Jahn P/2023 C1 457P Lemmon-PANSTARRS P/2020 O1 456P PANSTARRS P/2021 L4 455P PANSTARRS P/2017 S9 454P PANSTARRS P/2022 U5 453P WISE-Lemmon P/2022 V1 452P Sheppard-Jewitt P/2003 CC22 451P Christensen P/2007 A2 450P LONEOS P/2004 A1 449P Leonard P/2020 S6 448P PANSTARRS P/2022 Q1 447P Sheppard-Tholen P/2021 R9 446P McNaught P/2012 O3 445P Lemmon-PANSTARRS P/2014 R5 444P WISE-PANSTARRS P/2016 PM1 443P PANSTARRS-Christensen P/2022 E1 442P McNaught P/2011 Q3 441P PANSTARRS P/2017 R1 440P Kobayashi P/1997 B1 439P LINEAR P/2008 WZ96 438P Christensen P/2005 T2 437P PANSTARRS P/2011 UE215 436P Garradd P/2007 R4 435P PANSTARRS P/2021 T3 434P Tenagra P/2012 TK8 432P PANSTARRS P/2021 N4 431P Scotti P/2015 Q1 430P Scotti P/2011 A2 429P LINEAR-Hill P/2008 QP20 428P Gibbs P/2014 W12 427P ATLAS P/2017 S5 426P PANSTARRS P/2019 A7 425P Kowalski P/2005 W3 424P La Sagra P/2012 S2 423P Lemmon P/2008 CL94 422P Christensen P/2006 S4 420P McNaught P/2009 U4 419P PANSTARRS P/2015 F1 418P LINEAR P/2010 A5 417P NEOWISE P/2015 J3 416P Scotti P/2013 A2 414P STEREO P/2016 J3 413P Larson P/2014 E1 412P WISE P/2010 B2 411P Christensen P/2007 B1 410P NEAT-LINEAR P/2005 CR16 409P LONEOS-Hill P/2005 XA54 408P Novichonok-Gerke P/2011 R3 407P PANSTARRS-Fuls P/2013 J4 406P Gibbs P/2007 R2 405P Lemmon P/2013 TL117 404P Bressi P/2011 U2 403P Catalina P/2007 VQ11 402P LINEAR P/2002 T5 401P McNaught P/2006 H1 400P PANSTARRS P/2013 PA104 399P PANSTARRS P/2013 O2 398P Boattini P/2009 Q4 397P Lemmon P/2012 SB6 395P Catalina-NEAT P/2020 H1 394P PANSTARRS P/2020 F4 393P Spacewatch-Hill P/2009 SK280 392P LINEAR P/2004 WR9 391P Kowalski P/2006 F1 390P Gibbs P/2006 W1 389P Siding Spring P/2006 R1 388P Gibbs P/2007 T4 387P Boattini P/2008 Y1 386P PANSTARRS P/2011 U1 385P Hill P/2010 U2 384P Kowalski P/2014 U2 383P Christensen P/2006 S1 382P Larson P/2007 R1 381P LINEAR-Spacewatch P/2000 S4 380P PANSTARRS P/2019 G1 379P Spacewatch P/2006 F4 378P McNaught P/2005 Y2 377P Scotti P/2003 L1 376P LONEOS P/2005 GF8 375P Hill P/2006 D1 374P Larson P/2007 V1 373P Rinner P/2011 W2 372P McNaught P/2008 O2 371P LINEAR-Skiff P/2001 R6 370P NEAT P/2001 T3 369P Hill P/2010 A1 368P NEAT P/2005 R1 367P Catalina P/2011 CR42 366P Spacewatch P/2005 JN 365P PANSTARRS P/2011 WG113 364P PANSTARRS P/2013 CU129 363P Lemmon P/2011 VJ5 362P Spacewatch P/2008 GO98 361P Spacewatch P/2006 UR111 360P WISE P/2010 P4 359P LONEOS P/2007 RS41 358P PANSTARRS P/2012 T1 357P Hill P/2008 T4 356P WISE P/2010 D1 355P LINEAR-NEAT P/2004 T1 354P LINEAR P/2010 A2 353P McNaught P/2009 S2 352P Skiff P/2000 S1 351P Wiegert-PANSTARRS P/2016 P2 350P McNaught P/2010 J5 349P Lemmon P/2010 EY90 348P PANSTARRS P/2017 A2 347P PANSTARRS P/2016 SV 346P Catalina P/2007 T6 345P LINEAR P/2008 SH164 344P Read P/2005 S3 343P NEAT-LONEOS P/2003 SQ215 342P SOHO P/2000 O3 341P Gibbs P/2007 R3 340P Boattini P/2008 T1 339P Gibbs P/2009 K1 338P McNaught P/2008 J3 337P WISE P/2010 N1 336P McNaught P/2006 G1 335P Gibbs P/2008 Y2 334P NEAT P/2001 F1 333P LINEAR P/2007 VA85 332P Ikeya-Murakami P/2010 V1 331P Gibbs P/2012 F5 330P Catalina P/1999 V1 329P LINEAR-Catalina P/2003 WC7 328P LONEOS-Tucker P/1998 QP54 327P Van Ness P/2002 Q1 326P Hill P/2007 V2 325P Yang-Gao P/2009 L2 324P La Sagra P/2010 R2 323P SOHO P/1999 X3 322P SOHO P/1999 R1 321P SOHO P/2001 D1 320P McNaught P/2004 R1 319P Catalina-McNaught P/2008 S1 318P McNaught-Hartley P/1994 N2 317P WISE P/2010 K2 316P LONEOS-Christensen P/2005 RV25 315P LONEOS P/2004 VR8 314P Montani P/1997 G1 313P Gibbs P/2014 S4 312P NEAT P/2001 Q11 311P PANSTARRS P/2013 P5 310P Hill P/2006 S6 309P LINEAR P/2005 Q4 308P Lagerkvist-Carsenty P/1997 T3 307P LINEAR P/2000 QJ46 306P LINEAR P/2003 O3 305P Skiff P/2004 V1 304P Ory P/2008 Q2 303P NEAT P/2003 U3 302P Lemmon-PANSTARRS P/2007 RJ236 301P LINEAR-NEAT P/2001 BB50 300P Catalina P/2005 JQ5 299P Catalina-PANSTARRS P/2014 D2 298P Christensen P/2007 C1 297P Beshore P/2008 J2 296P Garradd P/2007 H3 295P LINEAR P/2002 AR2 294P LINEAR P/2008 A2 293P Spacewatch P/2006 XG16 292P Li P/1998 Y2 291P NEAT P/2003 S1 290P Jager P/1998 U3 287P Christensen P/2006 R2 286P Christensen P/2005 L4 285P LINEAR P/2003 U2 284P McNaught P/2007 H1 283P Spacewatch P/2013 EV9 282P LONEOS P/2003 BM80 281P MOSS P/2013 CE31 280P Larsen P/2004 H2 279P La Sagra P/2009 QG31 278P McNaught P/2006 K2 277P LINEAR P/2005 YQ127 276P Vorobjov P/2012 T7 275P Hermann P/1999 D1 274P Tombaugh-Tenagra P/2012 WX32 272P NEAT P/2004 F1 271P van Houten-Lemmon P/1960 S1 270P Gehrels P/1997 C1 269P Jedicke P/1996 A1 268P Bernardi P/2005 V1 267P LONEOS P/2006 Q2 266P Christensen P/2006 U5 265P LINEAR P/2003 O2 264P Larsen P/2004 H3 263P Gibbs P/2006 Y2 262P McNaught-Russell P/1994 X1 261P Larson P/2005 N3 260P McNaught P/2005 K3 259P Garradd P/2008 R1 258P PANSTARRS P/2012 H1 257P Catalina P/2005 JY126 256P LINEAR P/2003 HT15 255P Levy P/2006 T1 254P McNaught P/2010 T1 253P PANSTARRS P/2011 R2 252P LINEAR P/2000 G1 251P LINEAR P/2004 HC18 250P Larson P/2011 A1 249P LINEAR P/2006 U1 248P Gibbs P/2010 W1 247P LINEAR P/2002 VP94 246P NEAT P/2004 F3 245P WISE P/2010 L1 244P Scotti P/2000 Y3 243P NEAT P/2003 S2 242P Spahr P/1998 U4 241P LINEAR P/1999 U3 240P NEAT P/2002 X2 239P LINEAR P/1999 XB69 238P Read P/2005 U1 237P LINEAR P/2002 LN13 236P LINEAR P/2003 UY275 235P LINEAR P/2002 FA9 234P LINEAR P/2002 CF140 233P La Sagra P/2009 WJ50 232P Hill P/2009 W1 231P LINEAR-NEAT P/2003 CP7 230P LINEAR P/2009 U6 229P Gibbs P/2009 S1 228P LINEAR P/2001 YX127 227P Catalina-LINEAR P/2004 EW38 226P Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski P/2003 A1 225P LINEAR P/2002 T1 224P LINEAR-NEAT P/2003 XD10 223P Skiff P/2002 S1 222P LINEAR P/2004 X1 221P LINEAR P/2002 JN16 220P McNaught P/2004 K2 219P LINEAR P/2002 LZ11 218P LINEAR P/2003 H4 217P LINEAR P/2001 MD7 216P LINEAR P/2001 CV8 215P NEAT P/2002 O8 214P LINEAR P/2002 CW134 213P Van Ness P/2005 R2 212P NEAT P/2000 YN30 211P Hill P/2008 X1 210P Christensen P/2003 K2 209P LINEAR P/2004 CB 208P McMillan P/2008 U1 207P NEAT P/2001 J1 204P LINEAR-NEAT P/2001 TU80 203P Korlevic P/1999 WJ7 202P Scotti P/2001 X2 201P LONEOS P/2001 R1 200P Larsen P/1997 V1 199P Shoemaker P/1994 J3 198P ODAS P/1998 X1 197P LINEAR P/2003 KV2 196P Tichy P/2000 U6 195P Hill P/2006 W4 194P LINEAR P/2000 B3 193P LINEAR-NEAT P/2001 Q5 192P Shoemaker-Levy P/1990 V1 191P McNaught P/2007 N1 190P Mueller P/1998 U2 189P NEAT P/2002 O5 188P LINEAR-Mueller P/1998 S1 187P LINEAR P/1999 J5 186P Garradd P/2007 B3 185P Petriew P/2001 Q2 184P Lovas P/1986 W1 183P Korlevic-Juric P/1999 DN3 182P LONEOS P/2001 WF2 181P Shoemaker-Levy P/1991 V1 180P NEAT P/2001 K1 179P Jedicke P/1995 A1 178P Hug-Bell P/1999 X1 176P LINEAR P/1999 RE70 175P Hergenrother P/2000 C1 174P Echeclus P/2000 EC98 173P Mueller P/1993 W1 172P Yeung P/2002 BV 171P Spahr P/1998 W1 170P Christensen P/2005 M1 169P NEAT P/2002 EX12 168P Hergenrother P/1998 W2 167P CINEOS P/2004 PY42 166P NEAT P/2001 T4 165P LINEAR P/2000 B4 164P Christensen P/2004 Y1 163P NEAT P/2004 V4 162P Siding Spring P/2004 TU12 161P Hartley-IRAS P/1983 V1 160P LINEAR P/2004 NL21 159P LONEOS P/2003 UD16 158P Kowal-LINEAR P/2001 RG100 157P Tritton P/1978 C2 156P Russell-LINEAR P/2000 QD181 155P Shoemaker P/1986 A1 154P Brewington P/1992 Q1 153P Ikeya-Zhang P/2002 C1 152P Helin-Lawrence P/1993 K2 151P Helin P/1987 Q3 150P LONEOS P/2000 WT168 149P Mueller P/1992 G3 148P Anderson-LINEAR P/1963 W1 147P Kushida-Muramatsu P/1993 X1 146P Shoemaker-LINEAR P/1984 W1 145P Shoemaker-Levy P/1991 T1 144P Kushida P/1994 A1 143P Kowal-Mrkos P/1984 H1 142P Ge-Wang P/1988 V1 141P Machholz P/1994 P1 140P Bowell-Skiff P/1983 C1 139P Vaisala-Oterma P/1939 TN 138P Shoemaker-Levy P/1991 V2 137P Shoemaker-Levy P/1990 UL3 136P Mueller P/1990 S1 135P Shoemaker-Levy P/1992 G2 134P Kowal-Vavrova P/1983 J3 133P Elst-Pizarro P/1996 N2 132P Helin-Roman-Alu P/1989 U1 131P Mueller P/1990 R1 130P McNaught-Hughes P/1991 S1 129P Shoemaker-Levy P/1991 C1 128P Shoemaker-Holt P/1987 U1 127P Holt-Olmstead P/1990 R2 126P IRAS P/1983 M1 125P Spacewatch P/1991 R2 124P Mrkos P/1991 F1 123P West-Hartley P/1989 E3 121P Shoemaker-Holt P/1989 E2 120P Mueller P/1987 U2 119P Parker-Hartley P/1989 E1 118P Shoemaker-Levy P/1991 C2 117P Helin-Roman-Alu P/1989 T2 116P Wild P/1990 B1 115P Maury P/1985 Q1 114P Wiseman-Skiff P/1986 Y1 112P Urata-Niijima P/1986 UD 111P Helin-Roman-Crockett P/1989 A2 110P Hartley P/1988 D1 108P Ciffreo P/1985 V1 107P Wilson-Harrington P/1949 W1 106P Schuster P/1977 T1 105P Singer Brewster P/1986 J1 104P Kowal P/1979 B1 103P Hartley P/1986 E2 102P Shoemaker P/1984 S2 101P Chernykh P/1977 Q1 100P Hartley P/1985 L1 99P Kowal P/1977 H2 98P Takamizawa P/1984 O1 96P Machholz P/1986 J2 95P Chiron P/1977 UB 94P Russell P/1984 E1 93P Lovas P/1980 X1 92P Sanguin P/1977 T2 91P Russell P/1983 L1 90P Gehrels P/1972 T1 89P Russell P/1980 S1 88P Howell P/1981 Q1 87P Bus P/1981 E1 86P Wild P/1980 G1 85D Boethin D/1975 A1 84P Giclas P/1978 R2 83D Russell D/1979 M2 82P Gehrels P/1975 U1 81P Wild P/1978 A2 80P Peters-Hartley P/1982 N1 79P du Toit-Hartley P/1945 G1 78P Gehrels P/1973 S1 77P Longmore P/1975 L1 76P West-Kohoutek-Ikemura P/1975 D1 75D Kohoutek D/1975 C1 74P Smirnova-Chernykh P/1975 E2 73P Schwassmann-Wachmann P/1930 J1 71P Clark P/1973 L1 70P Kojima P/1970 Y1 69P Taylor P/1915 W1 68P Klemola P/1965 U1 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko P/1969 R1 66P du Toit P/1944 K1 65P Gunn P/1970 U2 63P Wild P/1960 G1 62P Tsuchinshan P/1965 A1 61P Shajn-Schaldach P/1949 S1 60P Tsuchinshan P/1965 A2 59P Kearns-Kwee P/1963 Q1 58P Jackson-Neujmin P/1936 S1 57P du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte P/1941 O1 56P Slaughter-Burnham P/1959 B1 53P Van Biesbroeck P/1954 R1 52P Harrington-Abell P/1955 F1 51P Harrington P/1953 P1 50P Arend P/1951 T1 49P Arend-Rigaux P/1951 C2 48P Johnson P/1949 Q1 47P Ashbrook-Jackson P/1948 Q1 46P Wirtanen P/1948 A1 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova P/1948 X1 44P Reinmuth P/1947 R1 43P Wolf-Harrington P/1924 Y1 42P Neujmin P/1929 P2 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak P/1951 H1 40P Vaisala P/1939 CB 39P Oterma P/1943 G1 38P Stephan-Oterma P/1942 V1 37P Forbes P/1929 P1 36P Whipple P/1933 U1 35P Herschel-Rigollet P/1939 O1 34D Gale D/1927 L1 32P Comas Sola P/1926 V1 31P Schwassmann-Wachmann P/1929 B1 30P Reinmuth P/1928 D1 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann P/1927 V1 27P Crommelin P/1928 W1 26P Grigg-Skjellerup P/1922 K1 25D Neujmin D/1916 D1See this list in name order.