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C/1988 A1 (Liller) is a non-periodic comet discovered on 11 January 1988 by William Liller. [1] The comet is part of a family of comets, known as the Liller family, which also includes the comets C/1996 Q1 (Tabur) , C/2015 F3 (SWAN) , C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS) , and C/2023 V5 (Leonard) .
This is a list of comets (bodies that travel in elliptical, parabolic, and sometimes hyperbolic orbits and display a tail behind them) listed by type. Comets are sorted into four categories: periodic comets (e.g. Halley's Comet), non-periodic comets (e.g. Comet Hale–Bopp), comets with no meaningful orbit (the Great Comet of 1106), and lost comets (), displayed as either P (periodic), C (non ...
C/1739 K1 is a non-periodic comet that was discovered by Italian astronomer Eustachio Zanotti in 1739. [1] It is the parent body of the Leo Minorids meteor shower. [ 4 ]
Prefixes are then added to indicate the nature of the comet: P/ indicates a periodic comet, defined for these purposes as any comet with an orbital period of less than 200 years or confirmed observations at more than one perihelion passage. [5] C/ indicates a non-periodic comet i.e. any comet that is not periodic according to the preceding ...
Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades. The official names of non-periodic comets begin with a "C"; the names of periodic comets begin with "P" or a number followed by "P". Comets that have been lost or disappeared have names with a "D". Comets whose ...
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a non-periodic comet, which reached perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU (13 million km) from the Sun. It is potentially the brightest comet of 2025, [6] with an apparent magnitude reaching −3.8 on the day of its perihelion. [5] The comet is visible in the southern hemisphere before and after perihelion.
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The Great Comet of 1577 is a well-known example of a great comet. It passed near Earth as a non-periodic comet and was seen by many, including well-known astronomers Tycho Brahe and Taqi ad-Din. Observations of this comet led to several significant findings regarding cometary science, especially for Brahe.