Comet Swift

Comet Swift or Swift's Comet, may refer to any of the 9 comets discovered by American astronomer, Lewis A. Swift, below:

• C/1877 G2 (Swift)
• C/1878 N1 (Swift)
• C/1879 M1 (Swift)
• C/1881 J1 (Swift)
• C/1881 W1 (Swift)
• C/1892 E1 (Swift)
• D/1895 Q1 (Swift)
• C/1896 G1 (Swift)
• C/1899 E1 (Swift)

It may also be an incomplete reference to a comet he have co-discovered with other astronomers. These include:

• 11P/Tempel–Swift–LINEAR
• 64P/Swift–Gehrels
• 109P/Swift–Tuttle
• C/1883 D1 (Brooks–Swift)

In addition, his son, Edward D. Swift, discovered one comet below:

• 54P/de Vico–Swift–NEAT

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