COMETS AT PERIHELIUM

Comet

T

q

P

N

H1

K1

Peak mag

P/Spacewatch (2005 JN)                       

Jan  6.1

2.29

6.56

1

14.0

10.0

19

131P/Mueller                                 

Jan  7.4

2.42

7.07

3

13.0

10.0

17

P/Gibbs (2011 C2)                            

Jan  9.5

5.39

20.0

0

9.0

10.0

19

P/Levy (2006 T1)                             

Jan 12.3

1.01

5.28

1

10.5

10.0

7

 78P/Gehrels                                 

Jan 12.9

2.01

7.23

5

7.1

10.0

11

P/McNaught (2005 J1)                         

Jan 15.8

1.54

6.75

1

16.5

10.0

20

244P/Scotti                                  

Jan 20.3

3.92

10.8

2

9.0

10.0

17

P/Spacewatch-Boattini (2011 JB15)            

Jan 28.6

5.01

20.1

0

9.0

10.0

19

 5D/Brorsen                                  

Feb  5.3

0.53

5.61

5

 

 

 

D/Brooks (1886 K1)                           

Feb  6.3

1.89

6.69

1

 

 

 

Gibbs (2010 M1)                              

Feb  7.8

2.30

 

 

9.0

10.0

15

 21P/Giacobini-Zinner                        

Feb 11.8

1.03

6.60

14

7.8

17.7

11

198P/ODAS                                    

Feb 15.8

2.00

6.82

2

10.5

15.0

16

105P/Singer Brewster                         

Feb 26.2

2.05

6.47

4

12.5

15.0

18

 3D/Biela-A                                   

Feb 27.0

0.80

6.59

6

 

 

 

182P/LONEOS                                  

Mar  5.4

1.01

5.10

2

18.0

10.0

17

242P/Spahr                                   

Apr  3.5

3.98

13.0

2

8.0

10.0

17

 58P/Jackson-Neujmin                         

Apr 10.0

1.37

8.22

6

11.0

15.0

18

163P/NEAT                                    

Apr 12.8

2.06

7.30

3

14.5

10.0

19

LONEOS (2006 S3)                             

Apr 16.5

5.13

 

 

2.0

10.0

12

D/Denning (1894 F1)                          

Apr 16.8

1.36

8.11

1

 

 

 

171P/Spahr                                   

Apr 30.6

1.76

6.70

2

10.2

15.0

16

 60P/Tsuchinshan                              

May 13.5

1.62

6.56

7

10.5

15.0

15

LINEAR (2010 R1)                             

May 18.9

5.62

 

 

6.0

10.0

17

P/Gibbs (2006 Y2)                            

May 20.8

1.26

5.35

1

18.0

10.0

20

(2011 N1)                                    

May 30.0

2.88

16.0

0

11.5

10.0

18

P/LINEAR (2003 O2)                           

Jun 10.7

1.50

8.75

1

14.5

10.0

18

138P/Shoemaker-Levy                           

Jun 11.7

1.70

6.90

3

15.0

10.0

19

152P/Helin-Lawrence                          

Jul  9.2

3.12

9.54

2

10.0

10.0

18

 96P/Machholz                                

Jul 14.8

0.12

5.28

5

13.0

12.0

2

189P/NEAT                                    

Jul 20.4

1.18

4.99

2

19.0

10.0

16

185P/Petriew                                 

Aug 13.5

0.93

5.46

2

11.0

10.0

11

P/LONEOS (2006 Q2)                           

Aug 22.0

1.34

5.96

1

19.5

10.0

19

P/McNaught (2005 K3)                         

Sep 12.7

1.50

7.02

1

13.5

10.0

14

160P/LINEAR                                  

Sep 18.5

2.07

7.90

2

15.0

5.0

17

158P/Kowal-LINEAR                             

Sep 27.5

4.58

10.3

2

9.0

10.0

18

P/Larson (2005 N3)                           

Sep 29.4

2.19

6.78

1

14.0

10.0

18

168P/Hergenrother                            

Oct  1.7

1.41

6.89

2

15.5

10.0

15

P/Christensen (2005 T2)                      

Oct  7.1

2.21

7.47

1

14.5

10.0

19

 3D/Biela-B                                  

Oct  9.9

0.83

6.74

6

 

 

 

P/McNaught-Russell (1994 X1)                 

Dec  4.5

1.28

18.3

1

10.0

10.0

11

P/Spacewatch (2006 F4)                       

Dec 14.1

2.34

6.63

1

15.0

10.0

21

P/LONEOS (1999 RO28)                         

Dec 17.6

1.22

6.58

1

18.0

5.0

19

P/Hermann (1999 D1)                          

Dec 18.4

1.64

13.8

1

15.0

10.0

18

T = epoch of perihelium
q = perihelium
P = period
N = number of transit since date of discovery
H,K = parameters for the calculations of brightness
Peak = maximum magnitude