1996年の彗星
| 新符号 | 名前 | 旧仮符号 | 発見日 | 発見者 | 眼視 | 写真GET | iauc | T | q | P |
| P/1996 A1 | JEDICKE | Jan. 14.261 | Robert Jedicke | ok | 6287 | 1995 Aug. 15.62 | 4.05 | 19.3 | ||
| C/1996 B1 | SZCZEPANSKI | Jan. 27.455 | Edward W. Szczepanski | ok | ok | 6296 | 1996 Feb. 5.2 | 1.45 | ||
| C/1996B2 | Hyakutake | Jan. 30.826 | Yuji Hyakutake | ok | ok | 1996 May 1.39 | 0.23 | |||
| C/1996 E1 | NEAT | Mar. 15.25 | E. F. Helin and K. J. Lawrence | ok | 6341 | 1996 July 27.39 | 1.35 | |||
| P/1996 F1 | 125P/Spacewatch | Mar.21 | J. V. Scotti | x_1996May09 | 6349 | T = 1996 July 14.5658 | 1.53972 | P = 5.556 years | ||
| C/1996 J1 | EVANS-DRINKWATER | May 10.442 | Robert Evans | ok | 6397 | 1996 Dec. 27.85 | 1.30 | |||
| C/1996 N1 | BREWINGTON | July 4.177 | Howard Brewington | ok | ok | 6428 | 1996 Aug. 3.41 | 0.92 | ||
| P/1996 N2 | ELST-PIZARRO | July 14.276 | Eric W. Elst | x_1996Sept.14 | 6456 | 1996 Apr. 16.01 | 2.61 | 5.60 | ||
| P/1996 P1 | 126P/IRAS | Aug. 8.70 | R. M. McNaught | ok | 6446 | 1996 Oct. 29.99 | 1.70 | 13.29 | ||
| C/1996 P2 | RUSSELL-WATSON | Aug. 10.740 | Kenneth S. Russell & Fred G. Watson | ok | 6448 | 1996 Feb. 21.06 | 2.07 | |||
| C/1996 Q1 | TABUR | Aug. 19.695 | Vello Tabur | ok | ok | 6455 | 1996 Nov. 3.56 | 0.84 | ||
| C/1996 R1 | HERGENROTHER-SPAHR | Sept. 7.284 | Carl W. Hergenrother | ok | 6470 | 1996 Aug. 28.56 | 1.90 | |||
| P/1996 R2 | Lagerkvist | Sept.10.116 | Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist | ok | 6473 | 1997 Jan. 30.55 | 2.47 | 7.77 | ||
| C/1996 R3 | Lagerkvist | Sept.12.286 | Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist | 6564 | 1996 May 30.29 | 1.76 | ||||
| P/1996S1 | 127P/Holt-Olmstead | Sept.19.202 | J. V. Scotti | 6475 | ||||||
| P/1996 S2 | 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 | Sept.19.1909 | J. V. Scotti | ok | 6477 | 1997 Nov. 20.2541 TT | 3.047 | P = 9.512 years | ||
| P/1996U1 | 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 | Oct. 17.997 | G. Hahn | 6494 | T = 1998 Mar. 4.9475 TT | 2.8173 | P = 7.250 years | |||
| 1996年の彗星は1996U1まで | ||||||||||