Main-belt comet
Members
The term 'main-belt comet' is a classification based on orbit and the presence of an extended morphology. It does not imply that these objects are comets or that the material surrounding their nuclei was ejected by the sublimation of volatiles, as on comets.

Main-belt comet

Section Title: Members
Table Section Text: The term 'main-belt comet' is a classification based on orbit and the presence of an extended morphology. It does not imply that these objects are comets or that the material surrounding their nuclei was ejected by the sublimation of volatiles, as on comets.

Full Name	Hsieh	Jewitt	Semi-major axis (a)	Perihelion (q)	Perihelion date	Cause

133P/Elst–Pizarro (7968 Elst–Pizarro, P/1996 N2)	Y	Y	3.15	2.64	2013-02-09	Impact/Cometary composition

176P/LINEAR (118401 LINEAR)	Y	Y	3.19	2.57	2011-07-01	Impact/Cometary composition

233P/La Sagra (P/2005 JR71)	N	N	3.04	1.79	2010-03-12	Impact/Cometary composition

238P/Read (P/2005 U1)	Y	Y	3.16	2.36	2011-03-11	Impact/Cometary composition

259P/Garradd (P/2008 R1)	Y	Y	2.72	1.79	2013-01-25	Orbit change

288P ((300163) 2006 VW139)	Y	Y	3.05	2.44	2011-07-18	Cometary Composition

311P/PANSTARRS (P/2013 P5)	N	Y	2.19	1.95	2014-04-16	Rubble pile disintegration

313P/Gibbs (P/2003 S10)	N/A	Y	3.16	2.39	2014-08-28	Cometary composition

324P/La Sagra (P/2010 R2)	Y	Y	3.10	2.62	2015-11-30	Impact/cometary composition

331P/Gibbs (P/2012 F5)	N	Y	3.00	2.88	2010-03-26	Rubble pile disintegration

348P/PANSTARRS (P/2011 A5)	N/A	N	3.17	2.21	2016-06-21	?

354P/LINEAR (P/2010 A2)	N	Y	2.29	2.00	2013-05-23	Impact

358P/PANSTARRS (P/2012 T1)	Y	Y	3.15	2.41	2012-09-10	Impact/cometary composition

367P/Catalina (P/2011 CR42]]	N/A	N	3.51	4.49	2011-11-29	?

P/2013 R3-A (Catalina-PANSTARRS)	Y	Y	3.03	2.20	2013-08-05	Rubble pile disintegration

P/2013 R3-B (Catalina-PANSTARRS)	Y	Y	3.03	2.20	2013-08-05	Rubble pile disintegration

P/2014 C1 (TOTAS)	N/A	N	3.04	1.69	2013-12-18	?

P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	Y	2.75	2.29	2016-03-18	Rubble pile disintegration or cometary composition

P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	Y	2.58	2.04	2017-01-26	Impact

P/2016 J1-A (PANSTARRS)	N/A	Y	3.17	2.45	2016-06-24	Impact/Cometary composition/Rubble pile disintegration

P/2016 J1-B (PANSTARRS)	N/A	Y	3.17	2.45	2016-06-24	Impact/Cometary composition/Rubble pile disintegration

P/2016 P1 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N	3.23	2.28	2015-09-07	?

P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)	N/A	N/A	3.17	2.18	2017-07-27	?

P/2017 S8 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	2.78	1.68	2018-01-28	?

P/2017 S9 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	3.16	2.20	2017-07-23	?

P/2018 P3 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	3.01	1.76	2018-10-09	?

P/2019 A3 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	3.15	2.31	2018-08-01	?

P/2019 A4 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	2.61	2.36	2018-11-28	?

P/2019 A7 (PANSTARRS)	N/A	N/A	3.19	2.68	2018-01-08	?

493 Griseldis	N	N	3.12	2.57	2019-02-15	Impact

596 Scheila	N	Y	2.92	2.44	2012-05-19	Impact

6478 Gault	N	N	2.31	1.86	2020-01-02	Impact

(62412) 2000 SY178	N	Y	3.15	2.90	2018-10-29	Rubble pile disintegration

Sentence(s)

The first main-belt comet discovered is 7968 Elst–Pizarro.

final_sentence: The first main-belt comet discovered is 7968 Elst–Pizarro.