Named Comets, Part 6
35 entries in the Named Comets, Part 6 compendium.
26P/Grigg–SkjellerupPeriodic comet visited by Giotto in 1992.27P/CrommelinA Halley-type comet named after its orbit calculator, not its discoverers.28P/NeujminA large, dark periodic comet with an 18-year orbit.29P/Schwassmann–WachmannA large, outburst-prone centaur comet with a 58-day rotation period.32P/Comas SolàJupiter-family comet discovered by Josep Comas Solà in 1926.39P/OtermaInactive centaur comet first detected in CO₂ emission.40P/VäisäläPeriodic comet with a nucleus similar in size to Comet Encke.41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–KresákJupiter-family comet known for dramatic outbursts and a small, elongated nucleus.43P/Wolf–HarringtonJupiter-family comet discovered in 1924 by Max Wolf.44P/ReinmuthA Jupiter-family comet strongly perturbed by the gas giant.45P/Honda–Mrkos–PajdušákováShort-period comet discovered in 1948, known for radar detection and green glow.46P/WirtanenA small Jupiter-family comet with a notable close approach in 2018.47P/Ashbrook–JacksonA bright Jupiter-family comet discovered independently in 1948.49P/Arend–RigauxA dark, periodic comet discovered in 1951 by Arend and Rigaux.50P/ArendPeriodic comet discovered in 1951 by Sylvain Arend.51P/HarringtonPeriodic comet that fragmented, causing brightness surges.54P/de Vico–Swift–NEATA periodic comet lost and rediscovered multiple times since 1844.55P/Tempel–TuttleParent body of the Leonid meteor shower.57P/du Toit–Neujmin–DelporteA Jupiter-family comet that fragmented into at least 20 pieces in 2002.58P/Jackson–NeujminPeriodic comet with a history of difficult recoveries.60P/TsuchinshanJupiter-family comet discovered at Purple Mountain Observatory in 1965.61P/Shajn–SchaldachJupiter-family comet discovered in 1949 by Shajn and Schaldach.65P/GunnA Jupiter-family comet orbiting within the main asteroid belt.67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoFirst comet orbited and landed upon by spacecraft.68P/KlemolaA young Jupiter-family comet discovered in 1965.70P/KojimaPeriodic comet discovered by Nobuhisa Kojima in Japan.72P/Denning–FujikawaA transitional periodic comet with sporadic brightening and long lost periods.73P/Schwassmann–WachmannA disintegrating periodic comet with a 5.4-year orbit.76P/West–Kohoutek–IkemuraA Jupiter-family comet with a dramatically shortened orbit after a close Jovian encounter.78P/GehrelsA highly active Jupiter-family comet discovered by Tom Gehrels.80P/Peters–HartleyA lost comet recovered after 136 years by Malcolm Hartley.81P/WildComet sampled by NASA's Stardust mission, returning cometary dust to Earth.83D/RussellA lost periodic comet discovered in 1979.84P/GiclasJupiter-family comet discovered by Henry L. Giclas in 1978.85D/BoethinA lost Jupiter-family comet discovered under unusual circumstances.
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