Icy visitors
Comets
Balls of ice and dust on long, elongated orbits that grow tails as they near the Sun — from short-period regulars like Halley to one-time passers-by.
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2020 P4-B
C/2020 P4-B
- 1.02 AU from Sun
- 376.3 days orbit
2020 P4-C
C/2020 P4-C
- 1.39 AU from Sun
- 598.9 days orbit
PANSTARRS
311P/PANSTARRS
- 2.19 AU from Sun
- 3.24 years orbit
Encke
2P/Encke
- 2.22 AU from Sun
- 3.31 years orbit
Rankin
501P/Rankin
- 2.24 AU from Sun
- 3.34 years orbit
LINEAR
354P/LINEAR
- 2.29 AU from Sun
- 3.46 years orbit
SOHO
321P/SOHO
- 2.43 AU from Sun
- 3.78 years orbit
SOHO
322P/SOHO
- 2.52 AU from Sun
- 3.99 years orbit
Kresken
P/2025 W3 (Kresken)
- 2.55 AU from Sun
- 4.07 years orbit
SOHO
P/2003 T12 (SOHO)
- 2.57 AU from Sun
- 4.12 years orbit
PANSTARRS
P/2025 W4 (PANSTARRS)
- 2.58 AU from Sun
- 4.14 years orbit
SOHO
323P/SOHO
- 2.58 AU from Sun
- 4.15 years orbit
PANSTARRS
P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS)
- 2.58 AU from Sun
- 4.15 years orbit
NEAT
169P/NEAT
- 2.61 AU from Sun
- 4.21 years orbit
SOHO
323P/SOHO-C
- 2.61 AU from Sun
- 4.22 years orbit
PANSTARRS
P/2019 A4 (PANSTARRS)
- 2.61 AU from Sun
- 4.23 years orbit
PANSTARRS
P/2024 OC2 (PANSTARRS)
- 2.63 AU from Sun
- 4.26 years orbit
Lemmon-PANSTARRS
457P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
- 2.65 AU from Sun
- 4.31 years orbit
Schwassmann-Wachmann
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AZ
- 2.65 AU from Sun
- 4.31 years orbit
Helfenzrieder
D/1766 G1 (Helfenzrieder)
- 2.66 AU from Sun
- 4.35 years orbit
Schwassmann-Wachmann
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-AW
- 2.68 AU from Sun
- 4.38 years orbit
Lemmon
P/2023 JN16 (Lemmon)
- 2.7 AU from Sun
- 4.43 years orbit
Catalina
300P/Catalina
- 2.7 AU from Sun
- 4.43 years orbit
Garradd
259P/Garradd
- 2.73 AU from Sun
- 4.5 years orbit