Name Total Single Multiple Long- Short- Discoverers period Aarseth 1 0 1 1 0 Abe 1 1 0 1 0 Abell 3 2 1 2 1 Achmarov 1 0 1 1 0 Africano, B. M. 5 4 1 4 1 Alcock 5 4 1 5 0 Alu 5 0 5 3 2 Amaral, L. S. 1 1 0 1 0 Anderson 1 0 1 0 1 Arai 1 1 0 1 0 Araki 1 0 1 1 0 Araya 1 1 0 1 0 Arend 3 1 2 1 2 Ashbrook 1 0 1 0 1 Attard 5 0 5 4 1 Austin 3 3 0 3 0 Baade 2 2 0 2 0 Baeker 3 2 1 3 0 Bakharev 1 0 1 1 0 Balam 1 0 1 1 0 Bally 1 0 1 1 0 Bappu 1 0 1 1 0 Barbon 1 1 0 1 0 Barnard 16 13 3 13 3 Barros 2 2 0 2 0 Becvar 1 1 0 1 0 Beljawsky 1 1 0 1 0 Bell 1 0 1 0 1 Bennett 2 2 0 2 0 Berger 1 0 1 1 0 Bernard 1 0 1 1 0 Bernardi 1 1 0 0 1 Bernardinelli 1 0 1 1 0 Bernasconi 2 0 2 2 0 Bernstein 1 0 1 1 0 Beshore 3 3 0 2 1 Bester 6 4 2 6 0 Beyer 1 1 0 1 0 Biela 1 1 0 0 1 Blanpain 1 1 0 0 1 Blathwayt 2 2 0 2 0 Boattini, Andrea 25 23 2 16 9 Bode 1 1 0 1 0 Boethin 1 1 0 0 1 Boguslawski 1 1 0 1 0 Bok 1 0 1 1 0 Bolelli 1 0 1 1 0 Bond 1 1 0 1 0 Bopp 1 0 1 1 0 Borisov 12 12 0 12 0 Borrelly 10 8 2 19 1 Bouvard 2 1 1 2 0 Bowell 2 1 1 1 1 Bradfield, William A. 18 18 0 16 2 Bremiker 1 1 0 1 0 Bressi, Terry H. 3 3 0 2 1 Brewington, Howard J. 5 2 3 3 2 Brooks 21 18 3 18 3 Brorsen 5 4 1 3 2 Broughton 2 2 0 2 0 Bruenjes, Manfred 1 1 0 1 0 Bruhns 5 5 0 5 0 Burnham 6 3 3 5 1 Bus 2 2 0 1 1 Camarasa, J. 1 0 1 1 0 Cameron 1 0 1 0 1 Campbell 1 1 0 1 0 Campos 1 0 1 0 1 Candy 1 1 0 1 0 Cardinal, Rob D. 2 2 0 2 0 Carrasco 1 1 0 1 0 Carsenty 1 0 1 0 1 Cernis 3 1 2 3 0 Cesco 1 1 0 1 0 Chacornac 1 1 0 1 0 Chase 1 1 0 1 0 Chavira 1 0 1 1 0 Chen, Tao 1 0 1 1 0 Chernykh 2 1 1 0 2 Chiron 1 1 0 0 1 Chofardet 1 0 1 1 0 Christensen 25 22 3 10 15 Churyumov 2 0 2 1 1 Ciffreo 1 1 0 0 1 Clark 1 1 0 0 1 Clayton 1 0 1 1 0 Coddington 1 0 1 1 0 Coggia 5 5 0 5 0 Colla 1 1 0 1 0 Comas Sola 2 1 1 1 1 Crockett 1 0 1 0 1 Cunningham 1 1 0 1 0 Daido 1 0 1 1 0 Daimaca 2 1 1 2 0 Daniel 3 2 1 2 1 Dalcanton 1 1 0 1 0 d`Arrest 3 3 0 2 1 Davidson 1 1 0 1 0 de Kock 1 0 1 1 0 de Vico 6 4 2 4 2 Denneau, Larry 1 1 0 1 0 Delavan 1 1 0 1 0 Delporte 1 0 1 0 1 Denning 5 3 2 3 2 Dien 1 0 1 1 0 Dodwell 1 0 1 1 0 Donati 5 3 2 5 0 Drinkwater 2 0 2 2 0 du Toit 5 3 2 2 3 Dubiago 2 1 1 1 1 Dunlop 1 1 0 1 0 Dupouy 1 0 1 1 0 Duszanowicz, G. 1 0 1 1 0 Edwards, L. R. 1 1 0 1 0 Elenin, Leonid 5 5 0 3 2 Elias 1 1 0 1 0 Elst 1 0 1 0 1 Ensor 2 1 1 2 0 Erasmus, N. 1 1 0 1 0 Evans 1 0 1 1 0 Everhart 2 1 1 2 0 Fabry 1 1 0 1 0 Faye 1 1 0 0 1 Fedtke 1 0 1 1 0 Ferris 3 3 0 3 0 Finlay 1 1 0 0 1 Finsler 2 2 0 2 0 Fitzsimmons, A. 1 1 0 1 0 Flewelling 1 1 0 1 0 Forbes 3 2 1 2 1 Friend 3 1 2 3 0 Fujikawa 7 1 6 6 1 Fuls 10 9 1 6 4 Furuyama 1 1 0 1 0 Gale 3 3 0 2 1 Galle 3 3 0 3 0 Gambart 5 4 1 4 1 Gao, Xing 2 0 2 1 1 Garradd 17 16 1 13 4 Gasparovic 1 1 0 0 1 Ge 1 0 1 0 1 Geddes 1 1 0 1 0 Gehrels 6 5 1 1 5 George 1 0 1 1 0 Gerasimenko 1 0 1 0 1 Gerber 2 0 2 2 0 Gerke, Vladimir 1 0 1 0 1 Giacobini 12 10 2 9 3 Gibbs 33 32 1 14 19 Gibson 1 1 0 1 0 Giclas 1 1 0 0 1 Gilmore 1 1 0 0 1 Gleason 1 1 0 1 0 Gonzalez 1 1 0 1 0 Good 1 0 1 1 0 Goujon 1 1 0 1 0 Grauer 3 2 1 2 1 Gregory 1 1 0 1 0 Grigg 3 1 2 2 1 Groeller 3 3 0 0 3 Groeneveld, I. 2 1 1 2 0 Gunn 1 1 0 0 1 Hale 1 0 1 1 0 Haneda 1 0 1 0 1 Harlan 1 1 0 1 0 Haro 1 0 1 1 0 Harrington 8 3 5 4 4 Hartley 13 4 9 4 9 Hartwig 3 2 1 3 0 Hassel 1 0 1 1 0 Heck 1 0 1 1 0 Heinze, Aren 1 1 0 1 0 Helfenzrieder 1 1 0 0 1 Helin 12 2 10 7 5 Henry 1 1 0 1 0 Hergenrother 3 2 1 1 2 Hermann 1 1 0 0 1 Herschel 6 4 2 5 1 Hill, Rik 27 23 4 11 16 Hind 2 1 1 2 0 Hoffmeister 1 0 1 1 0 Hogan, J. K. 3 3 0 2 1 Holmes, Robert E. 1 1 0 1 0 Holmes 1 1 0 0 1 Holt 5 0 5 2 3 Holvorcem 5 2 3 5 0 Honda 12 5 7 11 1 Hönig 1 1 0 1 0 Houghton 1 0 1 1 0 Howell 1 1 0 0 1 Hubbard 1 0 1 1 0 Hubble 1 1 0 1 0 Huchra 1 1 0 1 0 Hug 1 0 1 0 1 Hughes 2 0 2 1 1 Humason 2 2 0 2 0 Hyakutake 2 2 0 2 0 Ichimura 1 1 0 1 0 Ikemura 1 0 1 0 1 Ikeya, Kaoru 7 2 5 6 1 Itagaki 1 1 0 1 0 Iwamoto 4 3 1 4 0 Jackson 3 1 2 1 2 Jacques 3 3 0 3 0 Jäger, M. 1 1 0 0 1 Jahn, J. 1 0 1 0 1 Jedicke 2 2 0 0 2 Jensen 1 0 1 1 0 Jewitt 1 0 1 0 1 Johnson 4 4 0 3 1 Johnson, J. A. 2 2 0 2 0 Jones A. 2 1 1 2 0 Jones M. 1 0 1 1 0 Juels 2 0 2 2 0 Juric 1 0 1 0 1 Jurlof 1 0 1 1 0 Kaho 1 0 1 1 0 Kearns 1 0 1 0 1 Kiess 1 1 0 1 0 Kilston 1 1 0 1 0 Kiuchi 2 0 2 2 0 Klemola 1 1 0 0 1 Kleyna, J. 1 1 0 1 0 Klinkenberg 1 1 0 1 0 Klinkerfues 6 6 0 6 0 Kobayashi 1 1 0 0 1 Kobayashi 1 0 1 0 1 Koehn 1 1 0 1 0 Kohler 1 1 0 1 0 Kohoutek 5 4 1 3 2 Kojima 2 2 0 1 1 Kopff 2 2 0 1 1 Korlevic 2 1 1 0 2 Kosai 1 0 1 0 1 Kosaka 1 0 1 1 0 Kowal 5 2 3 2 3 Kowalski 15 15 1 8 7 Kozik 2 0 2 2 0 Kresak 2 0 2 1 1 Krienke 1 0 1 1 0 Kritzinger 1 1 0 1 0 Kudo 1 1 0 1 0 Kulin 1 0 1 1 0 Kushida 2 1 1 0 2 Kwee 1 0 1 0 1 Lamp 1 0 1 1 0 Lagerkvist 3 2 1 1 2 Larsen 5 5 0 2 3 Larson 6 6 0 1 5 Latyshev 1 0 1 1 0 Laugier 1 1 0 1 0 Lawrence 3 0 3 2 1 Lee 1 1 0 1 0 Leonard 20 20 0 14 6 Levy, David H. 22 6 16 12 10 Li 2 2 0 0 2 Liais 1 1 0 1 0 Liller 1 1 0 1 0 Lines 1 0 1 1 0 Lis 1 0 1 1 0 Longmore 1 1 0 0 1 Lovas 5 5 0 3 2 Lovejoy 6 6 0 6 0 Lynn 1 1 0 1 0 MacFarlane 1 0 1 1 0 Machholz 12 9 3 10 2 Maristany 1 0 1 1 0 Maticic, Stanislav 1 1 0 1 0 Matheny, Rose G. 2 2 0 2 0 Maury 7 1 6 5 2 Mauvais 3 3 0 3 0 McKenzie 1 0 1 1 0 McMillan 2 2 0 1 1 McNaught 82 70 12 53 29 Mechain 7 6 1 7 0 Meier 4 4 0 4 0 Mellish 5 4 1 4 1 Messier 12 11 1 12 0 Metcalf 5 4 1 3 2 Meunier 1 0 1 1 0 Milon 1 0 1 1 0 Minkowski 1 1 0 1 0 Mitchell 1 1 0 1 0 Mitchell 1 0 1 1 0 Montaigne 2 1 1 2 0 Montani 4 4 0 3 1 Morehouse 1 1 0 1 0 Mori 2 0 2 2 0 Mrkos 13 8 5 9 4 Mueller, Jean 15 14 1 8 7 Murakami, Shigeki 2 0 2 1 1 Muramatsu 1 0 1 0 1 Nagata 1 1 0 1 0 Nakamura 1 0 1 1 0 Nakamura 1 0 1 1 0 Neujmin 6 4 2 1 5 Nevski 1 1 0 1 0 Newkirk 1 0 1 1 0 Newman 1 1 0 1 0 Nicollet 1 0 1 1 0 Niijima 1 0 1 0 1 Nishikawa 1 0 1 1 0 Nishimura, Hideo 2 2 0 2 0 Novichonok, Artyom 1 0 1 0 1 Ohshita 1 1 0 1 0 Okabayashi 1 0 1 1 0 Okazaki 1 0 1 1 0 Olbers 3 2 1 2 1 Olmstead 1 0 1 0 1 Orkisz 1 1 0 1 0 Ortiz 1 0 1 1 0 Ory, Michel 1 1 0 0 1 Oterma 4 2 2 1 3 Pajdusakova 5 2 3 4 1 Palisa 1 1 0 1 0 Panther 1 1 0 1 0 Paraskevopoulos 2 0 2 2 0 Parker 1 0 1 0 1 Pauly 1 0 1 1 0 Pechule 1 1 0 1 0 Peltier 10 3 7 10 0 Pereyra 1 1 0 1 0 Perrine 9 6 3 8 1 Perny 1 1 0 1 0 Peters 2 1 1 1 1 Petersen 3 3 0 3 0 Petrauskas 1 0 1 1 0 Petriew 1 1 0 0 1 Phinney 1 0 1 1 0 Pigott 1 0 1 0 1 Pimentel 2 2 0 0 2 Pizarro 1 0 1 0 1 Pojmanski 1 1 0 1 0 Pons 27 23 4 24 3 Pruyne, T. 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