| Désignation | Date de découverte | Périhélie (UA) | Excentricité |
| C/1577 V1 | 27/10/1577 | 0.178 | 1.0 |
| C/1680 V1 "Kirch's comet" | 18/12/1680 | 0.0062 | 1.000 |
| C/1729 P1 "Sarabat's comet" | 16/06/1829 | 4.05 | 1.0 |
| C/1743 X1 "Chéseaux's comet" | 01/03/1744 | 0.222 | 1.0 |
| D/1770 L1 Lexell | 14/08/1770 | 0.67 | 0.786 |
| C/1811 F1 Great comet | 12/09/1811 | 1.04 | 0.995 |
| C/1819 N1 Great comet | 28/06/1819 | 0.342 | 1.0 |
| C/1843 D1 Great March comet | 27/02/1843 | 0.0055 | 0.999 |
| C/1858 L1 Donati | 30/09/1858 | 0.58 | 0.996 |
| C/1861 J1 Great comet | 12/06/1861 | 0.82 | 0.985 |
| C/1864 N1 Tempel | 16/08/1864 | 0.91 | 0.996 |
| C/1868 L1 Winnecke | 26/06/1868 | 0.58 | 1.0 |
| C/1874 H1 Coggia | 09/07/1874 | 0.68 | 0.998 |
| C/1881 K1 Great comet | 16/06/1881 | 0.73 | 0.996 |
| C/1882 R1 Great September comet | 17/09/1882 | 0.00775 | 0.9999 |
| C/1887 B1 Great southern comet | 11/01/1887 | 0.0048 | 1.0 |
| C/1901 G1 Great comet | 24/04/1901 | 0.245 | 1.0 |
| C/1907 L2 Daniel | 04/10/1907 | 0.512 | 0.999 |
| C/1908 R1 Morehouse | 26/12/1908 | 0.945 | 1.0007 |
| C/1910 A1 Great January comet | 17/01/1910 | 0.129 | 0.9999 |
| C/1911 O1 Brooks | 28/10/1911 | 0.49 | 0.997 |
| C/1927 X1 Skjellerup-Maristany | 18/12/1927 | 0.176 | 0.9998 |
| C/1940 R2 Cunningham | 16/01/1941 | 0.368 | 1.0005 |
| C/1947 X1 Southern comet | 02/12/1947 | 0.110 | 0.9995 |
| C/1948 V1 Eclipse comet | 27/10/1948 | 0.135 | 0.99994 |
| C/1956 R1 Arend-Roland | 08/04/1957 | 0.316 | 1.0002 |
| C/1957 P1 Mrkos | 01/07/1957 | 0.355 | 0.9994 |
| C/1969 Y1 Burnham | 29/03/1960 | 0.355 | 0.9994 |
| C/1961 R1 Humason | 10/12/1962 | 2.13 | 0.990 |
| C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki | 21/10/1965 | 0.00779 | 0.99992 |
| C/1969 Y1 Bennett | 20/03/1970 | 0.538 | 0.996 |
| C/1973 E1 Kohoutek | 28/12/1973 | 0.142 | 1.000 |
| C/1975 V1 West | 25/02/1976 | 0.197 | 1.000 |
| C/1980 E1 Bowell | 12/03/1982 | 3.364 | 1.057 |
| C/1983 J1 Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa | 01/04/1983 | 0.471 | 1.000 |
| C/1983 H1 IRAS-Araki-Alcock | 21/05/1983 | 0.991 | 0.990 |
| C/1983 O1 Cernis | 21/07/1983 | 3.33 | 1.002 |
| C/1986 P1 Wilson | 20/04/1987 | 1.200 | 1.0003 |
| C/1989 X1 Austin | 10/04/1990 | 0.350 | 1.0002 |
| C/1990 K1 Levy | 24/10/1990 | 0.939 | 1.0004 |
| D/1993 F2 Shoemaker-Levy 9 | |||
| C/1996 B2 Hyakutake | 01/05/1996 | 0.230 | 0.9998 |
| C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp | 01/04/1997 | 0.914 | 0.995 |
| C/1999 S4 LINEAR | 26/07/2000 | 0.765 | 0.9994 |
Le système solaire par Christophe.
Par le même auteur : Le Franc Français - Les timbres de France de 1849 à nos jours.
Dernière mise à jour : 10 Décembre 2023