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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Galle

C/1839 X1 (Galle)

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Galle

C/1840 E1 (Galle)

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Laugier

C/1842 U1 (Laugier)

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Mauvais

C/1843 J1 (Mauvais)

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d'Arrest

C/1844 Y2 (d'Arrest)

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de Vico

C/1845 D1 (de Vico)

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Great June comet

C/1845 L1 (Great June comet)

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de Vico-Hind

C/1846 O1 (de Vico-Hind)

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de Vico

C/1846 S1 (de Vico)

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Schweizer

C/1847 Q1 (Schweizer)

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Petersen

C/1848 P1 (Petersen)

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Petersen

C/1848 U1 (Petersen)

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Bond

C/1850 Q1 (Bond)

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Brorsen

C/1851 P1 (Brorsen)

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Brorsen

C/1851 U1 (Brorsen)

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Chacornac

C/1852 K1 (Chacornac)

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Secchi

C/1853 E1 (Secchi)

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van Arsdale

C/1853 W1 (van Arsdale)

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Great comet

C/1854 F1 (Great comet)

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Klinkerfues

C/1854 L1 (Klinkerfues)

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Bruhns

C/1855 V1 (Bruhns)

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d'Arrest

C/1857 D1 (d'Arrest)

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Klinkerfues

C/1857 M1 (Klinkerfues)

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Donati-van Arsdale

C/1857 V1 (Donati-van Arsdale)

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