Lists of comets
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Periodic comets usually have elongated elliptical orbits, and usually return to the vicinity of the Sun after a number of decades.
The official names of non-periodic comets begin with a "C"; the names of periodic comets begin with "P" or a number followed by "P". Comets that have been lost or disappeared have names with a "D".
Lists
- List of numbered comets
- List of non-periodic comets
- List of periodic comets
- List of comets visited by spacecraft
- List of Great Comets
- List of comets by type
- List of Halley-type comets
- List of historic comet close approaches
See also
External links
- Bright Comet Chronicles
- 1994 Resolution about comet names
- Comets currently above mag. 12 - Heavens-Above
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