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Comet Tago–Sato–Kosaka, formally designated as C/1969 T1, is a non-periodic comet that became visible in the naked eye between late 1969 and early 1970. [5] It was the first comet ever observed by an artificial satellite.
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 ...
Pages in category "Non-periodic comets" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. ... Great Comet of 1402; Great Comet of 1472; C/1490 Y1; Great ...
Comet Ikeya-Seki, formally designated as C/1967 Y1, is a retrograde non-periodic comet discovered by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki on 1967. It is the second comet discovered together by the two Japanese astronomers after C/1965 S1 .
Comet Tago–Honda–Yamamoto, formally designated C/1968 H1, is a retrograde non-periodic comet discovered by Akihiko Tago, Minoru Honda, and Hirofumi Yamamoto on 1 May 1968. [5] Although officially named after the three Japanese astronomers, it was actually first spotted by KÅichi Itagaki about five days earlier on 25 April 1968, however he ...
Comet WISE and Comet NEOWISE may refer to any comets below discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer ... Non-periodic comets. C/2020 F3. C/2010 D3 (WISE ...
Comet Donati–Toussaint, formally designated as C/1864 O1, is a non-periodic comet co-discovered by Italian astronomers, Giovanni Battista Donati and Carlo Toussaint in July 1864. Discovery and observations
Comet Bennett, formally designated as C/1974 V2, is a non-periodic comet that was seen in 1974. During its most recent perihelion, the comet was observed to split apart and disintegrate. During its most recent perihelion, the comet was observed to split apart and disintegrate.