right|220px|thumb|Cometa Halley la trecerea sa în 1986 O cometă periodică este acea cometă care a fost observată la mai mult decât un periheliu și / sau care are o perioadă inferioară a 200 de ani.

Cometele periodice nu primesc desemnări numerice înainte de a fi observate la mai mult de un periheliu. În aproape toate cazurile, cometele sunt numite după descoperitorii lor (în alte cazuri, cum sunt 2P/Encke și 27P/Crommelin, este vorba de persoana care le-a calculat orbita). Orbitele cometelor periodice sunt deosebit de dificil de calculat din cauza perturbațiilor posibile ale planetelor. Dar chiar în acest caz, traseul unor comete periodice poate fi pierdut în urma unei degazări sau unei fragmentări.

Lista cometelor periodice numerotate CometaDescoperitorul/DescoperitoriiAnul descopeririiPerioadă orbitală 1P/Halley Halley Antichitate 1758 76,09 ani 2P/Encke Pierre Méchain Encke 1786 3,30 ani 3D/Biela Biela 1826 6,619 ani 4P/Faye Faye 1843 7,545 ani 5D/Brorsen Brorsen 1846 5,461 ani 6P/d'Arrest d'Arrest 1851 6,54 ani 7P/Pons-Winnecke Pons & Winnecke 1819 6,36 ani 8P/Tuttle Tuttle 1858 13,58 ani 9P/Tempel (Tempel 1) Tempel 1867 5,52 ani 10P/Tempel (Tempel 2) Tempel 1873 5,382 ani 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR Tempel & Swift & LINEAR 1869 6,372 ani 12P/Pons-Brooks Pons & Brooks 1812 70,85 ani 13P/Olbers Olbers 1815 69,5 ani 14P/Wolf Wolf 1884 8,74 ani 15P/Finlay Finlay 1886 6,50 ani 16P/Brooks (Brooks 2) Brooks 1889 6,14 ani 17P/Holmes Holmes 1892 6,89 ani 18D/Perrine-Mrkos Perrine & Mrkos 18966,75 ani 19P/Borrelly Borrelly19046,85 ani 20D/Westphal Westphal 21P/Giacobini-Zinner Giacobini & Zinner 22P/Kopff Kopff 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf Brorsen & Metcalf 24P/Schaumasse Schaumasse 25D/Neujmin (Neujmin 2) Neujmin 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup Pons Grigg & Skjellerup 1808 1902 și 1922 5,31 ani 27P/Crommelin Crommelin 1818 27,4 ani 28P/Neujmin (Neujmin 1) Neujmin 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Schwassmann-Wachmann 1) Schwassmann & Wachmann 30P/Reinmuth (Reinmuth 1) Reinmuth 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Schwassmann-Wachmann 2) Schwassmann & Wachmann 32P/Comas Solá Comas Solà 1926 8,8 ani 33P/Daniel Daniel 34D/Gale Gale 35P/Herschel-Rigollet Herschel & Rigollet 36P/Whipple Whipple 37P/Forbes Forbes 38P/Stephan-Oterma Stephan & Oterma 39P/Oterma Oterma 40P/Väisälä (Väisälä 1) Väisälä 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák Tuttle & Giacobini & Kresák 42P/Neujmin (Neujmin 3) Neujmin 43P/Wolf-Harrington Wolf & Harrington 44P/Reinmuth (Reinmuth 2) Reinmuth 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková Honda & Mrkos & Pajdušáková 46P/Wirtanen Wirtanen 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson Ashbrook & Jackson 48P/Johnson Johnson 49P/Arend-Rigaux Arend & Rigaux 50P/Arend Arend 51P/Harrington Harrington 52P/Harrington-Abell Harrington & Abell 53P/Van Biesbroeck Van Biesbroeck 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT de Vico & Swift & NEAT 55P/Tempel-Tuttle Tempel & Tuttle 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Slaughter & Burnham 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte du Toit & Neuimin & Delporte 58P/Jackson-Neujmin Jackson & Neuimin 59P/Kearns-Kwee Kearns & Kwee 60P/Tsuchinshan (Tsuchinshan 2) Tsuchinshan 19656,56 ani 61P/Shajn-Schaldach Shajn & Schaldach 62P/Tsuchinshan (Tsuchinshan 1) Tsuchinshan19656,63 a 63P/Wild (Wild 1) Wild 64P/Swift-Gehrels Swift & Gehrels 65P/Gunn Gunn 66P/du Toit du Toit 67P/Ciuriumov-Gherasimenko Tchourioumov & Guerassimenko 1969 6,45 ani 68P/Klemola Klemola 69P/Taylor Taylor 70P/Kojima Kojima 71P/Clark Clark 72P/Denning-Fujikawa Denning & Fujikawa 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) Schwassmann & Wachmann 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh Smirnova & Chernykh 75D/Kohoutek Kohoutek 1975 6,67 ani 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura West & Kohoutek & Ikemura 77P/Longmore Longmore 78P/Gehrels (Gehrels 2) Gehrels 79P/du Toit-Hartley du Toit & Hartley 80P/Peters-Hartley Peters & Hartley 81P/Wild (Wild 2) Wild 82P/Gehrels (Gehrels 3) Gehrels 83P/Russell (Russell 1) Russell 84P/Giclas Giclas 85P/Boethin Boethin 86P/Wild (Wild 3) Wild 87P/Bus Bus 88P/Howell Howell 89P/Russell (Russell 2) Russell 90P/Gehrels (Gehrels 1) Gehrels 91P/Russell (Russell 3) Russell 92P/Sanguin Sanguin 93P/Lovas (Lovas 1) Lovas 94P/Russell (Russell 4) Russell 95P/Chiron = asteroid (2060) Chiron Kowal 96P/Machholz (Machholz 1) Machholz 1986 5,2322 a 97P/Metcalf-Brewington Metcalf & Brewington 98P/Takamizawa Takamizawa 99P/Kowal (Kowal 1) Kowal 100P/Hartley (Hartley 1) Hartley 101P/Chernykh Chernykh 102P/Shoemaker (Shoemaker 1) C. Shoemaker & E. Shoemaker 103P/Hartley (Hartley 2) Hartley 104P/Kowal (Kowal 2) Kowal 105P/Singer Brewster Singer Brewster 106P/Schuster Schuster 107P/Wilson-Harrington = asteroid (4015) Wilson-Harrington Helin & Wilson & Harrington 108P/Ciffréo Ciffréo 1985 7,26 a 109P/Swift-Tuttle Swift & Tuttle 1862133,28 ani 110P/Hartley (Hartley 3) Hartley 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett Helin & Roman & Crockett 112P/Urata-Niijima Urata & Niijima 113P/Spitaler Spitaler 1890; 1993 7,09 ani 114P/Wiseman-Skiff Wiseman & Skiff 115P/Maury (Maury 1) Maury 116P/Wild (Wild 4) Wild 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu (Helin-Roman-Alu 1) Helin & Roman & Alu 118P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 4) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 119P/Parker-Hartley Parker & Hartley 120P/Mueller (Mueller 1) Mueller 121P/Shoemaker-Holt (Shoemaker-Holt 2) C.Shoemaker, E.Shoemaker & Holt 122P/de Vico de Vico 123P/West-Hartley West & Hartley 124P/Mrkos Mrkos 125P/Spacewatch (Spacewatch 1) Spacewatch 126P/IRAS IRAS 127P/Holt-Olmstead Holt & Olmstead 128P/Shoemaker-Holt (Shoemaker-Holt 1) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Holt 129P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 3) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 130P/McNaught-Hughes McNaught & Hughes 19916,65 a 131P/Mueller (Mueller 2) Mueller 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu (Helin-Roman-Alu 2) Helin & Roman & Alu 133P/Elst-Pizarro = asteroid (7968) Elst-Pizarro Elst & Pizarro 1979 5,62 ani 134P/Kowal-Vávrová Kowal & Vávrová 135P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 8) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 136P/Mueller (Mueller 3) Mueller 137P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 2) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 138P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 7) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 139P/Väisälä-Oterma Väisälä & Oterma 140P/Bowell-Skiff Bowell & Skiff 141P/Machholz (Machholz 2) Machholz 142P/Ge-Wang Ge & Wang 143P/Kowal-Mrkos Kowal & Mrkos 144P/Kushida Kushida 145P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 5) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & LINEAR 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu Kushida & Muramatsu 148P/Anderson-LINEAR Anderson & LINEAR 149P/Mueller (Mueller 4) Mueller 150P/LONEOS (LONEOS 3) LONEOS 151P/Helin Helin 152P/Helin-Lawrence Helin & Lawrence 153P/Ikeya-Zhang Ikeya & Zhang 154P/Brewington Brewington 155P/Shoemaker (Shoemaker 3) C. Shoemaker & E. Shoemaker 156P/Russell-LINEAR Russell & LINEAR 157P/Tritton Tritton 158P/Kowal-LINEAR Kowal & LINEAR 159P/LONEOS (LONEOS 7) LONEOS 160P/LINEAR (LINEAR 43) LINEAR 161P/Hartley-IRAS Hartley & IRAS 162P/Siding Spring (Siding Spring 2) Siding Spring 163P/NEAT (NEAT 21) NEAT 164P/Christensen (Christensen 2) Christensen 165P/LINEAR (LINEAR 10) LINEAR 166P/NEAT (NEAT 8) NEAT 167P/CINEOS CINEOS 168P/Hergenrother (Hergenrother 1) Hergenrother 169P/NEAT (NEAT 22) NEAT 170P/Christensen (Christensen 4) Christensen 171P/Spahr (Spahr 2) Spahr 172P/Yeung Yeung 173P/Mueller (Mueller 5) Mueller 174P/Echeclus = astéroïde (60558) Echeclus Spacewatch 175P/Hergenrother (Hergenrother 2) Hergenrother 176P/LINEAR (LINEAR 52) = (118401) LINEAR LINEAR 177P/Barnard (Barnard 2) Barnard 178P/Hug-Bell Hug & Bell 179P/Jedicke (Jedicke 1) Jedicke 180P/NEAT (NEAT 3) NEAT 181P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 6) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 182P/LONEOS (LONEOS 6) LONEOS 183P/Korlević-Jurić Korlević & Jurić 184P/Lovas (Lovas 2) Lovas 185P/Petriew Petriew 186P/Garradd (Garradd 1) Garradd 187P/LINEAR (LINEAR 4) LINEAR 188P/LINEAR-Mueller LINEAR & Mueller 189P/NEAT (NEAT 10) NEAT 190P/Mueller (Mueller 6) Mueller 191P/McNaught (McNaught 11) McNaught 192P/Shoemaker-Levy (Shoemaker-Levy 1) C. Shoemaker, E. Shoemaker & Levy 193P/LINEAR-NEAT (LINEAR-NEAT 2) LINEAR & NEAT 194P/LINEAR (LINEAR 9) LINEAR 195P/Hill Hill 196P/Tichý Tichý IAUC 8917 197P/LINEAR LINEAR IAUC 8924 198P/ODAS OCA-DLR Asteroid Survey (ODAS), IAUC 8929 199P/Shoemaker (Shoemaker 4) C. Shoemaker & E. Shoemaker CBET 1347 200P/Larsen Larsen 201P/LONEOS LONEOS 202P/Scotti Scotti 203P/Korlević Korlević IAUC 8974 204P/LINEAR-NEAT LINEAR & NEAT IAUC 8974 205P/Giacobini Giacobini IAUC 8975 206P/Barnard-Boattini Barnard & Boattini IAUC 8995 207P/NEAT NEAT IAUC 8996 208P/McMillan McMillan IAUC 8997, IAUC 9000 209P/LINEAR LINEAR IAUC 9002 210P/Christensen Christensen IAUC 9005 211P/Hill Hill (Catalina Sky Survey) IAUC 9001 212P/NEAT NEAT IAUC 9010 213P/Van Ness Van Ness IAUC 9017 214P/LINEAR LINEAR IAUC 9017 215P/NEAT NEAT IAUC 9018 216P/LINEAR LINEAR IAUC 9021 217P/LINEAR LINEAR 218P/LINEAR LINEAR 219P/LINEAR LINEAR 220P/McNaught McNaught 221P/LINEAR LINEAR 222P/LINEAR LINEAR 223P/Skiff Skiff 224P/LINEAR-NEAT LINEAR & NEAT 225P/LINEAR LINEAR 226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski Pigott & LINEAR & Kowalski 227P/Catalina-LINEAR Catalina Sky Survey & LINEAR 228P/LINEAR LINEAR 229P/Gibbs Gibbs (Catalina Sky Survey) 230P/LINEAR (LINEAR?) LINEAR 1997 6,27 a 231P/LINEAR-NEAT (LINEAR-NEAT 4) LINEAR & NEAT 2003 8,08 a 232P/Hill (Hill 2) Hill 1999 9,49 a 233P/LA SAGRA (LA SAGRA) La Sagra Sky Survey (LSSS) 2009 5,29 a 234P/LINEAR (LINEAR?) LINEAR 2001 7,46 a 235P/LINEAR (LINEAR?) LINEAR 2001 8,00 a 236P/LINEAR (LINEAR?) LINEAR 2003 7,20 a 237P/LINEAR (LINEAR?) LINEAR 2002 7,22 a 238P/Read (Read 3) Read 2005 5,63 a 239P/LINEAR (LINEAR 11) LINEAR 1999 9,42 a 240P/NEAT (NEAT 12) NEAT 2002 7,59 a 241P/LINEAR (LINEAR 7) LINEAR 1999 10,69 a 242P/Spahr (Spahr 1) Spahr 1997 13,16 a 243P/NEAT (NEAT 17) NEAT 2003 7,50 a 244P/Scotti (Scotti 1) Scotti 2000 11,24 a 245P/WISE WISE 2010 8,03 a 246P/NEAT (NEAT 20) NEAT 2004 8,04 a 247P/LINEAR LINEAR 2002 7,98 a 248P/Gibbs Gibbs 1996 14,64 a 249P/LINEAR (LINEAR 53) LINEAR 2006 4,63 a 250P/Larson Larson 2011 7,21 a 251P/LINEAR (LINEAR 42) LINEAR 2004 6,52 a 252P/LINEAR (LINEAR 12) LINEAR 2000 5,35 a

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