After 1910
| Comet | Discoverer(s) or Namesake, Date of discovery |
|---|---|
| Comet Arend–Roland (C/1956 R1, 1957 III, 1956h) | Arend and Roland, November 8, 1956 |
| C/1989 X1 (Austin) (1990 V, 1989c1) | Austin, December 6, 1989 |
| Comet Beljawsky (C/1911 S3, 1911 IV, 1911g) | Beljawsky, September 29, 1911 |
| Comet Bennett (C/1969 Y1, 1970 II, 1969i) | Bennett, December 28, 1969 |
| C/2007 W1 (Boattini) | Andrea Boattini, November 20, 2007 |
| C/1980 E1 (Bowell) | Edward L. G. Bowell, February 11, 1980. Most hyperbolic comet known. |
| Comet Bradfield (C/2004 F4) | Bradfield, April 12, 2004 |
| Comet Brooks (C/1911 O1, 1911 V, 1911c) | Brooks, July 21, 1911 |
| C/1999 F1 (Catalina) | Catalina Sky Survey, March 23, 1999 |
| Comet de Kock–Paraskevopoulos (C/1941 B2, 1941 IV, 1941c) | de Kock, January 15, 1941 and Paraskevopoulos, January 23, 1941 Independently discovered by 7 observers from South America. |
| Eclipse Comet (C/1948 V1, 1948 XI, 1948l) | First spotted during the Nairobi total solar eclipse of November 1, 1948 (magnitude about −2) |
| Comet Elenin (C/2010 X1) | Leonid Elenin, December 10, 2010 |
| Comet Hale–Bopp (C/1995 O1) | Hale and Bopp, July 23, 1995 one of only five comets known to have had a negative absolute magnitude (−2.7) |
| Comet Humason (C/1961 R1, 1962 VIII, 1961e) | Humason, September 1, 1961 |
| Comet Hyakutake (C/1996 B2) | Hyakutake, January 30, 1996 |
| Comet Ikeya–Seki (C/1965 S1, 1965 VIII, 1965f) | Ikeya, Seki, September 18, 1965 |
| Comet Kohoutek (C/1973 E1, 1973 XII, 1973f) | Kohoutek, March 7, 1973 |
| C/2000 U5 (LINEAR) | LINEAR, October 29, 2000 |
| Comet LONEOS (C/2007 F1) | LONEOS, March 19, 2007 |
| C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy) | Lovejoy, November 27, 2011 |
| Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) | Ye Quanzhi and Lin Chi-Sheng, Lulin Observatory, July 11, 2007 |
| Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) | Machholz, August 27, 2004 |
| C/2008 Q1 (Matičič) | Črni Vrh Observatory (the first comet discovered in Slovenia, by Stanislav Matičič) |
| C/2006 P1 (McNaught) | Robert McNaught, August 7, 2006 (max. brightness −5m) |
| C/2009 R1 (McNaught) | Robert McNaught, September 9, 2009 |
| Comet McNaught–Russell (C/1993 Y1, 1994 XI, 1993v) | Robert H. McNaught, Kenneth S. Russell December 17, 1993 |
| Comet Mrkos (C/1957 P1, 1957 V, 1957d) | Mrkos, July 29, 1957 |
| Comet NEAT (C/2001 Q4) | NEAT, August 24, 2001 |
| Comet PANSTARRS (C/2011 L4) | PanSTARRS, June 6, 2011 |
| Comet Pojmański (C/2006 A1) | Pojmański, January 2, 2006 |
| Comet Seki–Lines (C/1962 C1, 1962 III, 1962c, Reitberg–Blakesen, Khokhlov ) | Seki and Lines, February 4, 1962 |
| C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) | Donna Burton at Siding Spring Observatory, August 25, 2007 |
| Comet Skjellerup–Maristany (C/1927 X1, 1927 IX, 1927k) | Skjellerup, November 28, 1927, and Maristany, December 6, 1927 |
| Comet Skorichenko–George (C/1989 Y1, 1990 VI, 1989e1) | Skorichenko and George, December 17, 1989 |
| Great Southern Comet (C/1947 X1, 1947 XII, 1947n) | December 7, 1947 |
| C/2006 M4 (SWAN) | Matson and Mattiazzo, June 20, 2006 |
| C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya–Jones) | Syogo Utsunomiya and Albert F. Jones, November 18, 2000 |
| Comet West (C/1975 V1, 1976 VI, 1975n) | West, August 10, 1975 |
| Comet White–Ortiz–Bolelli (C/1970 K1, 1970 VI, 1970f) | White, May 18, 1970, Ortiz, May 21, 1970, and Bolelli, May 22, 1970 |
| Comet Wilson–Hubbard (C/1961 O1, 1961 V, 1961d, Drakesen, Portlock–Weinberg) | Wilson and Hubbard, July 23, 1961 |
| Comet Yi–SWAN (C/2009 F6) | Yi Dae am and SOHO of Robert D. Matson, March 26, 2009 (maximum apparent magnitude +8.5m) |
| Comet Zhu–Balam (C/1997 L1) | Zhu (June 3, 1997) and Balam (June 8, 1997 ) |
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