Comets in 2012

comet discovered in 2012, with a close approach to Earth in December 2013

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size:11px; float:right; margin:2px" |- bgcolor= style="font-size: smaller;" | colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|Perihelion distanceat different epochs |- ! Epoch !! Perihelion(AU) |- | 1894 || 1.23 |- | 1900 || 0.93 |- | 1985 || 1.03 |- | 2031 || 1.07 |- | 2078 || 0.97 |}

Comet 96P/Machholz, also known as Machholz 1 is a periodic sunskirting comet discovered on 12 May 1986, by amateur astronomer Donald Machholz on Loma Prieta peak, in central California using binoculars. On 6 June 1986, 96P/Machholz passed from the Earth. 96P/Machholz last came to perihelion on January 31, 2023. The comet has an estimated diameter of around .

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60P/Tsuchinshan, also known as Tsuchinshan 2, is a Jupiter-family comet with an orbital period of around 6.63 years. Tsuchinshan is the Wade-Giles transliteration corresponding to the pinyin Zǐjīn Shān 紫金山, which is Mandarin Chinese for "Purple Mountain".

168P/Hergenrother is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet, originally named P/1998 W2, returned in 2005 and got the temporary name P/2005 N2. It was last observed in January 2020 and may have continued fragmenting after the 2012 outburst.

138P/Shoemaker–Levy, also known as Shoemaker–Levy 7, is a faint Jupiter-family comet with a 7-year orbit around the Sun. During its 2012 perihelion, the comet brightened to about apparent magnitude 20.5.

160P/LINEAR is a periodic comet in the Solar System. The comet came to perihelion on 18 September 2012, and reached about apparent magnitude 17.

58P/Jackson–Neujmin is a periodic comet in the Solar System with a current orbital period of 8.19 years.

78P/Gehrels, also known as Gehrels 2, is a Jupiter-family comet with a current orbital period of 7.22 years. It is the second periodic comet discovered by American astronomer, Tom Gehrels.

152P/Helin–Lawrence is a Jupiter-family comet with a 9.52-year orbit around the Sun. It is the third comet co-discovered by Eleanor F. Helin and Kenneth J. Lawrence.

158P/Kowal–LINEAR is a Jupiter-family comet with a 10.3-year orbit around the Sun. It is one of six comets discovered by American astronomer, Charles T. Kowal, and also one of several by the LINEAR program.

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oort cloud comet

Comet McNaught 4, also known as 260P/McNaught, is a periodic comet with a 6.9-year orbit around the Sun. It is one of several comets discovered by Australian astronomer, Robert H. McNaught.

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