Named Comets
9 entries in the Named Comets compendium.
96P sungrazer familyRarest SOHO comet group, fragments of 96P/Machholz.2I/BorisovFirst observed rogue comet and second interstellar interloper.3I/ATLASThird confirmed interstellar object, discovered July 2025.Comet of 841–842A ninth-century comet recorded across Eurasia during a Frankish civil war.C/1845 L1 (Colla)A great non-periodic comet visible to the naked eye in 1845.Great Southern Comet of 1880A great comet known for its tail, not brightness.C/1989 W1 (Aarseth–Brewington)Non-periodic comet discovered by two amateurs, peaked at magnitude 2.8.Comet Arend–RolandA hyperbolic comet discovered in 1956, never to return.C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)Partially disintegrated non-periodic comet, Great Comet of 2025.
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