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The G tells us that the comet was discovered in the first half of April (January = A+B; February = C+D; March = E+F; April = G+H; and so on).

What's in a Name?

Comet 96P also known as comet Machholz, for amateur astronomer Dan Machholzs 1986 discovery of the comet completes an orbit around the Sun every 5.

United States : Return of the Comet: 96P Spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites

Pieces that break off from comets are called meteors.

Comet 73P is Disintegrating

For observations of comets to be of scientific value the observer should concentrate on the following: estimates of the total visual magnitude of the comet (preferably made over the entire apparition to allow construction of a light curve), the diameter of the coma, the degree of condensation, estimates of the length and position angle of the tail, and detailed visual descriptions, sketches and photographs.

Comets

The expectation is high that Comet C/ISON will be much brighter and more spectacular than most other sungrazers when it puts on a show late this year.

Hubble photographs newly discovered comet on way to inner solar system

Comet ISON could break apart as it nears the sun, or it could fail to produce a tail of ice particles visible from Earth.

Comet ISON could outshine moon... if it survives

According to Levison's comet taxonomy, comets with T>2 are designated 'ecliptic' comets because most members have small inclinations.

Comet disruption: a statistical approach for the nearly isotropic comets

Analyses of some of the larger chunks reveal details about how the comet is falling apart.

The way a comet crumbles

The breakup has cracked the comet open like an egg," revealing its interior composition, Sitko says.

Big breakup: that's the way the comet crumbles

Every comet has its own orbital period: Each takes a different length of time to complete a full orbit around the sun.

Comet collision!

The first part of this work begins with an extended discussion of historiographical matters, continues with cometary theory and lore up to the sixteenth century, and ends with the dilemma posed to traditional cosmologies, religious and philosophical by the comet of 1577.

The Unmaking of the Medieval Christian Cosmos, 1500-1760: From Solid Heavens to Boundless AEther and Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology. (Reviews)

We can calculate where they are going but the brightness and tail appearance of a comet is difficult to predict.