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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Great comet

C/1783 X1 (Great comet)

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Messier-Mechain

C/1785 A1 (Messier-Mechain)

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Herschel

C/1786 P1 (Herschel)

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Mechain

C/1787 G1 (Mechain)

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Messier

C/1788 W1 (Messier)

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Herschel

C/1790 A1 (Herschel)

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Herschel

C/1790 H1 (Herschel)

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Herschel

C/1791 X1 (Herschel)

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Gregory

C/1793 A1 (Gregory)

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Perny

C/1793 S1 (Perny)

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Messier

C/1793 S2 (Messier)

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Olbers

C/1796 F1 (Olbers)

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Bouvard-Herschel

C/1797 P1 (Bouvard-Herschel)

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Messier

C/1798 G1 (Messier)

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Bouvard

C/1798 X1 (Bouvard)

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Mechain

C/1799 P1 (Mechain)

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Mechain

C/1799 Y1 (Mechain)

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Pons

C/1801 N1 (Pons)

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Pons

C/1802 Q1 (Pons)

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Pons

C/1804 E1 (Pons)

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Pons

C/1806 V1 (Pons)

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Pons

C/1808 F1 (Pons)

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Pons

C/1808 M1 (Pons)

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PONS

C/1808 R1 (PONS)

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