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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 ...
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.
Daniel's Comet, formally known as C/1907 L2, is a non-periodic comet that became visible in the naked eye in 1907. It was the first of three comets discovered by American astronomer, Zaccheus Daniel .
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 ...
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) is a non-periodic comet, which will reach perihelion on 13 January 2025, at a distance of 0.09 AU from the Sun. It could become the brightest comet of 2025, [4] possibly exceeding apparent magnitude of −3.5. The comet is visible in the southern hemisphere before and after perihelion.
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) .
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/1961 O1 (Wilson–Hubbard) is a non-periodic comet discovered on 23 July 1961. The comet passed perihelion on 17 July, became visible in twilight on 23 July, having a long tail, and faded rapidly, becoming no longer visible with the naked eye after the first days of August.