Named Comets, Part 2
41 entries in the Named Comets, Part 2 compendium.
C/2015 V2 (Johnson)A faint, low-activity manx comet discovered in 2015.C/1854 L1 (Klinkerfues)A non-periodic comet barely visible to the naked eye in 1854.C/1957 U1 (Latyshev–Wild–Burnham)Faint parabolic comet discovered by three astronomers in October 1957.C/2018 C2 (Lemmon)Hyperbolic comet reclassified from asteroid after developing a coma.C/2021 A1 (Leonard)A long-period comet that made the closest-known approach to Venus.C/1990 K1 (Levy)Non-periodic comet discovered by David H. Levy in 1990.C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)First comet caught in the act of disintegrating.C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)Non-periodic comet discovered by LINEAR, brightened to magnitude 2.5.C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)Hyperbolic comet discovered by LINEAR, brightened to magnitude 2.2.C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)Oort cloud comet that fragmented in mid-2014.C/2018 V1 (Machholz–Fujikawa–Iwamoto)Comet with a 72.6% probability of extrasolar origin.C/2009 R1 (McNaught)Non-periodic comet discovered in 2009, brightened unexpectedly in 2010.C/1785 A1 (Messier–Méchain)Faint parabolic comet discovered by Messier and Méchain in 1785.C/1763 S1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1764 A1 (Messier)Comet discovered by Charles Messier in 1764.C/1766 E1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1771 G1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1773 T1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1780 U2 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1788 W1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1793 S2 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/1798 G1 (Messier)One of 13 comets discovered by Charles Messier.C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS)Retrograde Oort cloud comet discovered by Pan-STARRS in 2012.C/2017 U7 (PanSTARRS)Hyperbolic comet discovered days after 1I/'Oumuamua, likely from Oort Cloud.C/2018 F4 (PanSTARRS)Hyperbolic comet from the Oort cloud, not interstellar.C/2019 U5 (PanSTARRS)A dynamically new Oort cloud comet with a large nucleus.C/2021 O3 (PanSTARRS)Hyperbolic Oort cloud comet with disputed disintegration.C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS)Hyperbolic Oort cloud comet with probable extrasolar origin.C/1893 N1 (Rordame–Quénisset)Hyperbolic comet independently reported by Rordame and Quénisset in 1893.Comet RyvesA bright comet that passed extremely close to the Sun in 1931.C/1729 P1 (Sarabat)Possibly the largest comet ever observed, with absolute magnitude −3.C/2014 B1 (Schwartz)Distant parabolic comet with activity driven by carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.C/1962 C1 (Seki–Lines)Great Comet of 1962, discovered independently by two observers.C/1925 F1 (Shajn–Comas Solá)First comet with record distant perihelion, observed until 1927.Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLASBrightest Northern Hemisphere comet since Hale–Bopp in 1997.C/1882 F1 (Wells)A bright sungrazing comet discovered by Charles S. Wells in 1882.C/2024 E1 (Wierzchoś)Hyperbolic Oort cloud comet discovered by Kacper Wierzchoś in 2024.C/1925 V1 (Wilk–Peltier)Faint non-periodic comet co-discovered by Peltier and Wilk in 1925.C/1956 F1 (Wirtanen)A non-periodic comet whose split nucleus was reanalyzed decades later.C/1988 Y1 (Yanaka)Carbon- and cyanogen-depleted non-periodic comet discovered in 1988.C/1991 Y1 (Zanotta–Brewington)A dynamically new Oort cloud comet with high gas production.
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