Named Comets, Part 4
35 entries in the Named Comets, Part 4 compendium.
Great Comet of 1811A long-visible comet with a massive coma and cultural impact.Great Comet of 1819First comet studied with polarimetry, discovered by Tralles in 1819.Great Comet of 1823Bright comet with two tails, one pointing toward the Sun.Great Southern Comet of 1865A brilliant Southern Hemisphere comet unseen from the north.Great Southern Comet of 1887A bright sungrazing comet seen without a visible head.Great Comet of 1901A bright Southern Hemisphere comet discovered naked-eye in April 1901.Great January Comet of 1910A brilliant daylight comet that outshone Venus in January 1910.Southern Comet of 1947A bright Southern Hemisphere comet visible in December 1947.C/1963 F1 (Alcock)Non-periodic comet discovered by George Alcock in 1963.C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)A comet discovered by ASAS-SN that brightened rapidly then faded.C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)A disintegrating near-parabolic comet discovered by the ATLAS survey.C/1955 N1 (Bakharev–Macfarlane–Krienke)A non-periodic comet discovered independently by three astronomers in 1955.C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli–Bernstein)Largest known Oort cloud comet, discovered at record distance.C/2010 U3 (Boattini)Parabolic comet with the longest observation arc and a million-year half-orbit.C/1779 A1 (Bode)Comet named after Johann Elert Bode, orbit by Erik Prosperin.Caesar's CometA seven-day cometary outburst interpreted as the deification of Julius Caesar.C/1960 Y1 (Candy)First comet with orbit calculated by its discoverer.C/1874 H1 (Coggia)A bright non-periodic comet visible to the naked eye in 1874.C/1907 L2 (Daniel)Naked-eye comet discovered by Zaccheus Daniel in 1907.C/1941 B2 (de Kock–Paraskevopoulos)Bright non-periodic comet discovered independently by three observers.Comet DonatiFirst comet photographed; one of the 19th century's brightest.C/2010 X1 (Elenin)Oort cloud comet that disintegrated before naked-eye visibility.C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)A non-periodic comet discovered by Dr. Nicolas Erasmus.C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)Non-periodic comet discovered by Masayuki Iwamoto in December 2018.C/2014 E2 (Jacques)Long-period comet discovered by Brazilian astronomers in March 2014.C/1911 N1 (Kiess)Parent body of the Aurigids meteor shower.C/1973 E1 (Kohoutek)A comet hyped as the century's brightest that fell far short.C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)Long-period comet discovered in Leo, peaked at magnitude +5.C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)Non-periodic comet that brightened unexpectedly during its close Earth flyby.C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)A non-periodic comet that brightened unexpectedly to naked-eye visibility.C/1988 A1 (Liller)Non-periodic comet discovered in 1988, namesake of the Liller family.C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)A fragmenting Oort cloud comet that brightened to magnitude 3.C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR)A large comet that remained faint beyond the inner Solar System.C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)Fourth comet discovered by Terry Lovejoy, visible to the naked eye.C/2007 N3 (Lulin)A green, naked-eye comet with a disconnected plasma tail.
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