Comet McNaught (disambiguation)
Appearance
Comet McNaught can refer to any one of more than 50 comets discovered by the astronomer Robert H. McNaught.
Long-period and single-apparition comets
[edit]- C/1987 U3
- C/2005 E2
- C/2005 L2
- C/2005 L3
- C/2005 S4
- C/2006 B1
- C/2006 E1
- C/2006 K1
- C/2006 K3
- C/2006 L2
- C/2006 P1, also known as the "Great Comet of 2007".
- C/2006 Q1
- C/2007 K6
- C/2007 M1
- C/2007 P1
- C/2007 T1
- C/2007 Y2
- C/2008 A1
- C/2008 J4
- C/2009 F2
- C/2009 F4
- C/2009 F5
- C/2009 K5
- C/2009 R1
- C/2009 T1
- C/2010 J2
- C/2011 C1
- C/2011 G1
- C/2011 L2
- C/2011 L3
- C/2011 N2
Short-period comets
[edit]- 191P/McNaught
- 220P/McNaught
- 320P/McNaught (formerly P/2004 R1)
- P/2005 J1
- P/2005 K3
- P/2005 L1
- P/2005 Y2
- P/2006 G1
- P/2006 H1
- P/2006 K2
- P/2007 H1
- P/2008 J3
- P/2008 O2
- P/2008 Y3
- P/2009 Q5
- P/2009 S2
- P/2009 U4
- P/2010 J5
- P/2010 T1
- P/2011 L1
Others
[edit]"Comet McNaught" may also be an incomplete reference to a comet co-discovered by Robert McNaught. These include:
- Comet 319P/Catalina-McNaught (P/Catalina-McNaught 2008 S1, 2008 JK)
- P/McNaught-Hartley (P/1994 N2, 1994 XXXI, 1994n)
- Comet McNaught-Hartley (C/1999 T1)
- Comet McNaught-Hughes, either of:
- C/1990 M1 (1991 III, 1990g)
- 130P/McNaught-Hughes (130P/1991 S1, 1991 IX, 1991y, 130P/1997 H1)
- Comet McNaught-Russell, any of:
- Comet McNaught-Tritton (C/1978 G2, 1978 XXVII)
- Comet McNaught-Watson (C/1999 S2)