Comets by discovery date

53 comets on Codexery, ordered by discovery date from Great Comet of 1680 (14 November 1680) to C/2025 R2 (SWAN) (11 September 2025). Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

53 entries from 2 codexes · Last updated · Click a column heading to sort

Source
1Great Comet of 1680
Named Comets, Part 3
14 November 1680Gottfried Kirchsource
2C/1729 P1 (Sarabat)
Named Comets, Part 2
August 1, 1729–source
3C/1785 A1 (Messier–Méchain)
Named Comets, Part 2
7 January 1785Charles Messiersource
4Great Comet of 1807
Named Comets, Part 3
9 September 1807Fr. P. Reggente Parisisource
5Great Comet of 1843
Named Comets, Part 3
February 5, 1843–source
6C/1846 J1 (Brorsen)
Named Comets, Part 3
1 May 1846Theodor Brorsensource
7C/1853 G1 (Schweizer)
Named Comets, Part 3
5 April 1853Kaspar Gottfried Schweizersource
8C/1855 L1 (Donati)
Named Comets, Part 3
3 June 1855Giovanni B. Donatisource
9C/1861 J1 (Tebbutt)
Named Comets, Part 3
May 13, 1861John Tebbuttsource
10C/1882 F1 (Wells)
Named Comets, Part 2
18 March 1882Charles S. Wellssource
11X/1882 K1 (Tewfik)
Named Comets, Part 3
17 May 1882Arthur Schustersource
12C/1907 G1 (Grigg–Mellish)
Named Comets, Part 3
8 April 1907John E. Mellishsource
13C/1925 F1 (Shajn–Comas Solá)
Named Comets, Part 2
22 March 1925Grigory Shajnsource
14C/1925 V1 (Wilk–Peltier)
Named Comets, Part 2
13 November 1925Antoni Wilksource
15Comet Ryves
Named Comets, Part 2
10 August 1931Percy Mayow Ryvessource
16C/1937 P1 (Hubble)
Named Comets, Part 3
August 1937Edwin P. Hubblesource
17C/1939 H1 (Jurlof–Achmarof–Hassel)
Named Comets, Part 3
15 April 1939Olaf Hasselsource
18C/1961 T1 (Seki)
Named Comets, Part 3
10 October 1961Tsutomu Sekisource
19C/1962 C1 (Seki–Lines)
Named Comets, Part 2
4 February 1962Tsutomu Sekisource
20C/1963 A1 (Ikeya)
Named Comets, Part 3
2 January 1963Kaoru Ikeyasource
21C/1963 R1 (Pereyra)
Named Comets, Part 3
14 September 1963Zenon M. Pereyrasource
22C/1964 N1 (Ikeya)
Named Comets, Part 3
3 July 1964Kaoru Ikeyasource
23Comet Ikeya–Seki
Named Comets, Part 3
18 September 1965Kaoru Ikeyasource
24C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)
Named Comets, Part 3
24 December 1979William A. Bradfieldsource
25C/1988 Y1 (Yanaka)
Named Comets, Part 2
29 December 1988Tetsuo Yanakasource
26C/1990 K1 (Levy)
Named Comets, Part 2
20 May 1990David H. Levysource
27C/1992 W1 (Ohshita)
Named Comets, Part 3
24 November 1992Nobuo Ohshitasource
28C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
Named Comets, Part 2
27 September 1999LINEARsource
29C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
Named Comets, Part 2
16 December 2000LINEARsource
30153P/Ikeya–Zhang
Named Comets, Part 3
1 February 2002Kaoru Ikeyasource
31C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
Named Comets, Part 2
14 October 2002LINEARsource
32C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Named Comets, Part 2
9 September 2009Robert H. McNaughtsource
33C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)
Named Comets, Part 2
4 May 2011LINEARsource
34C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch)
Named Comets, Part 3
21 May 2011Spacewatchsource
35C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
Named Comets, Part 3
27 November 2011Terry Lovejoysource
36C/2012 E2 (SWAN)
Named Comets, Part 3
8 March 2012SOHOsource
37C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS)
Named Comets, Part 2
17 May 2012Pan-STARRSsource
38C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
Named Comets, Part 3
October 23, 2013Catalina Sky Surveysource
39C/2014 B1 (Schwartz)
Named Comets, Part 2
28 January 2014Michael B. Schwartzsource
40C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
Named Comets, Part 2
3 November 2015Jess A. Johnsonsource
41C/2017 U7 (PanSTARRS)
Named Comets, Part 2
29 October 2017Pan-STARRSsource
42C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)
Named Comets, Part 2
17 March 2018Pan-STARRSsource
43C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto)
Named Comets, Part 2
7 November 2018Donald Machholzsource
44C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)
Named Comets, Part 3
12 September 2020James E. Robinsonsource
45C/2020 V2 (ZTF)
Named Comets, Part 3
2 November 2020–source
46C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
Named Comets, Part 2
3 January 2021Gregory J. Leonardsource
47C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)
Named Comets, Part 2
26 July 2021Robert Weryksource
48C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
Named Comets, Part 3
2 March 2022–source
49C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
Named Comets, Part 3
12 August 2023Hideo Nishimurasource
50C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś)
Named Comets, Part 2
3 March 2024Kacper W. Wierzchośsource
51C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)
Named Comets, Part 3
27 September 2024Robert Siverdsource
52C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS)
Named Comets, Part 2
8 September 2025Pan-STARRSsource
53C/2025 R2 (SWAN)
Named Comets, Part 3
11 September 2025–source

How this list is made

Includes comets from Codexery codexes where at least 70% of entries are sourced and carry this field; an entry is listed only when the value shown appears in its own cited source article. Entries without a verifiable discovery date are left out rather than estimated. Values are copied from structured data already on each Codexery page and re-checked against the linked source; nothing on this page is estimated or written by a model. Spot an error? Use “Suggest an edit” on the entry’s page.

Related lists