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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Pajdusakova-Mrkos

C/1948 E1 (Pajdusakova-Mrkos)

Comet

-2,265.43 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,260.99 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2015 X5 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,235.08 AU from Sun

Spacewatch

C/2006 M2 (Spacewatch)

Comet

-2,208.22 AU from Sun

ZTF

C/2021 D2 (ZTF)

Comet

-2,203.17 AU from Sun

Schaeberle

C/1880 G1 (Schaeberle)

Comet

-2,193.47 AU from Sun

Evans-Drinkwater

C/1996 J1-B (Evans-Drinkwater)

Comet

-2,188.82 AU from Sun

Bester

C/1947 S1 (Bester)

Comet

-2,179.8 AU from Sun

Cernis

C/1983 O1 (Cernis)

Comet

-2,173.67 AU from Sun

McNaught

C/2011 G1 (McNaught)

Comet

-2,154.77 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2025 A1 (Lemmon)

Comet

-2,137.19 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2014 W10 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,114.42 AU from Sun

Minkowski

C/1950 K1 (Minkowski)

Comet

-2,112.87 AU from Sun

PANSTARRS

C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS)

Comet

-2,112.06 AU from Sun

Amaral

C/2020 O2 (Amaral)

Comet

-2,090.9 AU from Sun

West

C/1978 A1 (West)

Comet

-2,080.15 AU from Sun

McNaught-Hughes

C/1990 M1 (McNaught-Hughes)

Comet

-2,079.82 AU from Sun

Bok

C/2026 H3 (Bok)

Comet

-2,075.28 AU from Sun

Beljawsky

C/1911 S3 (Beljawsky)

Comet

-2,064.11 AU from Sun

Kojima

C/1972 U1 (Kojima)

Comet

-2,059.48 AU from Sun

ZTF

C/2021 E3 (ZTF)

Comet

-2,058.43 AU from Sun

Leonard

C/2026 H2 (Leonard)

Comet

-2,040.89 AU from Sun

ATLAS

C/2017 D3 (ATLAS)

Comet

-2,040.43 AU from Sun

Lemmon

C/2020 W5 (Lemmon)

Comet

-2,039.36 AU from Sun