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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Sperra

C/1896 R1 (Sperra)

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Perrine

C/1898 L2 (Perrine)

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Brooks

C/1898 U1 (Brooks)

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Giacobini

C/1899 S1 (Giacobini)

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Brooks

C/1902 G1 (Brooks)

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Grigg

C/1903 H1 (Grigg)

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Giacobini

C/1905 X1 (Giacobini)

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Ross

C/1906 F1 (Ross)

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Borrelly

C/1912 V1 (Borrelly)

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Reid

C/1918 L1 (Reid)

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Skjellerup

C/1919 Y1 (Skjellerup)

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Dubiago-Bernard

C/1923 T1 (Dubiago-Bernard)

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Ensor

C/1925 X1 (Ensor)

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Blathwayt

C/1927 A1 (Blathwayt)

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Forbes

C/1930 L1 (Forbes)

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Jackson

C/1935 M1 (Jackson)

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Daimaca

C/1943 R1 (Daimaca)

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du Toit

C/1945 L1 (du Toit)

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Friend-Peltier

C/1945 W1 (Friend-Peltier)

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du Toit

C/1945 X1 (du Toit)

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Becvar

C/1947 F2 (Becvar)

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Johnson

C/1948 R1 (Johnson)

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Pajdusakova

C/1951 C1 (Pajdusakova)

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Pajdusakova

C/1953 X1 (Pajdusakova)

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