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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Mrkos

C/1956 E1 (Mrkos)

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Latyshev-Wild-Burnham

C/1957 U1 (Latyshev-Wild-Burnham)

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Honda

C/1962 H1 (Honda)

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Wild

C/1967 C2 (Wild)

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Mitchell-Jones-Gerber

C/1967 M1 (Mitchell-Jones-Gerber)

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Whitaker-Thomas

C/1968 L1 (Whitaker-Thomas)

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Bally-Clayton

C/1968 Q1 (Bally-Clayton)

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Honda

C/1968 Q2 (Honda)

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Fujikawa

C/1969 P1 (Fujikawa)

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Suzuki-Sato-Seki

C/1970 U1 (Suzuki-Sato-Seki)

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Edwards

C/1971 M1 (Edwards)

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Bradfield

C/1978 C1 (Bradfield)

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SOLWIND

C/1979 Q1 (SOLWIND)

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Cernis-Petrauskas

C/1980 O1 (Cernis-Petrauskas)

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SOLWIND

C/1981 B1 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1981 O1 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1981 V1 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1981 W1 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1983 N2 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1983 S2 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1984 O2 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1984 Q1 (SOLWIND)

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SOLWIND

C/1984 R1 (SOLWIND)

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Machholz

C/1985 K1 (Machholz)

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