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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PANSTARRS

C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,915.27 AU from Sun

Stearns

C/1927 E1 (Stearns)

Comet

-2,912.83 AU from Sun

Rankin

C/2025 V2 (Rankin)

Comet

-2,867.02 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2011 R1 (McNaught)

Comet

-2,805.81 AU from Sun

Giacobini

C/1904 Y1 (Giacobini)

Comet

-2,775.88 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2012 K8 (Lemmon)

Comet

-2,758.34 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2006 K1 (McNaught)

Comet

-2,758.23 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2000 K1 (LINEAR)

Comet

-2,730.61 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,707.54 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,673.67 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2020 N1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,610.97 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2016 E1 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,590.72 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2011 J2-B (LINEAR)

Comet

-2,587.09 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2018 F4-A (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,580.95 AU from Sun

Abell

C/1955 G1 (Abell)

Comet

-2,543.44 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2017 U4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,537.65 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2019 U5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,531.64 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-2,529.39 AU from Sun

LINEAR

C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)

Comet

-2,521.53 AU from Sun

Larsen

C/1998 M3 (Larsen)

Comet

-2,514.7 AU from Sun

COIAS

C/2015 K7 (COIAS)

Comet

-2,497.6 AU from Sun

ZTF

C/2020 V2 (ZTF)

Comet

-2,476.8 AU from Sun

SWAN

C/2025 F2 (SWAN)

Comet

-2,475.17 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2025 K3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,460.65 AU from Sun