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No Comet Desig. new old Perihelion Date DiscoverersKey:
(0) Anonymus C/1743 Y1 1744 1744-03-01.8398 ? De Cheseaux 1 De la Nux C/1758 K1 1758 1758-06-11.637 De la Nux Messier 2 P/Halley 1P/1758 Y1 1759I 1759-03-13.0623 Palitzsch Messier 4 Messier C/1760 B1 1759II 1759-11-27.5018 Messier 3 Great comet C/1760 A1 1759III 1759-12-17.3411 -many- incl. Messier 5 Klinkenberg C/1762 K1 1762 1762-05-28.8345 Klinkenberg 6 Messier C/1763 S1 1763 1763-11-02.3738 Messier 7 Messier C/1764 A1 1764 1764-02-13.0710 Messier 8 Messier C/1766 E1 1766I 1766-02-17.8616 Messier 9 P/Helfenzrieder D/1766 G1 1766II 1766-04-27.9088 Helfenzrieder, Messier 10 Messier C/1769 P1 1769 1769-10-08.1204 Messier 11 P/Lexell D/1770 L1 1770I 1770-08-14.0409 Messier 12 Great comet C/1771 A1 1770II 1770-11-22.7352 -many- incl. Messier 13 Messier C/1771 G1 1771 1771-04-19.6349 Messier 14 P/Biela 3D/1772 E1 1772 1772-02-17.675 Montaigne 15 Messier C/1773 T1 1773 1773-09-06.1068 Messier 16 Montaigne C/1774 P1 1774 1774-08-15.9488 Montaigne 17 Bode C/1779 A1 1779 1779-01-04.5807 Bode, Messier 18 Messier C/1780 U2 1780I 1780-10-01.2524 Messier Montaigne-Olbers C/1780 U1 1780II 1780-11-29.348 Montaigne, Olbers 19 Mechain C/1781 M1 1781I 1781-07-07.6889 Mechain 20 Mechain C/1781 T1 1781II 1781-11-30.0232 Mechain 21 P/Pigott D/1783 W1 1783 1783-11-20.4304 Pigott 22 Great comet C/1783 X1 1784 1784-01-21.6996 -many- 23 Messier-Mechain C/1785 A1 1785I 1785-01-27.8255 Messier, Mechain 24 Mechain C/1785 E1 1785II 1785-04-08.9140 Mechain 25 P/Encke 2P/1786 B1 1786I 1786-01-31.360 Mechain 26 Herschel C/1786 P1 1786II 1786-07-08.3797 C.Herschel 27 Mechain C/1787 G1 1787 1787-05-11.325 Mechain 28 Messier C/1788 W1 1788I 1788-11-10.8093 Messier 29 P/Herschel-Rigollet 35P/1788 Y1 1788II 1788-11-20.637 C.Herschel, Rigollet 30 Herschel C/1790 A1 1790I 1790-01-15.712 C.Herschel 31 P/Tuttle 8P/1790 A2 1790II 1790-01-31.349 Mechain 32 Herschel C/1790 H1 1790III 1790-05-21.741 C.Herschel 33 Herschel C/1791 X1 1792I 1792-01-14.0349 C.Herschel 34 Gregory C/1793 A1 1792II 1792-12-27.698 Gregory Mechain 36 Messier C/1793 S2 1793I 1793-11-05.341 Messier 35 Perny C/1793 S1 1793II 1793-11-19.9983 Perny P/Encke 2P/1795 V1 1795 1795-12-21.963 C.Herschel Olbers C/1796 F1 1796 1796-04-03.2737 Olbers 37 Bouvard-Herschel-Lee C/1797 P1 1797 1797-07-09.6142 Bouvard, C.Herschel, Lee 38 Messier C/1798 G1 1798I 1798-04-05.0083 Messier 39 Bouvard C/1798 X1 1798II 1799-01-01.4138 Bouvard 40 Mechain C/1799 P1 1799I 1799-09-07.6909 Mechain 41 Mechain C/1799 Y1 1799II 1799-12-26.3964 Mechain 42 Pons C/1801 N1 1801 1801-08-09.0565 Pons, Messier 43 Pons C/1802 Q1 1802 1802-09-10.3554 Pons 44 Pons C/1804 E1 1804 1804-02-14.0881 Pons P/Encke 2P/1805 U1 1805 1805-11-21.9864 C.Herschel P/Biela 3D/1805 V1 1806I 1806-01-02.3990 Pons Pons C/1806 V1 1806II 1806-12-29.4118 Pons
Comet Desig. Perihelion Date Peri.Dist Excent. Asc.Node Len.Peri Inclinat m_max Exp Observations from-toKey:
Anonymus 1744 1744-03-01.8398 0.222209 1.0 151.4783 48.6030 47.1378 0.5 3.9 1743-12-21 1744-03-01 De la Nux 1758 1758-06-11.637 0.215352 1.0 36.78 233.51 68.30 4.0 4.0 1758-08-15 1758-11-02 P/Halley 1759I 1759-03-13.0623 0.584466 0.967686 110.6903 56.5292 162.3695 3.8 4.0 1759 1911 Messier 1759II 1759-11-27.5018 0.801390 1.0 273.924 142.309 79.090 3.3 4.0 1760-01-26 1760-03-16 Great comet 1759III 1759-12-17.3411 0.965760 1.0 301.651 82.778 175.126 7.3 4.0 1760-01-08 1760-02-08 Klinkenberg 1762 1762-05-28.8345 1.009048 1.0 115.480 351.170 85.661 3.0 4.0 1762-05-31 1762-06-29 Messier 1763 1763-11-02.3738 0.498185 1.0 88.570 359.048 72.491 9.5 4.0 1763-10-03 1763-11-18 Messier 1764 1764-02-13.0710 0.555216 1.0 104.852 122.685 127.093 7.0 4.0 1764-01-03 1764-02-11 Messier 1766I 1766-02-17.8616 0.505324 1.0 100.889 246.719 139.154 7.0 4.0 1766-03-08 1766-03-15 P/Helfenzrieder 1766II 1766-04-27.9088 0.406034 0.847632 178.6515 75.6114 7.8635 6.8 4.0 1766-04-09 1766-05-03 Messier 1769 1769-10-08.1204 0.122755 0.999249 329.1231 177.5941 40.7403 3.8 4.4 1769-08-22 1769-12-01 P/Lexell 1770I 1770-08-14.0409 0.674449 0.786119 224.859 133.926 1.557 7.7 4.0 1770-06-15 1770-10-03 Great comet 1770II 1770-11-22.7352 0.528242 1.0 260.364 111.236 148.558 7.5 4.0 1771-01-10 1771-01-20 Messier 1771 1771-04-19.6349 0.901835 1.0 76.2057 30.3167 11.2838 4.6 5.2 1771-04-01 1771-06-12 P/Biela 1772 1772-02-17.675 0.99038 0.72588 213.362 260.222 17.055 7.5 4.0 1772 1805 Messier 1773 1773-09-06.1068 1.126886 1.0 314.112 123.540 61.224 2.8 3.1 1773-10-17 1774-01-19 Montaigne 1774 1774-08-15.9488 1.42858 1.0 136.534 183.276 82.984 5.0 4.0 1774-08-18 1774-10-25 Bode 1779 1779-01-04.5807 0.713178 1.0 62.1678 27.4438 32.4351 5.8 3.6 1779-01-19 1779-05-17 Messier 1780I 1780-10-01.2524 0.099256 1.0 237.821 126.529 126.181 4.5 4.0 1780-10-27 1780-12-04 Montaigne-Olbers 1780II 1780-11-29.348 0.515277 1.0 255.16 144.38 107.92 6.0 4.0 1780-10-18 1780-10-26 Mechain 1781I 1781-07-07.6889 0.775861 1.0 156.202 85.359 81.724 7.9 4.0 1781-06-28 1781-07-15 Mechain 1781II 1781-11-30.0232 0.960995 1.0 61.378 79.771 152.801 5.9 4.6 1781-10-09 1781-12-25 P/Pigott 1783 1783-11-20.4304 1.459289 0.552456 354.6428 57.9867 45.1248 6.9 4.0 1783-11-19 1783-12-21 Great comet 1784 1784-01-21.6996 0.707858 1.0 336.108 59.153 128.856 3.6 4.0 1784-01-24 1784-05-26 Messier-Mechain 1785I 1785-01-27.8255 1.143398 1.0 205.638 266.514 70.237 7.5 4.0 1785-01-07 1785-02-08 Mechain 1785II 1785-04-08.9140 0.427240 0.996461 127.1968 66.9888 92.6367 5.6 4.0 1785-03-11 1785-04-17 P/Encke 1786I 1786-01-31.360 0.33603 0.84842 182.202 336.469 13.687 9.0 4.0 1786 1805 Herschel 1786II 1786-07-08.3797 0.410712 1.0 325.0548 196.7000 50.8981 4.2 4.0 1786-08-05 1786-10-26 Mechain 1787 1787-05-11.325 0.348911 1.0 99.150 109.148 131.727 5.0 4.0 1787-04-10 1787-05-27 Messier 1788I 1788-11-10.8093 1.063012 1.0 57.836 159.220 167.519 7.5 4.0 1788-11-27 1788-12-30 P/Herschel-Rigollet 1788II 1788-11-20.637 0.74902 0.97483 29.572 355.274 63.840 7.1 4.0 1788 1940 Herschel 1790I 1790-01-15.712 0.758097 1.0 115.951 178.427 148.075 7.5 4.0 1790-01-09 1790-01-21 P/Tuttle 1790II 1790-01-31.349 1.04484 0.81907 207.040 270.820 54.189 7.7 4.0 1790 1858 Herschel 1790III 1790-05-21.741 0.797961 1.0 119.475 35.417 116.142 5.8 4.0 1790-05-02 1790-06-29 Herschel 1792I 1792-01-14.0349 1.292577 1.0 154.350 192.900 140.217 6.0 4.0 1791-12-17 1792-01-19 Gregory 1792II 1792-12-27.698 0.965812 1.0 147.175 285.467 131.001 6.1 4.0 1793-01-10 1793-02-13 Messier 1793I 1793-11-05.341 0.403441 1.0 239.803 110.681 119.644 6.3 4.0 1793-09-28 1793-10-11 Perny 1793II 1793-11-19.9983 1.504546 1.0 69.3347 4.4773 51.9298 5.5 4.0 1793-09-27 1793-12-08 P/Encke 1795 1795-12-21.963 0.33549 0.84859 182.258 336.448 13.690 8.4 4.0 1786 1805 Olbers 1796 1796-04-03.2737 1.579636 1.0 184.2940 19.1978 115.1657 7.0 4.0 1796-03-31 1796-04-14 Bouvard-Herschel-Lee 1797 1797-07-09.6142 0.52545 1.0 279.686 331.397 129.421 8.8 4.0 1797-08-15 1797-08-30 Messier 1798I 1798-04-05.0083 0.485030 1.0 342.995 124.228 43.788 8.4 4.0 1798-04-12 1798-05-22 Bouvard 1798II 1799-01-01.4138 0.774794 1.0 215.887 251.588 137.748 11.0 4.0 1798-12-07 1798-12-11 Mechain 1799I 1799-09-07.6909 0.839863 1.0 95.820 101.623 129.063 5.5 4.0 1799-08-07 1799-10-25 Mechain 1799II 1799-12-26.3964 0.625802 1.0 136.474 328.912 102.990 6.2 4.0 1799-12-26 1800-01-06 Pons 1801 1801-08-09.0565 0.25641 1.0 219.826 44.601 159.263 9.0 4.0 1801-07-12 1801-07-23 Pons 1802 1802-09-10.3554 1.094249 1.0 21.8530 312.3128 57.0060 8.3 4.0 1802-08-28 1802-10-05 Pons 1804 1804-02-14.0881 1.071168 1.0 331.946 178.836 56.459 8.0 4.0 1804-03-13 1804-04-01 P/Encke 1805 1805-11-21.9864 0.340645 0.846528 182.3163 336.4447 13.5874 8.0 4.0 1795 1819 P/Biela 1806I 1806-01-02.3990 0.907159 0.745871 218.1036 253.3533 13.5913 7.5 4.0 1805 1833 Pons 1806II 1806-12-29.4118 1.08193 1.0 225.219 324.293 144.948 6.0 4.0 1806-11-13 1807-02-12
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