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SBN Data by Target Type: Comets

Use the menu at right to jump to a specific comet that has been the target of a small bodies mission or has been extensively observed through a coordinated campaign. There are also a number of surveys that may have an observation of a comet that is not in the list.
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1P/1682 Q1 (Halley 1)

2P/1818 W1 (Encke 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

4P/1843 W1 (Faye 1)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

6P/1851 M1 (d'Arrest 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

7P/1858 E1 (Ponns-Winnecke 1)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

8P/1858 A1 (Tuttle 1)

9P/1867 G1 (Tempel 1)

10P/1873 N1 (Tempel 2)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

19P/1904 Y2 (Borrelly 1)

DS1/IDS (Plasma Wave Spectrometer) Data, 19P/Borrelly 1 Fly-by
DS1/MICAS Digital Elevation Maps of Comet 19P/Borrelly 1
DS1/PEPE 19P/Borrelly 1 Encounter Uncalibrated Data
Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
CTIO Images of 19P/Borrelly 1 with Photometry
McDonald Observatory Column Density Observations of 19P/Borrelly urn:nasa:pds:gbo-mcdonald:19p_col_density::1.0
McDonald Observatory Images of Comet 19P/Borrelly urn:nasa:pds:gbo-mcdonald:igi-19p::1.0
Ground-based CCD Images of 19P/Borrelly 1, 1987-2002
DS1/MICAS Calibrated VISCCD and SWIR Data
DS1/MICAS Uncalibrated VISCCD and SWIR Data
KPNO Images of Comet 19P/Borrelly from 21-23 Sep 2001 urn:nasa:pds:gbo-kpno:image-19p::1.0
Deep Space 1 Spice Kernels (9969 Braille, 19P/Borrelly 1)
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE LWR DATA OF COMETS
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

21P/1900 Y1 (Giacobini-Zinner 1)

22P/1906 Q1 (Kopff 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations
MSX Small Bodies Images

23P/1847 O1 (Brorsen-Metcalf 1)

24P/1911 X1 (Schaumasse 1)

26P/1922 K1 (Grigg-Skjellerup 1)

27P/1928 W1 (Crommelin 1)

29P/1927 V1 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

31P/1929 B1 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 2)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0

38P/1942 V1 (Stephan-Oterma 1)

45P/1948 X1 (Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 1)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

46P/1948 A1 (Wirtanen 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
MSX Small Bodies Images

48P/1949 Q1 (Johnson 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0

49P/1951 C2 (Arend-Rigaux 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

67P/1969 R1 (Churyumov-Gerasimenko 1)

81P/1978 A2 (Wild 2)

95P/1977 UB (Chiron) [(2060) Chiron]

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0

97P/1906 V2 (Metcalf-Brewington 1)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

98P/1984 O1 (Takamizawa 1)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

103P/1986 E2 (Hartley 2)

Deep Impact & EPOXI Documentation Set v4.0
EPOXI Spacecraft Instrument Temperatures v3.0
EPOXI HRI-IR In-flight Calibration Spectra v2.0 - Raw
EPOXI HRI-VIS In-flight Calibration Images v2.0 - Raw
EPOXI MRI-VIS In-flight Calibration Images v2.0 - Raw
EPOXI HRI-VIS Stellar PSFs
EPOXI HRI-IR Hartley 2 Raw Spectra
EPOXI HRI-IR 103P/Hartley 2 Calibrated Spectra v3.0
EPOXI HRI-VIS Hartley 2 Raw Images
EPOXI HRI-VIS Hartley 2 Calibrated Images
EPOXI MRI-VIS Hartley 2 Raw Images
EPOXI MRI-VIS Hartley 2 Calibrated Images
EPOXI HRI-VIS Hartley 2 - Deconvolved Images of the Nucleus
EPOXI MRI-VIS 103P/Hartley 2 Encounter Photometry Collection urn:nasa:pds:epoxi_mri:hartley2_photometry::1.0
EPOXI Derived Shape Model of 103P/Hartley 2
EPOXI Spice Kernels (103P/Hartley 2, TRES-2, TRES-3, WASP-3, XO-2, GJ 436, XO-3, HAT-P-4, HAT-P-7)

107P/1949 W1 (Wilson-Harrington 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
MSX Small Bodies Images

109P/1862 O1 (Swift-Tuttle 1)

122P/1846 D1 (deVico 1)

High Spectral Resolution Atlas of Comet 122P/deVico urn:nasa:pds:gbo-mcdonald:devico_atlas::1.0

133P/1996 N2 (Elst-Pizarro 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0

140P/1983 C1 (Bowell-Skiff 1)

141P/1994 P1-A (Machholz 2)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

143P/1984 H1 (Kowal-Mrkos 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0

262P/1994 X1 (McNaught-Russell)

354P/2010 A2 (LINEAR 58)

C/1978 T1 (Seargent)

C/1979 Y1 (Bradfield)

C/1980 V1 (Meier)

C/1980 Y2 (Panther)

C/1982 M1 (Austin)

C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock)

C/1983 J1 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa)

IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations

C/1983 O1 (Cernis)

IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations

C/1984 V1 (Levy-Rudenko)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

C/1985 R1 (Hartley-Good)

C/1986 P1 (Wilson)

C/1987 B1 (Nishikawa-Takamiziwa-Tago)

C/1987 P1 (Bradfield)

C/1987 U3 (McNaught)

C/1987 W1 (Ichimura)

C/1989 A1 (Yanaka)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations

C/1989 Q1 (Okazaki-Levy-Rudenko)

C/1989 X1 (Austin)

P/1991 L3 (Levy 1)

Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations

C/1991 T2 (Shoemaker-Levy)

C/1991 Y1 (Zanotta-Brewington)

D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker-Levy 9)

C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
MSX Small Bodies Images
Hale-Bopp Visual Lightcurve urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:halebopp::1.0

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)

NEAR Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) raw data
NEAR Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) processed data
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations
Spectra of C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) for Multiple Offsets from Photocenter urn:nasa:pds:gbo-kpno:hyakutake_spectra::1.0

C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)

C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)

C/2009 P1 (Garradd)

C/2012 K1 (PanSTARRS)

Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science (BOPPS) 2014 Observations urn:nasa:pds:bopps2014::1.0

D/2012 S1 (ISON)

Comet ISON Observing Campaign (summary "mission" page for CIOC)
EPOXI HRI-IR C/ISON (2012 S1) Raw Spectra
EPOXI HRI-IR C/ISON (2012 S1) Calibrated Spectra
EPOXI MRI-VIS C/ISON (2012 S1) Raw Images
EPOXI MRI-VIS C/ISON (2012 S1) Calibrated Images
Comet C/ISON (2012 S1) Ground-Based Observations Bundle urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison::1.0C/ISON (2012 S1)
Comet ISON January 2013 HFOSC Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:jan2013_hfosc::1.0
Comet ISON February 2013 HFOSC and FOSC Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:feb2013_hfosc_fosc::1.0
Comet ISON May 2013 HFOSC and OMR Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:may2013_hfosc_omr::1.0
Comet ISON September 2013 HFOSC Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:sept2013_hfosc::1.0
Comet ISON October 2013 HFOSC and OMR Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:oct2013_hfosc_omr::1.0
Comet ISON November 2013 HFOSC and OMR Observations Collection urn:nasa:pds:gbo-c2012_s1_ison:nov2013_hfosc_omr::1.0

C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)

Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science (BOPPS) 2014 Observations urn:nasa:pds:bopps2014::1.0

C/2014 E2 (Jacques)

Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science (BOPPS) 2014 Observations urn:nasa:pds:bopps2014::1.0

SOHO Comet Sungrazers

Surveys

Physical Characteristics of Comets urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:phys_char::1.0
SOHO Comet Images
SOHO Photometry of Kreutz Family Comets
McDonald Observatory Faint Comet Spectro-Photometric Survey urn:nasa:pds:gbo-mcdonald:faint_comet_survey::1.0
Survey of Comet Lightcurves urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:lightcurves::1.0
Lowell Observatory Cometary Database - Photometry
Lowell Observatory Cometary Database - Production Rates
IUE Comet Database - LWP Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - LWR Spectrograph Observations
IUE Comet Database - SWP Spectrograph Observations
Properties of Comet Nuclei urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:nuc_properties::1.0
Compilation of Comet Polarimetry from Published and Unpublished Sources urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:polarimetry::1.0
Rotation of Comet Nuclei: Table 1 urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:nuc_rotation::1.0
MSX Small Bodies Images (infrared images of eight comets from the MSX mission)
TNO and Centaur Colors (broadband colors of four comets with Centaur-like orbits)
SOHO SWAN Derived Cometary Water Production Rates Collection v4.0 urn:nasa:pds:soho:swan_derived::v4.0
Catalog of Unidentified Cometary Emission Lines urn:nasa:pds:compil-comet:unid-emis::1.0
Spitzer Space Telescope Spectroscopy of Comets urn:nasa:pds:spitzer:spitzer-spec-comet::1.0