Comets by discovery date

150 comets on Codexery, ordered by discovery date from Great Comet of 1680 (14 November 1680) to C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) (23 March 2012). Every figure comes from the entry's cited source article, and each name links to its full Codexery page.

150 entries from 2 codexes · Last updated 2026-11-10 · Click a column heading to sort

				Source
1	Great Comet of 1680 Named Comets	14 November 1680	Gottfried Kirch	source
2	C/1729 P1 (Sarabat) Named Comets	August 1, 1729	–	source
3	226P/Pigott–LINEAR–Kowalski Periodic Comets	19 November 1783	Edward Pigott	source
4	C/1785 A1 (Messier–Méchain) Named Comets	7 January 1785	Charles Messier	source
5	Great Comet of 1807 Named Comets	9 September 1807	Fr. P. Reggente Parisi	source
6	Great Comet of 1811 Named Comets	March 25, 1811	Honoré Flaugergues	source
7	12P/Pons–Brooks Named Comets	12 July 1812	Jean-Louis Pons	source
8	13P/Olbers Named Comets	6 March 1815	Heinrich Olbers	source
9	7P/Pons–Winnecke Named Comets	12 June 1819	Jean Louis Pons	source
10	Great Comet of 1819 Named Comets	1 July 1819	Johann Georg Tralles	source
11	289P/Blanpain Periodic Comets	28 November 1819	Jean-Jacques Blanpain	source
12	Great Comet of 1823 Named Comets	December 29, 1823	Nell de Bréauté	source
13	273P/Pons–Gambart Periodic Comets	21 June 1827	Jean-Louis Pons	source
14	Great Comet of 1843 Named Comets	February 5, 1843	–	source
15	4P/Faye Named Comets	November 1843	Hervé Faye	source
16	54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT Named Comets	23 August 1844	Francesco de Vico	source
17	122P/de Vico Periodic Comets	20 February 1846	Francesco de Vico	source
18	C/1846 J1 (Brorsen) Named Comets	1 May 1846	Theodor Brorsen	source
19	23P/Brorsen–Metcalf Named Comets	20 July 1847	Theodor Brorsen	source
20	6P/d'Arrest Named Comets	June 28–30, 1851	Heinrich Louis d'Arrest	source
21	20D/Westphal Named Comets	July 24, 1852	Justus Georg Westphal	source
22	C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) Named Comets	5 April 1853	Kaspar Gottfried Schweizer	source
23	C/1855 L1 (Donati) Named Comets	3 June 1855	Giovanni B. Donati	source
24	41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák Named Comets	May 3, 1858	Horace Parnell Tuttle	source
25	Comet Donati Named Comets	June 2, 1858	Giovanni Battista Donati	source
26	C/1861 J1 (Tebbutt) Named Comets	May 13, 1861	John Tebbutt	source
27	C/1862 N1 (Schmidt) Named Comets	2 July 1862	Johann Schmidt	source
28	Great Southern Comet of 1865 Named Comets	January 17, 1865	Francis Abbott	source
29	55P/Tempel–Tuttle Named Comets	19 December 1865	Wilhelm Tempel	source
30	11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR Named Comets	27 November 1869	Ernst Tempel	source
31	10P/Tempel Named Comets	4 July 1873	Wilhelm Tempel	source
32	C/1874 H1 (Coggia) Named Comets	17 April 1874	Jérôme Eugène Coggia	source
33	72P/Denning–Fujikawa Named Comets	4 October 1881	William Frederick Denning	source
34	C/1882 F1 (Wells) Named Comets	18 March 1882	Charles S. Wells	source
35	X/1882 K1 (Tewfik) Named Comets	17 May 1882	Arthur Schuster	source
36	14P/Wolf Named Comets	17 September 1884	Max Wolf	source
37	15P/Finlay Named Comets	26 September 1886	William Henry Finlay	source
38	Great Southern Comet of 1887 Named Comets	19 January 1887	J. M. Thome	source
39	16P/Brooks Named Comets	7 July 1889	William Robert Brooks	source
40	Comet Holmes Named Comets	November 6, 1892	Edwin Holmes	source
41	489P/Denning Periodic Comets	26 March 1894	William F. Denning	source
42	205P/Giacobini Periodic Comets	4 September 1896	Michel Giacobini	source
43	18D/Perrine–Mrkos Named Comets	December 9, 1896	Charles Dillon Perrine	source
44	21P/Giacobini–Zinner Named Comets	20 December 1900	Michel Giacobini	source
45	Great Comet of 1901 Named Comets	April 12, 1901	Viscara	source
46	19P/Borrelly Named Comets	28 December 1904	Alphonse Borrelly	source
47	97P/Metcalf–Brewington Periodic Comets	15 November 1906	Joel H. Metcalf	source
48	C/1907 G1 (Grigg–Mellish) Named Comets	8 April 1907	John E. Mellish	source
49	C/1907 L2 (Daniel) Named Comets	10 June 1907	Zaccheus Daniel	source
50	C/1911 N1 (Kiess) Named Comets	6 July 1911	Carl Clarence Kiess	source
51	43P/Wolf–Harrington Named Comets	December 22, 1924	Max Wolf	source
52	C/1925 F1 (Shajn–Comas Solá) Named Comets	22 March 1925	Grigory Shajn	source
53	C/1925 V1 (Wilk–Peltier) Named Comets	13 November 1925	Antoni Wilk	source
54	32P/Comas Solà Named Comets	4 November 1926	Josep Comas i Solà	source
55	29P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Named Comets	November 15, 1927	Arnold Schwassmann	source
56	73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann Named Comets	2 May 1930	Arnold Schwassmann	source
57	Comet Ryves Named Comets	10 August 1931	Percy Mayow Ryves	source
58	58P/Jackson–Neujmin Named Comets	20 September 1936	Cyril Jackson	source
59	C/1937 P1 (Hubble) Named Comets	August 1937	Edwin P. Hubble	source
60	40P/Väisälä Named Comets	February 8, 1939	Yrjö Väisälä	source
61	C/1939 H1 (Jurlof–Achmarof–Hassel) Named Comets	15 April 1939	Olaf Hassel	source
62	C/1941 B2 (de Kock–Paraskevopoulos) Named Comets	15 January 1941	Reginald Purdon de Kock	source
63	39P/Oterma Named Comets	8 April 1943	Liisi Oterma	source
64	46P/Wirtanen Named Comets	17 January 1948	Carl A. Wirtanen	source
65	47P/Ashbrook–Jackson Named Comets	26 August 1948	Joseph Ashbrook	source
66	45P/Honda–Mrkos–Pajdušáková Named Comets	December 3, 1948	Minoru Honda	source
67	61P/Shajn–Schaldach Named Comets	18 September 1949	Pelageja F. Shajn	source
68	4015 Wilson–Harrington Periodic Comets	19 November 1949	Albert G. Wilson	source
69	49P/Arend–Rigaux Named Comets	5 February 1951	Sylvain Arend	source
70	50P/Arend Named Comets	October 4, 1951	Sylvian Arend	source
71	51P/Harrington Named Comets	14 August 1953	–	source
72	C/1955 N1 (Bakharev–Macfarlane–Krienke) Named Comets	13–14 July 1955	–	source
73	Comet Arend–Roland Named Comets	November 6, 1956	–	source
74	C/1957 P1 (Mrkos) Named Comets	August 2, 1957	Antonín Mrkos	source
75	C/1960 Y1 (Candy) Named Comets	26 December 1960	Michael P. Candy	source
76	C/1961 T1 (Seki) Named Comets	10 October 1961	Tsutomu Seki	source
77	C/1962 C1 (Seki–Lines) Named Comets	4 February 1962	Tsutomu Seki	source
78	C/1963 A1 (Ikeya) Named Comets	2 January 1963	Kaoru Ikeya	source
79	C/1963 F1 (Alcock) Named Comets	19 March 1963	George E. D. Alcock	source
80	C/1963 R1 (Pereyra) Named Comets	14 September 1963	Zenon M. Pereyra	source
81	C/1964 N1 (Ikeya) Named Comets	3 July 1964	Kaoru Ikeya	source
82	60P/Tsuchinshan Named Comets	11 January 1965	–	source
83	Comet Ikeya–Seki Named Comets	18 September 1965	Kaoru Ikeya	source
84	67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko Named Comets	1969	Klim Ivanovich Churyumov	source
85	65P/Gunn Named Comets	11 October 1970	James E. Gunn	source
86	C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek) Named Comets	18 March 1973	Luboš Kohoutek	source
87	78P/Gehrels Named Comets	29 September to 5 October 1973	Tom Gehrels	source
88	85D/Boethin Named Comets	4–7 January 1975	Leo Boethin	source
89	81P/Wild Named Comets	January 6, 1978	Paul Wild	source
90	D/1978 R1 (Haneda–Campos) Periodic Comets	1 September 1978	Toshio Haneda	source
91	84P/Giclas Named Comets	8 September 1978	Henry L. Giclas	source
92	83D/Russell Named Comets	16 June 1979	Kenneth S. Russell at the UK Schmidt Telescope	source
93	C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield) Named Comets	24 December 1979	William A. Bradfield	source
94	93P/Lovas Periodic Comets	5 December 1980	Miklós Lovas	source
95	87P/Bus Periodic Comets	2 March 1981	Schelte J. Bus	source
96	88P/Howell Periodic Comets	29 August 1981	Ellen S. Howell	source
97	126P/IRAS Periodic Comets	28 July 1983	Infrared Astronomical Satellite	source
98	161P/Hartley–IRAS Periodic Comets	4 November 1983	Malcolm Hartley	source
99	100P/Hartley Periodic Comets	13 June 1985	Malcolm Hartley	source
100	115P/Maury Periodic Comets	16 August 1985	Alain J. Maury	source
101	108P/Ciffréo Periodic Comets	8 November 1985	Jacqueline Ciffréo	source
102	96P/Machholz Periodic Comets	12 May 1986	Donald E. Machholz	source
103	120P/Mueller Periodic Comets	18 October 1987	Jean E. Mueller	source
104	C/1988 A1 (Liller) Named Comets	11 January 1988	William Liller	source
105	C/1988 Y1 (Yanaka) Named Comets	29 December 1988	Tetsuo Yanaka	source
106	111P/Helin–Roman–Crockett Periodic Comets	5 January 1989	Eleanor F. Helin	source
107	119P/Parker–Hartley Periodic Comets	2 March 1989	Quentin A. Parker	source
108	C/1989 W1 (Aarseth–Brewington) Named Comets	16 November 1989	–	source
109	C/1990 K1 (Levy) Named Comets	20 May 1990	David H. Levy	source
110	C/1992 W1 (Ohshita) Named Comets	24 November 1992	Nobuo Ohshita	source
111	152P/Helin–Lawrence Periodic Comets	17 May 1993	Eleanor F. Helin	source
112	C/1993 Y1 (McNaught–Russell) Named Comets	17 December 1993	Robert H. McNaught	source
113	144P/Kushida Periodic Comets	January 1994	Yoshio Kushida	source
114	141P/Machholz Periodic Comets	13 August 1994	Donald E. Machholz	source
115	440P/Kobayashi Periodic Comets	January 30, 1997	Takao Kobayashi	source
116	308P/Lagerkvist–Carsenty Periodic Comets	5 October 1997	Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist	source
117	168P/Hergenrother Periodic Comets	22 November 1998	Carl W. Hergenrother	source
118	C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) Named Comets	27 September 1999	LINEAR	source
119	252P/LINEAR Periodic Comets	7 April 2000	–	source
120	C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) Named Comets	16 December 2000	LINEAR	source
121	C/2001 A2 (LINEAR) Named Comets	15 January 2001	LINEAR	source
122	153P/Ikeya–Zhang Named Comets	1 February 2002	Kaoru Ikeya	source
123	C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) Named Comets	14 October 2002	LINEAR	source
124	C/2002 V1 (NEAT) Named Comets	6 November 2002	S. H. Pravdo	source
125	C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) Named Comets	11 November 2002	LINEAR	source
126	240P/NEAT Periodic Comets	7 December 2002	K. J. Lawrence	source
127	210P/Christensen Periodic Comets	26 May 2003	Eric J. Christensen	source
128	450P/LONEOS Periodic Comets	2004	Brian A. Skiff	source
129	209P/LINEAR Periodic Comets	3 February 2004	LINEAR	source
130	220P/McNaught Periodic Comets	20 May 2004	Robert H. McNaught	source
131	167P/CINEOS Periodic Comets	August 10, 2004	CINEOS	source
132	163P/NEAT Periodic Comets	5 November 2004	Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking	source
133	300P/Catalina Periodic Comets	6 May 2005	–	source
134	260P/McNaught Periodic Comets	20 May 2005	Robert H. McNaught	source
135	Comet McNaught Named Comets	7 August 2006	Robert H. McNaught	source
136	C/2007 N3 (Lulin) Named Comets	July 11, 2007	Quanzhi Ye	source
137	398P/Boattini Periodic Comets	26 August 2009	Andrea Boattini	source
138	C/2009 R1 (McNaught) Named Comets	9 September 2009	Robert H. McNaught	source
139	P/2010 H2 (Vales) Periodic Comets	16 April 2010	Jan Vales	source
140	C/2010 U3 (Boattini) Named Comets	31 October 2010	Andrea Boattini	source
141	332P/Ikeya–Murakami Periodic Comets	November 3, 2010	Kaoru Ikeya	source
142	C/2010 X1 (Elenin) Named Comets	10 December 2010	Leonid Elenin	source
143	C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) Named Comets	4 May 2011	LINEAR	source
144	C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) Named Comets	21 May 2011	Spacewatch	source
145	C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) Named Comets	June 2011	Pan-STARRS	source
146	479P/Elenin Periodic Comets	7 July 2011	Leonid Elenin	source
147	C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) Named Comets	27 November 2011	Terry Lovejoy	source
148	373P/Rinner Periodic Comets	28 November 2011	Claudine Rinner	source
149	C/2012 E2 (SWAN) Named Comets	8 March 2012	SOHO	source
150	C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) Named Comets	23 March 2012	A. R. Gibbs	source

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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.

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