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Comet Levy


Comet Levy or Levy's Comet may refer to any of the six comets discovered by Canadian astronomer, David H. Levy, below:

  • 255P/Levy
  • C/1987 A1 (Levy)
  • C/1987 T1 (Levy)
  • C/1988 F1 (Levy)
  • C/1990 K1 (Levy)
  • C/1991 L3 (Levy)

It may also be a partial reference to 14 other comets he co-discovered with other astronomers:

  • Comet Levy–Rudenko
    • C/1984 V1 (Levy–Rudenko)
  • Comet Okazaki–Levy–Rudenko
    • C/1989 Q1 (Okazaki–Levy–Rudenko)
  • Comet Shoemaker–Levy
    • 118P/Shoemaker–Levy 4
    • 129P/Shoemaker–Levy 3
    • 135P/Shoemaker–Levy 8
    • 137P/Shoemaker–Levy 2
    • 138P/Shoemaker–Levy 7
    • 145P/Shoemaker–Levy 5
    • 181P/Shoemaker–Levy 6
    • 192P/Shoemaker–Levy 1
    • C/1991 B1 (Shoemaker–Levy)
    • C/1991 T2 (Shoemaker–Levy)
    • D/1993 F2 (Shoemaker–Levy) 9
    • C/1993 K1 (Shoemaker–Levy)
    • C/1994 E2 (Shoemaker–Levy)
  • Comet Takamizawa–Levy
    • C/1994 G1 (Takamizawa–Levy)
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