Catalogue of comets passing through perihelion in 2016

Abstract

A catalog of comets that pass the perihelion in 2016 is made. 69 comets will pass through perihelion in 2016: 17 short-period comets will pass the perihelion for the second time and we need a confirmation of these transits, and the 46 “old” short-period comets will pass perihelion for the third and more than three times (including five sungrazers comet - SOHO), four new hyperbolic comet (three ones have a retrograde motion and one comet has a direct motion by its orbit), two almost parabolic comets with retrograde movement. From the 63 short-period comets 2 ones are lost comets observed in one appearance only. Data for 69 comets passing perihelion in 2016 are shown.

Keywords

• comets
• dynamics
• orbital elements