Comets

	year found	closest distance from Sun (AU)	time to orbit Sun (years)	next or most recent pass by Sun	inclination (degrees)
Arend-Roland	1956	0.316	?	?	119.95
Bennett	1970	0.538	?	?	90.04
Biela	1772	0.861	6.62	?	12.55
Borrelly	1904	1.358	6.68	2001	30.3
Brorsen-Metcalf	1847	0.479	70.6	2060	19.33
Chiron	1977	?	51	2047	?
Churyumov-Gerasimenko	1969	1.29	6.57	2009	7.12
d'Arrest	1851	1.291	6.38	2001	19.43
Donati	1858	0.578	?	?	116.96
Encke	1786	0.341	3.31	2003	11.93
Giacobini-Zinner	1900	1.028	6.59	1999	31.88
Grigg-Skjellerup	1808 1902 (rediscovered)	.989	5.09	?	21.1
Hale-Bopp	1995	0.9143	4000	1997	?
Halley	?	0.587	76.09	2062	162.24
Hyakutake	1996	0.23	~30,000	~31,500	?
Ikeya-Seki	1965	0.008	880	2845	141.86
IRAS-Araki- Alcock	1983	0.991	?	?	73.25
Kohoutek	1973	0.142	?	?	14.31
Lexell	1770	0.674	5.60	?	1.56
Linear	1999	0.762	?	?	149
Morehouse	1908	0.945	?	?	140.18
Mrkos	1957	0.355	?	?	93.94
Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	1908	5.448	15	2004	9.75
Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	1930	.937	5.36	2006	11.4
Shoemaker-Levy 9	1993	collided with Jupiter in 1994
Swift-Tuttle	1862	0.963	120	?	113.56
Tempel 1	1867	1.5	5.51	2005	10.5
Tempel 2	1873	1.381	5.29	1999	12.44
West	1976	0.197	?	?	43.07
Wild 2	1978	1.583	6.39	2003	3.2
Wirtanen	1948	1.063	5.46	2013	11.7

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