Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

Comets are named according to a standard format starting with 'C' or 'P' denoting that it is a periodic or non-periodic comet. Followed by: the year of discovery, the half month of discovery (A= first half of January), the order of discovery within that half month, and finally the discoverer's name or the instrument or survey that found it.

Hence for this comet: C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), it is non-periodic, it was the 6th comet discovered in the first half on January in 2025, and was discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey.