Great Comets of the Past: Designation (Name) Discovered Perihelion Magnitude; X/1106 C1 [Great Comet of 1106] 1106: 1106? Non-periodic comet: lt;p|>|Non-periodic comets| (or |long-period comets|) are |comets| that do not have confirmed obs... World Heritage Encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. A long-period comet will take more than 200 years to orbit. They do not orbit around the Sun , or they may take longer than 200 years to orbit. A short-period comet will complete its orbit in less than 200 years. A periodic comet is a comet which orbits around the Sun. [1] They are on orbits that will not bring them back to the Sun for hundreds, thousands, or even millions [1] of years – if ever. Non-periodic comets are comets have only passed through the Solar System once.

C/1882 R1 [Great September Comet… After its first observation, a … List of Non Periodic Comets.

In most cases the comets are named after the person who discovered them.

List of Non Periodic Comets . The following is a list of comets with a very high eccentricity (generally 0.99 or higher) and … (naked eye) C/1668 E1 [Great Comet of 1668] 1668: 1668: 1-2: C/1811 F1 [Great Comet of 1811] 1811: 1811: 0: C/1843 D1 [Great March Comet] 1843: 1843-4: C/1861 J1 [Great Comet of 1861] 1861: 1861-2: X/1882 K1 [Eclipse Comet] 1882: 1882?