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Comets named after BAA members

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Where applicable, you can access more information by clicking on the surname.

CometForenameSurname 
C/1959 Q1
C/1959 Q2
C/1963 F1
C/1965 S2
C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki–Alcock)		George DeaconAlcock 
47P/1948 (Ashbrook-Jackson)JosephAshbrook
C/1881 (Hartwig)
C/1883 B3
C/1885 X2
C/1887 D1
C/1888 P1
C/1888 U1
C/1889 G1
C/1891 F1 (Barnard-Denning)
C/1891 T1
D/1884 Barnard 1
D/1889 Barnard 2 
D/1892 Barnard 3 		Edward EmersonBarnard
C/1969 Y1 BennettJohn (Jack) CaisterBennett
C/1974 V1Sidney Van den Bergh
C/1926 B1
C/1927 A1		Theodore BBlathwayt
C/1877David LazarBlock
C/1980 E1
140P/Bowell-Skill		Edward L GBowell
C/1883
C/1885 RI
C/1885 V1
C/1886 H1
C/1886 J1
C/1887 B2
C/1890 F1
C/1892 Q1
C/1892 W1
C/1893 U1
C/1895 W2
C/1898 U1
C/1900 O1;(Borrelly)
C/1902 G1
C/1904 H1
C/1906 B1
C/1911 O
16P/Brooks 2
112P/Pons-Brooks		William RBrooks
C/1960 Y1 CandyMichael PhilipCandy
C/1925 F1 (Shajn-Comas Sola)
32P/1926		JoseComas Sola
27P/Crommelin Andrew Claude de la CharoisCrommelin
C/1940 R2Leland ECunningham
C/1889 O1John EwenDavidson
C/1890 O2
C/1891 F1 (Barnard-Denning)
C/1892 F
D/1894 F1		William FrederickDenning
C/1932 Y1 (Dodwell-Forbes)G FDodwell
C/1925 X1
C/1932 G1 (Houghton-Ensor) 		George EEnsor
C/1964 P1
C/1966 R1 Ikeya-Everhart		EdgarEverhart
27P/Crommelin (Previously Pons-Coggia-Winnecke-Forbes,
renamed Crommelin)		Alexander F.I.Forbes
C/1894 G1
C/1912 R1
34D/1927		Walter FrederickGale
C/1932 M2MurrayGeddes
C/1903 H1
C/1907 G1 (Grigg-Mellish)
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup    		JohnGrigg
C/2010 G2 etc.Richard E (Rik)Hill
17P/HolmesEdwin AlfredHolmes
C/1932 G1 (Houghton-Ensor)Henden EgertonHoughton
P/1995AIPeterJedicke
C/1941 P1Albert F. A. L.Jones
C/1941 CReginald Pde Kock
44 L/P & 26 S/P comets;
12 co-discoverer comets.  2006P1/McNaught		Robert HoustonMcNaught
C/1908 R1Daniel WMorehouse
C/1980 Y2Roy WilliamPanther
C/1893 N (Rordame-Quenisset)
C/1911 S2		Ferdinand JQuenisset
C/1941 B1
(Friend-Reese-Honda)		Elmer JacobReese
C/1918 L1
C/1921 E1           
C/1922 B1
C/1924 F1
C/1925 F2
C/1927 B1 		WilliamReid
35P/Herschel-RigollettRogerRigollett
C/1893 N1 (Rordame-Quenisset)ArthurRordame
C/1884
C/1906 F1		DavidRoss
C/1931 P1Percy MayowRyves
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup   
C/1919 Y1
C/1920 X1
C/1922 W1                   		John FrancisSkjellerup
54P/de Vico-SwiftEdward D.T.Swift
C/1877
C/1878                     
C/1879
C/1881
C/1881
C/1883  
C/1892 E1
D/1895 Q1
C/1896 G1
C/1899 E1
64P/Swift-Gehrels
11P/Tempel-Swift-Linear           
109P/Swift-Tuttle         		LewisSwift
C/1861 J1 TebbuttJohnTebbutt
C/2009 F6.Dae-amYi

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