The following table gives a summary of the comets brighter than 16 mag, which were observed by members of the German Comet Section.
The maximum brightness of comets brighter than 10.0 mag is given with an accuracy of 0.1 mag, that of fainter comets with an accuracy of 0.5 mag. The maximum coma diameter is given with an accuracy of 0.1' for comae less than 1', with an accuracy of 0.5' for comae between 1' and 5' and with an accuracy of 1' for larger comae.
old Design. | new Design. | Comet's Name | discovered | T | q [AU] | m_max | Coma ['] | FGK | |
1989t | 81P | P/Wild 2 | Sep 10, 1989 | Dec 16, 1990 | 1.58 | 12.0 | 2.0 | P | |
1989u | 59P | P/Kearns-Kwee | Sep 10, 1989 | Nov 22, 1990 | 2.22 | 11.5 | 0.8 | V, P | |
1989h1 | 53P | P/Van Biesbroeck | Dec 30, 1989 | Apr 24, 1991 | 2.40 | 13.5 | 0.7 | P | |
1990c | C/1990 K1 | Levy | May 20, 1990 | Oct 24, 1990 | 0.94 | 7.3 | 5.0 | V, P | |
1990e | 43P | P/Wolf-Harrington | Jun 14, 1990 | Apr 04, 1991 | 1.61 | 12.5 | 1.5 | P | |
1990g | C/1990 M1 | McNaught-Hughes | Jun 19, 1990 | Feb 27, 1991 | 2.68 | 13.5 | 0.7 | P | |
1990i | C/1990 N1 | Tsuchiya-Kiuchi | Jul 13, 1990 | Sep 28, 1990 | 1.09 | 8.7 | 4.5 | V | |
1990n | 69P | P/Taylor | Nov 11, 1990 | Dec 28, 1990 | 1.95 | 14.0 | 1.5 | P | |
1991a | 97P | P/Metcalf-Brewington | Jan 07, 1991 | Jan 05, 1991 | 1.59 | 8.3 | 5 | V, P | |
1991b | C/1991 A2 | Arai | Jan 07, 1991 | Dec 10, 1990 | 1.43 | 10.0 | 3.0 | V, P | |
1991c | 64P | P/Swift-Gehrels | Jan 12, 1991 | Feb 22, 1991 | 1.36 | 12.5 | 1.5 | P | |
1991d | C/1991 B1 | P/Shoemaker-Levy | Jan 22, 1991 | Dec 31, 1991 | 2.26 | 10.0 | 3.0 | V, P | |
1991h | 98P | P/Takamizawa | Feb 17, 1991 | Aug 17, 1991 | 1.59 | 14.0 | 1.0 | P | |
1991j | 100P | P/Hartley 1 | Mar 12, 1991 | May 17, 1991 | 1.82 | 14.5 | 0.7 | P | |
1991l | C/1991 F2 | Helin-Lawrence | Mar 17, 1991 | Jan 20, 1992 | 1.52 | 13.5 | 0.7 | P | |
1991n | 4P | P/Faye | Apr 16, 1991 | Nov 16, 1991 | 1.59 | 9.5 | 3.5 | V, P | |
1991o | 101P | P/Chernykh | Jun 08, 1991 | Jan 25, 1992 | 2.36 | 12.5 | 0.8 | P | |
1991p | 102P | P/Shoemaker 1 | Jun 08, 1991 | Dec 18, 1991 | 1.99 | 13.5 | 1.0 | P | |
1991q | C/1991 L3 | Levy | Jun 14, 1991 | Jul 08, 1991 | 0.98 | 8.1 | 7 | V, P | |
1991s | 46P | P/Wirtanen | Jul 08, 1991 | Sep 20, 1991 | 1.08 | 9.6 | 3.5 | V, P | |
1991t | 103P | P/Hartley 2 | Jul 09, 1991 | Sep 11, 1991 | 0.95 | 7.9 | 13 | V, P | |
1991a1 | C/1991 T2 | Shoemaker-Levy | Oct 06, 1991 | Jul 24, 1992 | 0.84 | 15.0 | 0.5 | P | |
1991b1 | 181P | P/Shoemaker-Levy 6 | Nov 07, 1991 | Oct 13, 1991 | 1.13 | 10.5 | 7 | P | |
1991f1 | 104P | P/Kowal 2 | Dec 12, 1991 | Nov 04, 1991 | 1.50 | 13.0 | 1.0 | P | |
1991g1 | C/1991 Y1 | Zanotta-Brewington | Dec 23, 1991 | Jan 31, 1992 | 0.64 | 8.7 | 4.5 | V | |
29P | P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 | - | Sep 12, 1989 | 5.76 | 12.0 | 0.8 | V | ||
49P | P/Arend-Rigaux | - | Oct 02, 1991 | 1.44 | 14.0 | 0.5 | P | ||
96P | P/Machholz | - | Jul 22, 1991 | 0.13 | 8.5 | 2.5 | P |
Andreas Kammerer